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Engraved botanical plate of a senna branch with compound leaves, seed pod and flowers, numbered Tab. 97.

Thesaurus zeylanicus - Plate 97

From: Thesaurus zeylanicus, 1737

Engraved plate of four wading birds with long legs and bills, labeled in German, from an 1835 natural history book.

Die Naturgeschichte in getreuen Abbildungen und mit ausführlicher Beschreibung derselben - Plate 161

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

Hand-coloured 1859 plate of four shield bugs in blue, yellow and tan, labelled with species names below.

American entomology - Plate 43

From: American entomology, 1859

Hand-coloured plate of numbered freshwater shells with striped, banded and ridged surfaces on a cream page.

New fresh water shells of the United States - Plate 10

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

Engraved plate of catfish and two stingrays with long tails, labeled with numbers and Latin and Italian names.

Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri - Plate XXXVIII

From: Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri, 1657

Hand-coloured botanical plate of a monkshood plant with violet hooded flowers, lobed leaves, and a detailed root drawing.

Florae Austriacae, sive, Plantarum selectarum in Austriae archiducatu - Plate 381

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

Hand-coloured plate of a Duvaucel's trogon with black head, blue bill, red breast and orange tail, perched on a branch.

Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux - Plate 291

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

Hand-coloured plate of eight numbered ground beetles in red, blue, brown and green, with species names beneath.

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

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

Engraved plate of fifteen numbered illustrations of northwest American marine snail shells in varied views.

Summary of the marine shellbearing mollusks of the northwest coast of America - Plate 18

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

Engraved plate of a canine skull in side view with open jaws showing the teeth, captioned Teeth of the Genus Canis.

General and particular descriptions of the vertebrated animals - Plate 51

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

Black-and-white botanical plate of two Eupatorium species with flowering stems and detailed floret and flower head dissection

Flora Brasiliensis, enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum - Plate 90

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

Engraved plate of a black grouse standing on snowy ground beside grass tufts, with French caption below.

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

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

Plate of ten numbered white butterflies with black markings and red eyespots, arranged in two columns on a pink background.

The butterfly book - Plate XXXIX

From: The butterfly book, 1922

Colored plate of many fishing lures, feathered flies and painted minnow spinners on hooks, arranged on a gray background.

Fisherman's lures and game-fish food - Plate 11

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

Coloured plate of a pampas deer with branching antlers standing among tall grass and sandy ground.

The deer of all lands - Plate XXII

From: The deer of all lands, 1898

Coloured plate of two ferns: broad Scolopendrium officinale fronds on the left and slender Asplenium trichomanes on the right

Atlas de poche des plantes des champs, des prairies et des bois - Plate 123

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

Hand-coloured plate of a mottled brown nightjar perched on a rock beside a leafy green branch, labelled Lyncornis temminckii.

Icones avium, or, Figures and descriptions of new and interesting species of birds from va - Plate (page 74)

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

Engraved plate of insect anatomy showing nerve chains, segmented bodies and internal organs with lettered labels.

An introduction to entomology - Plate XXX

From: An introduction to entomology, 1828

Three shaded drawings of spiral mollusk shells on a plate labeled 229, 291 and 221.

Philip Pearsall Carpenter's illustrations of mollusk specimens, accompanied by species ind - Plate 65

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

Hand-coloured plate of a brown howler monkey walking with its long curled tail, with a German caption below.

Simiarum et vespertilionum brasiliensium species novae - Plate XXXIV

Hermann Joseph Mitterer, 1823

Engraved plate of sixteen numbered Orthoceras fossil shells, conical and segmented, drawn in fine hatched lines.

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

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

Hand-colored engraving of a crested purple heron with grey and rust plumage, long yellow legs and a curved neck, standing on

Planches enluminées d'histoire naturelle - Plate 788

From: Planches enluminées d'histoire naturelle, 1765

Hand-colored plate of five numbered Malachius beetles on grass stems, labeled with species names, from an 1859 entomology wor

American entomology - Plate 48

From: American entomology, 1859

Plate 53 of an 1890 invertebrate anatomy atlas with labeled line drawings of rotifers and Balanoglossus.

Atlas d'anatomie comparée des invertébrés - Plate 53

From: Atlas d'anatomie comparée des invertébrés, 1890

Engraved plate of a huge whale on a shore with a crowd of men in period dress around it, rocky coast behind.

Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri - Plate XLII

From: Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri, 1657

Engraved botanical plate showing two plants, a trailing clover-like trifolium and a branching tribulus with pinnate leaves an

Thesaurus zeylanicus - Plate 106

From: Thesaurus zeylanicus, 1737

Engraved plate of three seabirds, including a cormorant and a frigatebird, with long tails and hooked bills, on cream paper.

Die Naturgeschichte in getreuen Abbildungen und mit ausführlicher Beschreibung derselben - Plate 176

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

Hand-coloured plate of ten numbered carabid beetles in tan, black and red tones with species names listed below.

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

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

Three numbered views of a bivalve mollusk shell from a 1921 natural history plate, showing two exteriors and one pearly inter

Summary of the marine shellbearing mollusks of the northwest coast of America - Plate 20

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

Hand-coloured engraving of a raccoon standing on a rock ledge with a ringed tail and mountains behind it.

General and particular descriptions of the vertebrated animals - Plate 57

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