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Coloured botanical plate of a white campion stem with white flowers, red calyces and green leaves, numbered 88.

Atlas de poche des plantes des champs, des prairies et des bois - Plate 88

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

Hand-coloured plate of a mottled brown nightjar-like bird with long tail feathers clinging to a tree trunk.

Icones avium, or, Figures and descriptions of new and interesting species of birds from va - Plate (page 58)

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

Colour plate showing twelve numbered butterflies with orange, brown and pink wings and small eyespots on a pale background.

The butterfly book - Plate XXVII

From: The butterfly book, 1922

Engraved plate of numbered drawings of spiral gastropod shells in varied sizes and forms, dated 1857.

Philip Pearsall Carpenter's illustrations of mollusk specimens, accompanied by species ind - Plate 47

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

Colour plate of two muntjac deer, one standing with short antlers and one walking with a tufted forehead, in grass.

The deer of all lands - Plate XVI

From: The deer of all lands, 1898

Engraved plate of numbered gastropod shell drawings in varied spiral forms, labelled Gasteropoda, Plate XV.

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

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

Hand-coloured engraving of a barred brown bittern-like wading bird with yellow legs standing on green ground.

Planches enluminées d'histoire naturelle - Plate 763

From: Planches enluminées d'histoire naturelle, 1765

Hand-coloured plate of nine numbered beetles in a grid, with black, yellow, blue, red and green bodies.

Horae entomologicae, adjectis tabulis novem coloratis - Plate VIII

adjectis tabulis novem coloratis From: Horae entomologicae, 1825

Engraved plate of starfish and brittle star anatomy with numbered figures and labeled structures, from an 1890 invertebrate a

Atlas d'anatomie comparée des invertébrés - Plate 38

From: Atlas d'anatomie comparée des invertébrés, 1890

Hand-coloured plate of two small monkeys on branches, one pale with a curled tail, one golden with a banded tail.

Simiarum et vespertilionum brasiliensium species novae - Plate XXIV

Hermann Joseph Mitterer, 1823

Engraved botanical plate of two flowering branches with veined leaves, white five-petaled blossoms and seed pods, from 1737.

Thesaurus zeylanicus - Plate 78

From: Thesaurus zeylanicus, 1737

Engraved natural history plate showing three grouse-like birds, one crested and two white winter-plumaged, with German captio

Die Naturgeschichte in getreuen Abbildungen und mit ausführlicher Beschreibung derselben - Plate 131

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

Engraved plate of numbered insect anatomy figures, including mouthparts, antennae, legs and wing details, on aged paper.

An introduction to entomology - Plate XXVII

From: An introduction to entomology, 1828

Hand-coloured plate numbered 1 to 19 showing freshwater snail shells of varied spiral forms on cream paper.

New fresh water shells of the United States - Plate 8

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

Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri - Plate XXX

From: Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri, 1657

Hand-coloured botanical plate of a yellow-flowered plant stem with leaves and a separate root specimen, numbered 366.

Florae Austriacae, sive, Plantarum selectarum in Austriae archiducatu - Plate 366

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

Hand-coloured plate of two Bouvreuil githagine finches, a pink male above and a brown female below, perched on logs.

Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux - Plate 400

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

Hand-colored engraving plate of grasshoppers in side and top views, with separated wings showing brown banding.

American entomology - Plate 34

From: American entomology, 1859

Engraved plate of twelve numbered northwest American marine shells, with a large ribbed clam in the centre.

Summary of the marine shellbearing mollusks of the northwest coast of America - Plate 14

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

Hand-coloured plate of a Caffrarian weasel standing on a mossy rock with mountains in the background.

General and particular descriptions of the vertebrated animals - Plate 41

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

Black and white botanical plate of Dissothrix Gardneri with three plant specimens and enlarged flower and seed details.

Flora Brasiliensis, enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum - Plate 73

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

Coloured plate of a dark brown-black duck with white wing patch and orange feet standing on sand near rocks.

Atlas de poche des oiseaux de France, Suisse, et Belgique, utiles ou nuisibles - Plate 64

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

Coloured plate showing eight numbered carabid beetles in varied colours with scale bars and a species key below.

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

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

Rotated plate of a spotted muskellunge fish with a fishing line, labelled Lawrence spotted muskellunge, Lucius Masquinongy.

Fisherman's lures and game-fish food - Plate 9

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

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

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

Coloured plate of yellow-flowered stonecrop (A) and a green rosette houseleek (B) from an 1895 plant atlas.

Atlas de poche des plantes des champs, des prairies et des bois - Plate 100

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

Hand-coloured plate of a mottled brown bird with a long white tail streamer perched on a tree trunk beside ferns.

Icones avium, or, Figures and descriptions of new and interesting species of birds from va - Plate (page 62)

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

Plate XXXI showing 32 numbered butterfly specimens in blue, lilac, orange and brown tones on a cream page.

The butterfly book - Plate XXXI

From: The butterfly book, 1922

Engraved plate of numbered gastropod shell specimens in varied forms, drawn in fine line shading.

Philip Pearsall Carpenter's illustrations of mollusk specimens, accompanied by species ind - Plate 53

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

Hand-coloured plate of two European roe deer, one in reddish summer coat and one in darker winter coat, with antlers.

The deer of all lands - Plate XVIII

From: The deer of all lands, 1898