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Hand-coloured engraving of a jay with spread wings perched on a mossy branch, labelled The Jay.

A natural history of British birds - Plate (page 35)

From: A natural history of British birds, 1775

Hand-coloured plate 45 showing four flying insects with patterned wings and long legs, plus a small detached specimen part.

Illustrations of British entomology - Plate 45

From: Illustrations of British entomology, 1828

Colored plate of seven bivalve shells numbered 172 to 177, with scientific names listed in a caption below.

Atlas de poche des coquilles des côtes de France Manche, océan, Méditerranée communes, pit - Plate 52

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

Engraved plate of orca skeleton bones: spine, ribs, skull, flipper bones and vertebrae, numbered for reference.

Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles - Plate XLVI

From: Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles, 1880

Engraved botanical plate 80 showing numbered moss specimens, spore capsules, and leaf and stem details.

Icones muscorum - Plate 80

From: Icones muscorum, 1864

Hand-coloured plate of a male and female turtle dove perched on a branch, with an egg drawn at lower right.

Illustrations of British birds - Plate 61

From: Illustrations of British birds, 1837

Colored plate of eighteen numbered moths in brown, yellow and orange tones, titled Noctuidae, Plate 69.

Noctuelles et géomètres d'Europe - Plate 69

From: Noctuelles et géomètres d'Europe, 1909

Hand-coloured engraving of numbered bivalve shells in rows, some showing interiors, from an 1778 British conchology plate.

Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, The British conchology - Plate XIII

From: Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, The British conchology, 1778

Hand-colored plate of a brown antelope with curved horns standing on grass beside a rock, rotated on the page.

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate (page 192)

From: Histoire naturelle des mammifères, 1824

Hand-colored engraving of a crested quail standing on open ground above a pair of quail on rocks.

Illustrations of the game birds of North America - Plate (page 33)

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

Hand-coloured plate of eight numbered moth species with Latin captions, from an 1776 English insect exposition.

An exposition of English insects - Plate VIII

From: An exposition of English insects, 1776

Lithograph plate showing six views of freshwater mussel shells from Lake Tanganyika, numbered 1 to 6.

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

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

Hand-colored 1774 engraving of a young deer with budding antlers standing in a grassy landscape with shrubs and rocks.

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

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

Engraved botanical plate XXIX showing numbered flower and seed parts of five plant genera in horizontal rows.

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

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

Plate of four numbered bird eggs with brown speckles and blotches on pale green-grey shells, on cream paper.

Eggs of British birds - Plate 39

From: Eggs of British birds, 1895

Engraved insect plate showing a large scarab beetle with smaller numbered beetle, pupa and egg figures.

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

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

Colour plate of two bivalve shells, Mya arenaria (191) and Mya truncata (192), with growth lines and hinge visible.

Atlas de poche des coquilles des côtes de France Manche, océan, Méditerranée communes, pit - Plate 58

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

Lithograph of a large femur and a smaller patella bone, labeled Plate XVIII, drawn at six inches to a foot scale.

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

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

Colour plate of Piper mestoni showing hanging red spike-like fruits among large green and yellowish leaves on jointed stems.

Comprehensive catalogue of Queensland plants - Plate XII

From: Comprehensive catalogue of Queensland plants, 1909

Hand-coloured plate of a wood pigeon with grey plumage and pink feet perched on a mossy branch.

A natural history of British birds - Plate (page 39)

From: A natural history of British birds, 1775

Hand-coloured plate of two beetles with long antennae, labelled Prionus corticinus and Lophonocerus barbicornis, from 1852.

The natural history of beetles - Plate 24

From: The natural history of beetles, 1852

Hand-coloured engraved plate of seven bivalve seashells in exterior and interior views, numbered 1 to 7.

Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, The British conchology - Plate XIV

From: Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, The British conchology, 1778

Lithograph of a female Barbary lion standing on a rock, tail raised, with German and French captions in the margin.

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere - Plate 82

From: Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere, 1824

Engraved botanical plate of a dog rose branch with flowers, leaves, ripe hips and small anatomical dissection studies.

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

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

Illustrations of British birds - Plate 69

From: Illustrations of British birds, 1837

Hand-colored plate 46 showing four flies with spread wings in red, yellow and black, from an 1828 British entomology book.

Illustrations of British entomology - Plate 46

From: Illustrations of British entomology, 1828

Lithograph plate of three freshwater mussel shells, two of Cameronia Coulboisi and one of Cameronia Landeaui, from an 1888 st

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

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

Lithograph plate showing several views of globicephalus whale skulls with tooth detail sketches, numbered and labelled.

Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles - Plate LII

From: Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles, 1880

Engraved botanical plate of moss with numbered detail studies of leaves, capsules and cell structures.

Icones muscorum - Plate 91

From: Icones muscorum, 1864

Hand-coloured engraving of two crested game birds, one standing on rocky ground and one below among grasses and rocks.

Illustrations of the game birds of North America - Plate (page 35)

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