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Engraved botanical plate of Stevia menthaefolia with flowering stems, leaves and magnified floral dissection details.

Flora Brasiliensis, enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum - Plate 56

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

Colour plate of a rufous shorebird standing on sand, with an illustrated mottled egg and French caption below.

Atlas de poche des oiseaux de France, Suisse, et Belgique, utiles ou nuisibles - Plate 49

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

Hand-coloured plate of eight carabid beetles in varied colours, numbered and labelled with scale bars, from an 1822 insect at

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

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

Grey-toned plate of a muskellunge with open jaws rising to feed on minnows beneath the water surface near reeds.

Fisherman's lures and game-fish food - Plate 7

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

Plate VIII of cetacean illustrations showing pygmy sperm whale, Ziphius whale, and Mesoplodon whale with a head detail.

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

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

Coloured botanical plate of a yellow iris with orange-marked petals, green stem, leaves and bud, labelled Iris jaune.

Atlas de poche des plantes des champs, des prairies et des bois - Plate 74

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

Hand-coloured plate of a rufous bird with a white throat perched on grass, captioned Cursorius rufus, from 1837.

Icones avium, or, Figures and descriptions of new and interesting species of birds from va - Plate (page 46)

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

Colour plate of thirteen numbered orange and brown butterflies with spotted wings, labelled Plate XXIII.

The butterfly book - Plate XXIII

From: The butterfly book, 1922

Plate of pencil drawings of numbered mollusk shells, showing spiral and conical gastropod forms with labels.

Philip Pearsall Carpenter's illustrations of mollusk specimens, accompanied by species ind - Plate 41

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

Coloured plate of a swamp deer with antlers grazing in green grass and reeds near water.

The deer of all lands - Plate XIV

From: The deer of all lands, 1898

Engraved plate of numbered fossil gastropod and ammonite shells in spiral forms, labelled Gasteropoda, Plate XIII.

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

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

Hand-coloured 1765 plate of a grey crested heron with a yellow bill standing on a green mound.

Planches enluminées d'histoire naturelle - Plate 755

From: Planches enluminées d'histoire naturelle, 1765

Hand-colored plate of nine beetles in red, green, yellow and black, arranged in a grid with scale bars.

Horae entomologicae, adjectis tabulis novem coloratis - Plate VII

adjectis tabulis novem coloratis From: Horae entomologicae, 1825

Scientific plate of fly anatomy with colored internal organs and labeled line drawings of mouthparts and digestive structures

Atlas d'anatomie comparée des invertébrés - Plate 33

From: Atlas d'anatomie comparée des invertébrés, 1890

Hand-colored plate of a dark monkey with reddish limbs clinging to a branch with green leaves and a long curled tail.

Simiarum et vespertilionum brasiliensium species novae - Plate XXI

Hermann Joseph Mitterer, 1823

Engraved botanical plate of three mallow-like plants with lobed leaves and pale flowers, labelled Figs. 1 and 2.

Thesaurus zeylanicus - Plate 69

From: Thesaurus zeylanicus, 1737

Die Naturgeschichte in getreuen Abbildungen und mit ausführlicher Beschreibung derselben - Plate 117

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

Engraved plate XXVI with numbered drawings of insect anatomy, including antennae, mouthparts, and legs, with lettered labels.

An introduction to entomology - Plate XXVI

From: An introduction to entomology, 1828

Plate 7 showing three numbered freshwater bivalve shells in shaded illustration, dark and light brown tones.

New fresh water shells of the United States - Plate 7

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

Engraved plate Tab. XXVI showing many labelled freshwater fish species in rows, from a 1657 natural history book.

Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri - Plate XXVI

From: Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri, 1657

Hand-coloured botanical plate of a yellow-flowered plant with three stems, leaves and tangled roots, numbered 358.

Florae Austriacae, sive, Plantarum selectarum in Austriae archiducatu - Plate 358

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

Hand-coloured engraving of three perched birds numbered 257, with grey, brown and black plumage and French captions below.

Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux - Plate 257

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

Hand-coloured engraving of two yellow butterflies with dark green wing edges, one flying and one resting on grass.

American entomology - Plate 30

From: American entomology, 1859

Plate of twelve numbered line drawings of northwest American marine snail shells in varied spiral forms.

Summary of the marine shellbearing mollusks of the northwest coast of America - Plate 12

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

Hand-colored 1821 plate of a dark pekan with grey head and bushy tail beside palm trees, captioned 'The Pekan Var.'

General and particular descriptions of the vertebrated animals - Plate 35

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

Engraved botanical plate of Mikania leiolaena with two flowering stems and magnified floral dissections.

Flora Brasiliensis, enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum - Plate 64

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

Coloured plate of a brown seabird, the Arctic skua, standing on a pale rock, with French caption below.

Atlas de poche des oiseaux de France, Suisse, et Belgique, utiles ou nuisibles - Plate 56

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

Hand-coloured plate of eight carabid beetles in blue, black and orange, numbered and labelled, from an 1822 European beetle s

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

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

Grayscale plate of an Atlantic salmon with a fishing line in its mouth, labeled Salmo salar, printed sideways on the page.

Fisherman's lures and game-fish food - Plate 8

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

Plate of three whale illustrations: Arnux's whale, a female bottlenose whale, and a California gray whale, with captions.

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

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