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Engraved plate of eight fish specimens with Latin labels, including Albula, Asellus and Cataphractus, from a 1657 natural his

Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri - Plate XLVI

From: Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri, 1657

Hand-colored 1765 plate of a brown wading bird with a long dark bill and striped tail, labeled L'Ombrette, du Sénégal.

Planches enluminées d'histoire naturelle - Plate 796

From: Planches enluminées d'histoire naturelle, 1765

Plate of numbered skipper butterflies in orange and brown tones, arranged in rows on a cream background.

The butterfly book - Plate XLVII

From: The butterfly book, 1922

Two views of an abalone shell: the rough outer surface with holes above, and the pearly inner nacre below.

Summary of the marine shellbearing mollusks of the northwest coast of America - Plate 22

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

Hand-coloured plate of a spiny tanrec on rocks beside a palm tree, from a 1821 zoology book.

General and particular descriptions of the vertebrated animals - Plate 62

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

Sepia scientific plate of numbered fossil bones and a curved tooth of Hesperornis regalis, an extinct toothed bird.

Odontornithes: a monograph on the extinct toothed birds of North America - Plate II

From: Odontornithes: a monograph on the extinct toothed birds of North America, 1880

Plate of numbered black and white anatomical drawings of a larva's alimentary canal and cross sections of its tissues.

The anatomy, physiology, morphology and development of the blow- fly Calliphora erythrocep - Plate I

From: The anatomy, physiology, morphology and development of the blow- fly Calliphora erythrocep, 1890

Engraved portrait of a man in a powdered wig beside bookshelves and shells, holding a sheet of shell drawings.

Jacobi Theodori Klein Tentamen methodi ostracologicae, sive, Dispositio naturalis cochlidu - Plate (page 13)

Johann Christoph Sysang, 1753

Tonal drawing of fossil mammal jaw and molar teeth with numbered detail views on plate IX, 1852.

Description of the remains of extinct Mammalia and Chelonia, from Nebraska territory, coll - Plate IX

From: Description of the remains of extinct Mammalia and Chelonia, from Nebraska territory, coll, 1852

Hand-colored plate of two black-headed gulls, an adult in spring plumage and a young bird, on a rocky ledge.

The birds of America - Plate 443

John T. Bowen, 1871

Hand-colored plate of two Trechus ground beetles with small reference views and uncolored anatomical drawings of antennae and

Helvetische Entomologie, oder, Verzeichniss der schweizerischen Insekten nach einer neuen - Plate II

From: Helvetische Entomologie, oder, Verzeichniss der schweizerischen Insekten nach einer neuen, 1798

Hand-coloured plate of six numbered chiton shells showing dorsal and ventral views, from an 1815 conchology book.

General conchology, or, A description of shells, arranged according to the Linnean system - Plate 3

From: General conchology, or, A description of shells, arranged according to the Linnean system, 1815

Hand-coloured plate of a grey goose with white head and dark neck standing on grass, labelled Anser picus Pall.

Descriptiones et icones animalium Rossicorum novorum vel minus rite cognitorum - Plate I

From: Descriptiones et icones animalium Rossicorum novorum vel minus rite cognitorum, 1836

Hand-coloured plate of a banded winged insect, a flowering clover sprig, and detailed insect anatomy studies.

British entomology - Plate 576

From: British entomology, 1829