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Hand-coloured plate of a brown spider monkey with long limbs and tail, standing sideways, with a German and Latin caption.

Simiarum et vespertilionum brasiliensium species novae - Plate XXVII

Hermann Joseph Mitterer, 1823

Engraving of a long-necked American rhea standing on ground, labeled Der americanische Strauss, from an 1835 natural history

Die Naturgeschichte in getreuen Abbildungen und mit ausführlicher Beschreibung derselben - Plate 146

From: Die Naturgeschichte in getreuen Abbildungen und mit ausführlicher Beschreibung derselben, 1835

Engraved plate XXVIII showing numbered line drawings of insect wings, wing cases and body parts with lettered labels.

An introduction to entomology - Plate XXVIII

From: An introduction to entomology, 1828

Hand-coloured plate of freshwater mussel and snail shells, numbered 1 to 8, from an 1834 American shell study.

New fresh water shells of the United States - Plate 9

T. A. Conrad & Mannevillette Elihu Dearing Brown, 1834

Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri - Plate XXXIV

From: Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri, 1657

Hand-coloured plate of an adult female Coucou geai cuckoo perched on a branch, with yellow throat and barred wings.

Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux - Plate 414

From: Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, 1838

Hand-coloured plate of four numbered beetles with scale bars, from an 1859 American entomology book.

American entomology - Plate 39

From: American entomology, 1859

Plate of seven numbered line drawings of marine snail shells, showing spiral exteriors and open apertures.

Summary of the marine shellbearing mollusks of the northwest coast of America - Plate 16

From: Summary of the marine shellbearing mollusks of the northwest coast of America, 1921

Engraved plate showing four numbered canine heads in varying poses, some with bared teeth, from an 1821 natural history book.

General and particular descriptions of the vertebrated animals - Plate 46

From: General and particular descriptions of the vertebrated animals, 1821

Coloured plate of a speckled orange tern chick standing in a grass nest on a rock, labelled Sterne Pierre-Garin.

Atlas de poche des oiseaux de France, Suisse, et Belgique, utiles ou nuisibles - Plate 71

From: Atlas de poche des oiseaux de France, Suisse, et Belgique, utiles ou nuisibles, 1898

Hand-coloured plate showing eight numbered ground beetles with red legs and antennae, labelled with species names below.

Histoire naturelle et iconographie des insectes coléoptères d'Europe - Plate XI

From: Histoire naturelle et iconographie des insectes coléoptères d'Europe, 1822

Drawing of a leaping landlocked salmon with a fishing line in its mouth, splashing water and a fisherman at lower right.

Fisherman's lures and game-fish food - Plate 10

From: Fisherman's lures and game-fish food, 1920

Engraved plate showing a finback whale and a bowhead whale in side view, with captions giving scientific names and lengths.

Suggestions to the keepers of the U.S. life-saving stations, light-houses, and light-ships - Plate X

From: Suggestions to the keepers of the U.S. life-saving stations, light-houses, and light-ships, 1884

Hand-coloured plate of two mottled brown nightjar birds perched on mossy ground beside ferns, with a Latin caption.

Icones avium, or, Figures and descriptions of new and interesting species of birds from va - Plate (page 70)

From: Icones avium, or, Figures and descriptions of new and interesting species of birds from va, 1837

Colored plate of fifteen numbered yellow and white butterflies with brown wing margins on a pale blue background.

The butterfly book - Plate XXXV

From: The butterfly book, 1922

Pencil drawings of numbered mollusk shells, including elongated bivalves and a ridged spiral gastropod, on a cream page.

Philip Pearsall Carpenter's illustrations of mollusk specimens, accompanied by species ind - Plate 59

accompanied by species ind From: Philip Pearsall Carpenter's illustrations of mollusk specimens, 1857

Coloured plate of a Virginian deer buck with branched antlers walking across grass in winter coat, from an 1898 deer book.

The deer of all lands - Plate XX

From: The deer of all lands, 1898

Hand-coloured engraving of a black hornbill with an orange bill perched on a branch, with a caption below.

Planches enluminées d'histoire naturelle - Plate 780

From: Planches enluminées d'histoire naturelle, 1765

Engraved entomology plate XXIX with numbered figures of insect larvae, wings, bristles, leaves and cross sections, 1828.

An introduction to entomology - Plate XXIX

From: An introduction to entomology, 1828

Rotated scientific plate of earthworm anatomy with red vascular systems, segmented bodies and labeled microscopic figures.

Atlas d'anatomie comparée des invertébrés - Plate 48

From: Atlas d'anatomie comparée des invertébrés, 1890

Hand-coloured plate of a brown woolly monkey clinging to a curved branch with its curled tail, with green leaves above.

Simiarum et vespertilionum brasiliensium species novae - Plate XXXI

Hermann Joseph Mitterer, 1823

Engraved plate of four wading birds with long legs and bills, labeled in German, from an 1835 natural history book.

Die Naturgeschichte in getreuen Abbildungen und mit ausführlicher Beschreibung derselben - Plate 161

From: Die Naturgeschichte in getreuen Abbildungen und mit ausführlicher Beschreibung derselben, 1835

Hand-coloured 1859 plate of four shield bugs in blue, yellow and tan, labelled with species names below.

American entomology - Plate 43

From: American entomology, 1859

Hand-coloured plate of numbered freshwater shells with striped, banded and ridged surfaces on a cream page.

New fresh water shells of the United States - Plate 10

T. A. Conrad & Mannevillette Elihu Dearing Brown, 1834

Engraved plate of catfish and two stingrays with long tails, labeled with numbers and Latin and Italian names.

Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri - Plate XXXVIII

From: Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri, 1657

Hand-coloured plate of a Duvaucel's trogon with black head, blue bill, red breast and orange tail, perched on a branch.

Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux - Plate 291

From: Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, 1838

Hand-coloured plate of eight numbered ground beetles in red, blue, brown and green, with species names beneath.

Histoire naturelle et iconographie des insectes coléoptères d'Europe - Plate XII

From: Histoire naturelle et iconographie des insectes coléoptères d'Europe, 1822

Engraved plate of fifteen numbered illustrations of northwest American marine snail shells in varied views.

Summary of the marine shellbearing mollusks of the northwest coast of America - Plate 18

From: Summary of the marine shellbearing mollusks of the northwest coast of America, 1921

Engraved plate of a canine skull in side view with open jaws showing the teeth, captioned Teeth of the Genus Canis.

General and particular descriptions of the vertebrated animals - Plate 51

From: General and particular descriptions of the vertebrated animals, 1821

Engraved plate of a black grouse standing on snowy ground beside grass tufts, with French caption below.

Atlas de poche des oiseaux de France, Suisse, et Belgique, utiles ou nuisibles - Plate VI

From: Atlas de poche des oiseaux de France, Suisse, et Belgique, utiles ou nuisibles, 1898