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Pen drawing of a Gothic cathedral choir with a large stained glass window and four choir boys in surplices.

Birds of the wave and woodland - Plate (page 237)

From: Birds of the wave and woodland, 1894

Engraved plate of insects including a butterfly, beetles and a fly, with lettered anatomical details and wing studies.

An exposition of English insects - Plate (page 16)

From: An exposition of English insects, 1776

Plate of numbered fossil shell illustrations, including conical, spiral and bivalve specimens in rows.

Conchyliologie fossile du bassin de l'Adour, ou, Description des coquilles fossiles qui on - Plate (page 67)

From: Conchyliologie fossile du bassin de l'Adour, ou, Description des coquilles fossiles qui on, 1837

Lithograph of a side view of an extinct giant sloth skull, Mylodon robustus, showing teeth and lower jaw in shaded detail.

Description of the skeleton of an extinct gigantic Sloth, Mylodon robustus, Owen, with obs - Plate II

From: Description of the skeleton of an extinct gigantic Sloth, Mylodon robustus, Owen, with obs, 1842

Engraved botanical plate V showing numbered flower dissections and seed pods for Vallesia, Desfontainia, Nycterisition and Ly

Florae Peruvianae et Chilensis prodromus, sive, Novorum generum plantarum Peruvianarum et - Plate V

From: Florae Peruvianae et Chilensis prodromus, sive, Novorum generum plantarum Peruvianarum et, 1797

Coloured plate of a yellow wagtail with yellow breast and olive back standing by water, with a speckled egg below.

Illustrations of British birds - Plate 5

From: Illustrations of British birds, 1837

Engraved plate of stag beetles, Lucanus interruptus, showing side and top views and mandible details, numbered 1 to 8.

Johann Euseb Voets Beschreibungen und Abbildungen hartschaaligter Insecten Coleoptera Linn - Plate II

From: Johann Euseb Voets Beschreibungen und Abbildungen hartschaaligter Insecten Coleoptera Linn, 1785

Numbered scientific line drawings of crustacean appendages and body segments on a cream plate page from an 1895 publication.

On some new and rare Crustacea from Scotland - Plate V

From: On some new and rare Crustacea from Scotland, 1895

Grayscale lithograph portrait of Sultan Mahmud in a jeweled turban with a feathered plume and fur-trimmed robe.

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere - Plate 1

From: Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere, 1824

Watercolor botanical plate of Sterculia trichosiphon with white and orange flowers, green leaves, and brown seed pods.

Comprehensive catalogue of Queensland plants - Plate III

From: Comprehensive catalogue of Queensland plants, 1909

Hand-coloured engraving of two grouse-like game birds on branches with a pine cone, butterflies and insects.

Illustrations of the game birds of North America - Plate (page 15)

From: Illustrations of the game birds of North America, 1835

Hand-coloured plate showing three beetles: a large grey weevil at top, a yellow spotted beetle and a green beetle below.

The natural history of beetles - Plate 3

From: The natural history of beetles, 1852

Lithograph plate of freshwater snail shells from Lake Tanganika, with one large central shell and numbered smaller specimens.

Iconographie malacologique des animaux mollusques fluviatiles du Lac Tanganika - Plate V

From: Iconographie malacologique des animaux mollusques fluviatiles du Lac Tanganika, 1888

Engraved anatomical plate of whale skeletons, skulls, vertebrae, flipper bones and baleen plates, numbered for study.

Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles - Plate XL

From: Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles, 1880

Engraved portrait of Charles Bonnet in an oval, framed by a chain of medallions showing birds, fish, insects, plants and anim

New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus - Plate XV

From: New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus, 1807

Engraved plate of sixteen numbered drawings of bird feet showing free and separated toes and claws.

Traité élémentaire d'ornithologie - Plate IV

From: Traité élémentaire d'ornithologie, 1811

Hand-colored plate of four magnified wasps with transparent wings and antennae, from British entomology illustrations, 1828.

Illustrations of British entomology - Plate XLV

From: Illustrations of British entomology, 1828

Colour plate of a spiral sea snail shell, Triton nodifer, with ribbed knobs and orange-brown markings on cream.

Atlas de poche des coquilles des côtes de France Manche, océan, Méditerranée communes, pit - Plate 10

From: Atlas de poche des coquilles des côtes de France Manche, océan, Méditerranée communes, pit, 1897

Hand-coloured plate of a banded-tailed squirrel clinging to a tree trunk beside green foliage.

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate (page 44)

From: Histoire naturelle des mammifères, 1824

Engraved botanical plate of Stylosanthes showing dissected flower parts, stamens, pistils, leaves and seeds with lettered lab

Flora Indiae Occidentalis - Plate (page 54)

From: Flora Indiae Occidentalis, 1797

Six numbered speckled eggs of the woodcock, Scolopax rusticula, shown in two columns on a cream plate.

Eggs of British birds - Plate 7

From: Eggs of British birds, 1895

Plate 44 of Noctuidae showing eighteen numbered moths in brown and tan tones, wings spread, arranged in three columns.

Noctuelles et géomètres d'Europe - Plate 44

From: Noctuelles et géomètres d'Europe, 1909

Hand-coloured plate showing a large dark freshwater mussel shell with numbered smaller bivalve and snail shells around it.

A descriptive manual of British land and fresh water shells, containing descriptions and f - Plate I

containing descriptions and f From: A descriptive manual of British land and fresh water shells, 1858

Hand-colored engraving of two rodents, one on a rock slab and one curled in a burrow, with moss and stones.

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen - Plate CLXXXIV

mit Beschreibungen From: Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, 1774

Engraved botanical plate of two moss species, Campylopus tallulensis and Campylopus leucotrichus, with magnified leaf and cel

Icones muscorum - Plate 17

From: Icones muscorum, 1864

Hand-coloured plate of a male and female moorhen with red bills on marsh vegetation beside a wooden post.

A natural history of British birds - Plate (page 15)

From: A natural history of British birds, 1775

Hand-coloured colour wheel plate with concentric numbered rings and a central triangle of red, black, blue and yellow.

An exposition of English insects - Plate (page 25)

From: An exposition of English insects, 1776

Engraved 1694 anatomical plate showing labelled dissections and a spiral snail shell across several numbered figures.

Martini Lister Exercitatio anatomica - Plate 1

From: Martini Lister Exercitatio anatomica, 1694

Lithograph plate of six numbered mammal skulls and a lower jaw, labelled Skulls of Bornean Mammals.

A descriptive account of the mammals of Borneo - Plate XIX

From: A descriptive account of the mammals of Borneo, 1893

Engraving of songbirds perched among branches, flowers and rocks, captioned The Wedding, from an 1868 bird book.

Among the birds - Plate (page 28)

From: Among the birds, 1868