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Engraved botanical plate of a pinnate-leafed plant with long seed pods and small flowers, numbered Tab. 41.

Thesaurus zeylanicus - Plate 41

From: Thesaurus zeylanicus, 1737

Engraving of three finch species on a page labeled Tafel 71: Buchfink, Bergfink and Schneefink, perched on branches.

Die Naturgeschichte in getreuen Abbildungen und mit ausführlicher Beschreibung derselben - Plate 71

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

Engraved natural history plate with numbered drawings of insect and arthropod anatomy, including a large full-body figure.

An introduction to entomology - Plate XXIII

From: An introduction to entomology, 1828

Hand-coloured plate of numbered freshwater shells: brown and olive bivalves and conical snail shells on cream paper.

New fresh water shells of the United States - Plate 4

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

Engraved plate of sixteen labelled fish in rows, with fins and scales drawn in fine hatched line work.

Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri - Plate XIV

From: Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri, 1657

Hand-coloured botanical plate of a white-flowered plant spike with strap leaves and a bulb with roots, numbered 335.

Florae Austriacae, sive, Plantarum selectarum in Austriae archiducatu - Plate 335

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

Hand-coloured plate showing a blue-grey male flycatcher above a brown female perched on branches, from an 1838 bird book.

Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux - Plate 17

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

Engraved plate of four dark ground beetles numbered 1 to 4, with an antenna detail and species captions below.

American entomology - Plate 16

From: American entomology, 1859

Black-and-white plate of a marine snail shell with ribbed whorls and a smooth dark-shaded opening, labeled Pyrulofusus harpa.

Summary of the marine shellbearing mollusks of the northwest coast of America - Plate 7

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

Hand-colored plate of two wild cats: a striped Pageros on a tree branch above a pale yellow Eyra sitting on mossy ground.

General and particular descriptions of the vertebrated animals - Plate 19

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

Black and white botanical plate of Lychnophora rosmarinifolia with a branching stem, narrow leaves and dissected flower detai

Flora Brasiliensis, enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum - Plate 39

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

Colour plate of a coal tit perched on a branch, with black head, white cheek patch, and buff underparts.

Atlas de poche des oiseaux de France, Suisse, et Belgique, utiles ou nuisibles - Plate 34

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

Hand-coloured plate of eight tiger beetles (Cicindela) in varied green, yellow, red and black colours, with numbered captions

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

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

Colour plate of frogs, a crayfish, grasshoppers, a caterpillar, larvae, an eel-like fish and a winged insect on a cream backg

Fisherman's lures and game-fish food - Plate 5

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

Three whale illustrations in side view: a dark whale, a white whale, and a narwhal with a long tusk, with captions.

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

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

Coloured botanical plate of a Grande Marguerite daisy with white petals, a yellow centre, buds, leaves and roots.

Atlas de poche des plantes des champs, des prairies et des bois - Plate 53

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

Hand-colored plate of two toucan-like birds with large bills perched on a branch, caption Pteroglossus Gouldii below.

Icones avium, or, Figures and descriptions of new and interesting species of birds from va - Plate (page 34)

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

Colour plate of eighteen numbered orange butterflies with dark spotted wings, some shown open and some in side view.

The butterfly book - Plate XV

From: The butterfly book, 1922

Pencil sketches of numbered mollusk shells from multiple angles, arranged on a cream plate page from 1857.

Philip Pearsall Carpenter's illustrations of mollusk specimens, accompanied by species ind - Plate 28

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

Coloured plate of an Indian sambar stag and hind with a young deer grazing on grass.

The deer of all lands - Plate X

From: The deer of all lands, 1898

Engraved plate of numbered Spirifera fossil brachiopod shells showing ribbed valves and beaks from multiple views.

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

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

Hand-colored plate showing a speckled brown lark and a black bird with a rust-red breast, with French captions.

Planches enluminées d'histoire naturelle - Plate 738

From: Planches enluminées d'histoire naturelle, 1765

Hand-coloured 1825 entomological plate showing nine numbered beetles in black, red, purple, yellow and green with scale bars.

Horae entomologicae, adjectis tabulis novem coloratis - Plate V

adjectis tabulis novem coloratis From: Horae entomologicae, 1825

Engraved anatomical plate of a crab (Carcinus moenas) with red-highlighted circulatory system and numbered figures of limbs a

Atlas d'anatomie comparée des invertébrés - Plate 23

From: Atlas d'anatomie comparée des invertébrés, 1890

Hand-coloured plate of a brown monkey with a long curled tail holding a green fruit while perched on a branch.

Simiarum et vespertilionum brasiliensium species novae - Plate XV

Hermann Joseph Mitterer, 1823

Engraved botanical plate of two Hedysarum plants with leaves, flowers and seed pods, labeled Figures 1 and 2.

Thesaurus zeylanicus - Plate 50

From: Thesaurus zeylanicus, 1737

Engraved plate of two birds of paradise on branches, one with long trailing plumes and one with curled wire-like tail feather

Die Naturgeschichte in getreuen Abbildungen und mit ausführlicher Beschreibung derselben - Plate 86

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

Engraved plate of 1828 showing numbered insect collecting nets, a pinned beetle and butterfly, a specimen box, and a scale ba

An introduction to entomology - Plate XXIV

From: An introduction to entomology, 1828

Hand-coloured plate showing four numbered freshwater shells in brown, olive, rust and dark tones, drawn in side view.

New fresh water shells of the United States - Plate 5

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

Engraved plate of twelve numbered sea fish with Latin and German labels, including a flying fish and scorpionfish.

Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri - Plate XVIII

From: Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri, 1657