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Engraved botanical plate of Vernonia oppositifolia showing a flowering branch and magnified floral dissections.

Flora Brasiliensis, enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum - Plate 5

From: Flora Brasiliensis, enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum, 1840

Coloured plate of a honey buzzard perched on a branch, with brown wings and a mottled cream breast.

Atlas de poche des oiseaux de France, Suisse, et Belgique, utiles ou nuisibles - Plate 4

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

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and cravat, head resting on his hand, holding a book.

An introduction to entomology - Plate (page 10)

From: An introduction to entomology, 1828

Pencil drawings of bivalve mollusk shells and hinge details, numbered as specimen illustrations on a cream page.

Philip Pearsall Carpenter's illustrations of mollusk specimens, accompanied by species ind - Plate 4

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

Hand-colored plate of a seated capuchin monkey with a curled tail, labeled Cebus libidinosus, 1823.

Simiarum et vespertilionum brasiliensium species novae - Plate II

Hermann Joseph Mitterer, 1823

Coloured botanical plate of a yellow-flowered Ficaria ranunculoides with green leaves, bud and roots, labelled in French.

Atlas de poche des plantes des champs, des prairies et des bois - Plate 6

des prairies et des bois From: Atlas de poche des plantes des champs, 1895

Hand-coloured plate of a green broadbill bird with orange throat and blue head perched on a branch.

Icones avium, or, Figures and descriptions of new and interesting species of birds from va - Plate (page 10)

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

Hand-colored plate of four beetles in violet, tan, green and blue, with long antennae, numbered and labeled below.

American entomology - Plate 3

From: American entomology, 1859

Line drawing plate of Eledone moschata mollusk anatomy showing dissected organs, ducts and lettered labels.

Atlas d'anatomie comparée des invertébrés - Plate 3

From: Atlas d'anatomie comparée des invertébrés, 1890

Engraved plate of numbered fish and sea creatures, including an eel-like fish and cod-like species, labeled Tab. II.

Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri - Plate II

From: Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri, 1657

Engraved plate of numbered zoophyta fossil specimens, branching forms and cellular textures, from a 1835 Yorkshire geology bo

Illustrations of the geology of Yorkshire, or, A description of the strata and organic rem - Plate I

From: Illustrations of the geology of Yorkshire, or, A description of the strata and organic rem, 1835

Hand-colored 1765 plate of three songbirds perched on green branches, one brown and two grey, with French captions.

Planches enluminées d'histoire naturelle - Plate 705

From: Planches enluminées d'histoire naturelle, 1765

Hand-coloured plate of six tiger beetles in green, blue, black and red, with a large black beetle at centre.

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

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

Shaded pencil drawing of a freshwater shell with concentric growth lines on an aged cream page.

New fresh water shells of the United States - Plate 1

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

Hand-coloured plate of a black-maned lion with a dark wavy mane standing on a rocky ledge.

General and particular descriptions of the vertebrated animals - Plate 3

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

Engraved botanical plate of a leafy branch with oval leaflets and hanging seed pods, from Thesaurus zeylanicus, 1737.

Thesaurus zeylanicus - Plate 14

From: Thesaurus zeylanicus, 1737

Engraved plate of two owls, one perched on a branch and one standing on mossy ground, with German captions.

Die Naturgeschichte in getreuen Abbildungen und mit ausführlicher Beschreibung derselben - Plate 25

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

Colour plate of numbered butterfly caterpillars of varied shapes and colours, many shown on leaves and stems.

The butterfly book - Plate III

From: The butterfly book, 1922

Black and white plate of nine numbered marine mollusk shells, bivalves and spiral gastropods, from a 1921 natural history bul

Summary of the marine shellbearing mollusks of the northwest coast of America - Plate 1

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

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

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

Hand-coloured botanical plate of a white nodding flower with bulb, roots, leaves and seed capsule, from 1773.

Florae Austriacae, sive, Plantarum selectarum in Austriae archiducatu - Plate 312

From: Florae Austriacae, sive, Plantarum selectarum in Austriae archiducatu, 1773

Hand-coloured plate of a male bird with russet head, black wing, white body and purple wattles perched on a branch.

Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux - Plate 51

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

Hand-colored 1825 plate of nine insects, including grasshoppers, a katydid and yellow-and-black moths, numbered Tab. II.

Horae entomologicae, adjectis tabulis novem coloratis - Plate II

adjectis tabulis novem coloratis From: Horae entomologicae, 1825

Brown trout with open mouth chasing minnows underwater, grey-toned illustration with bubbles and aquatic plants.

Fisherman's lures and game-fish food - Plate 2

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

Hand-colored 1874 map of world ocean currents with blue and yellow zones marking whale and cachalot circulation areas.

Etudes zoologiques et paléontologiques sur la famille des cétacés - Plate II

From: Etudes zoologiques et paléontologiques sur la famille des cétacés, 1874

Engraved botanical plate of two Vernonia species showing flowering stems and magnified floral dissections, numbered 13.

Flora Brasiliensis, enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum - Plate 13

From: Flora Brasiliensis, enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum, 1840

Colored plate of a rook with dark plumage and pale bill base standing on sandy ground, from an 1898 French bird atlas.

Atlas de poche des oiseaux de France, Suisse, et Belgique, utiles ou nuisibles - Plate 12

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

Hand-coloured plate of numbered North American owlet moth specimens with wings spread, labelled with species names below.

An illustrated essay on the Noctuidae of North America - Plate II

From: An illustrated essay on the Noctuidae of North America, 1882

Engraved plate of numbered crustacean anatomy drawings, showing a whole copepod and details of antennae and swimming legs.

On some new and rare Crustacea from Scotland - Plate XVII

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

Coloured plate of a hangul deer with large branching antlers standing on grass, labelled Plate IV from The Deer of All Lands.

The deer of all lands - Plate IV

From: The deer of all lands, 1898