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Engraving of a yellowhammer cock on a branch, a hen on the ground, and a speckled egg, from a 1737 natural history.

A natural history of English song-birds - Plate 19

From: A natural history of English song-birds, 1737

Hand-coloured plate of two hawk moths, one orange-winged and one brown, on a green leafy sprig, labelled Sphinx Australasiae

An epitome of the natural history of the insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, - Plate 33

From: An epitome of the natural history of the insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, 1805

Hand-painted watercolor plate of many colorful beetle species with handwritten scientific names and locality labels.

Two hand-painted volumes of Coleoptera illustrated by Francis du Boulay - Plate (page 59)

From: Two hand-painted volumes of Coleoptera illustrated by Francis du Boulay, 1880

Hand-coloured engraving of a blue and rust nuthatch clinging to a branch, with small detail sketches beside it.

Iacobi Christiani Schaefferi S.S. theologiae et philosophiae doctoris ... Elementa ornitho - Plate LXII

From: Iacobi Christiani Schaefferi S.S. theologiae et philosophiae doctoris ... Elementa ornitho, 1779

Hand-colored plate of six moths with patterned wings arranged around a green sprig, labeled with Latin names, 1805.

An epitome of the natural history of the insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, - Plate 36

From: An epitome of the natural history of the insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, 1805

Hand-painted page of colourful beetle specimens in rows, each labelled with species name and locality, from an 1880 Coleopter

Two hand-painted volumes of Coleoptera illustrated by Francis du Boulay - Plate (page 61)

From: Two hand-painted volumes of Coleoptera illustrated by Francis du Boulay, 1880

Iacobi Christiani Schaefferi S.S. theologiae et philosophiae doctoris ... Elementa ornitho - Plate LXVIII

From: Iacobi Christiani Schaefferi S.S. theologiae et philosophiae doctoris ... Elementa ornitho, 1779

Hand-coloured plate of moths with patterned wings around a climbing plant with a red flower, from an 1805 insect natural hist

An epitome of the natural history of the insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, - Plate 40

From: An epitome of the natural history of the insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, 1805

Engraved plate showing a canary cock and hen on branches with a speckled egg between them, captioned Canary-Bird, Cock, Hen,

A natural history of English song-birds - Plate 23

From: A natural history of English song-birds, 1737

Hand-coloured botanical plate of a grass with flowering spikes, leaves and roots, with numbered detail drawings below.

Flora Londinensis, or, Plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs - Plate 4

From: Flora Londinensis, or, Plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs, 1777

Hand-coloured plate of a black cassican bird perched head-down on a branch with hanging pale nests and green leaves.

A selection of the birds of Brazil and Mexico - Plate 4

From: A selection of the birds of Brazil and Mexico, 1841

Engraved plate of two swallowtail-type butterflies with a pale orchid flower and small detail drawings of antennae.

Arcana entomologica, or, Illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects - Plate 5

From: Arcana entomologica, or, Illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects, 1841

Hand-colored plate showing three fish: a red wrasse, a spotted shark, and a brown triggerfish, numbered 1 to 3.

Icones piscium, or, Plates of rare fishes - Plate 1

James Barker Emery, 1843

Hand-coloured engraving of a dark brown beaver clinging to a tree trunk beside green leaves, labelled BEAVER.

The natural history of quadrupeds, and cetaceous animals - Plate 71

and cetaceous animals From: The natural history of quadrupeds, 1811

Hand-coloured botanical plate of a branch of Ribes albidum with clusters of white flowers and dark green lobed leaves.

Herbier général de l'amateur, deuxiéme série - Plate (page 23)

deuxiéme série From: Herbier général de l'amateur, 1847

Hand-coloured plate of a dark long-tailed bird with a red eye perched on a branch beside green leaves.

Illustrations of Indian ornithology - Plate III

From: Illustrations of Indian ornithology, 1847

Engraved plate of a domed skep beehive on a table with bees flying and crawling around it.

Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum - Plate (page 30)

From: Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum, 1634

Line drawing of two freshwater mussel shells, one small and one larger and open showing hinge teeth, labeled as plate LXIII.

The Unionidae of Kansas - Plate LXIII

From: The Unionidae of Kansas, 1902

Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes - Plate II

From: Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes, 1890

Watercolor plate of a liquidambar tree with two trunks and green leaves in an open field, with distant trees.

Familiar trees and their leaves, described and illustrated by F. Schuyler Mathews, with il - Plate (page 6)

From: Familiar trees and their leaves, described and illustrated by F. Schuyler Mathews, with il, 1911

Hand-colored plate of a Cercopithecus campbelli monkey with brown crown and white throat gripping a branch.

Zoologia typica - Plate 3

From: Zoologia typica, 1849

Sepia engraving of numbered caterpillars and chrysalides on twigs, illustrating butterfly life stages.

British butterflies - Plate I

From: British butterflies, 1885

Engraved plate of four rays and skates, numbered 1 to 4, with French captions, from an 1800 fish atlas.

Atlas des poissons - Plate 7

From: Atlas des poissons, 1800

Hand-coloured plate of two monkeys on branches: a black and white guereza colobus above and a Diana monkey below.

Bilder-Atlas zur wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Säugethiere in ihren sämmt - Plate (page 9)

From: Bilder-Atlas zur wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Säugethiere in ihren sämmt, 1860

Colored botanical plate of a ray-grass plant with flowering spikes, roots, and numbered detail studies of seeds and florets.

Les meilleures plantes fourragères - Plate 1

From: Les meilleures plantes fourragères, 1883

Hand-colored engraving of two perched eagles, one dark with a white back patch, one mottled brown, on a cream background.

Kupfertafeln zur Naturgeschichte der Vögel - Plate 2

From: Kupfertafeln zur Naturgeschichte der Vögel, 1832

Hand-coloured plate of a dark swallowtail-type butterfly with red and black hindwing markings, labelled Tab. 1.

Descriptions and figures of some new lepidopterous insects, chiefly from Nepal - Plate 1

chiefly from Nepal From: Descriptions and figures of some new lepidopterous insects, 1846

Engraved plate of mantis shrimp with enlarged studies of claws, head, and appendages, with magnification labels.

Figures and descriptions of nine species of Squillidae - Plate I

From: Figures and descriptions of nine species of Squillidae, 1895

Plate III: two shaded side views of gray whale embryos and a small outline of a head showing the spouthole.

The marine mammals of the north-western coast of North America - Plate III

From: The marine mammals of the north-western coast of North America, 1874

Black ink botanical plate of a common polypody fern showing frond, vein detail, rhizome and spore case.

The ferns of Sidmouth - Plate (page 9)

From: The ferns of Sidmouth, 1862