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Hand-colored botanical plate showing white-flowered alpine plants with rosette leaves and roots, numbered 389.

Florae Austriacae, sive, Plantarum selectarum in Austriae archiducatu - Plate 389

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

Hand-coloured 1838 plate of an adult bigarré barbet with red crown, blue throat and green body perched on a log.

Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux - Plate 309

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

Colour plate of several butterflies, including swallowtails and a red admiral, resting among white flowers and green leaves.

The butterfly book - Plate XLIII

From: The butterfly book, 1922

Colored plate of varied artificial fishing lures and flies, including frog, grasshopper and larva imitations with hooks.

Fisherman's lures and game-fish food - Plate 12

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

Hand-coloured plate of two small deer in grass: an Ecuador pudu walking and a Central American brocket feeding on leaves.

The deer of all lands - Plate XXIV

From: The deer of all lands, 1898

Engraved botanical plate of Symphyopappus polystachyus with a flowering stem and dissected floral details below.

Flora Brasiliensis, enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum - Plate 98

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

Engraved plate of a barnacle goose with black head, white face and barred body standing on ground with grass tufts.

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

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

Hand-coloured plate of two wasp-like insects, one on a green plant stem, with a wing study below.

American entomology - Plate 52

From: American entomology, 1859

Plate of drawn tubular mollusk shell specimens, some ribbed, arranged in rows and labeled Z.24, Z.30 and Z.29.

Philip Pearsall Carpenter's illustrations of mollusk specimens, accompanied by species ind - Plate 71

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

Simiarum et vespertilionum brasiliensium species novae - Plate XXXVII

Hermann Joseph Mitterer, 1823

Engraved botanical plate of a hornbeam branch with serrated leaves and hanging catkins, captioned Charme commun.

Atlas de poche des plantes des champs, des prairies et des bois - Plate 141

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

Hand-colored plate of two mottled brown nightjar-like birds perched on a branch with green leaves.

Icones avium, or, Figures and descriptions of new and interesting species of birds from va - Plate (page 82)

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

Engraved plate of ten numbered ground beetles in black, brown and orange, with species names listed below.

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

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

Engraved plate of labeled siphonophore and ctenophore anatomy drawings with letter callouts and figure numbers.

Atlas d'anatomie comparée des invertébrés - Plate 58

From: Atlas d'anatomie comparée des invertébrés, 1890

Engraved plate of eight fish specimens with Latin labels, including Albula, Asellus and Cataphractus, from a 1657 natural his

Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri - Plate XLVI

From: Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri, 1657

Engraved plate of geological cross-section diagrams of rock strata and mountain profiles, with two waterfall views below.

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

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

Hand-colored 1765 plate of a brown wading bird with a long dark bill and striped tail, labeled L'Ombrette, du Sénégal.

Planches enluminées d'histoire naturelle - Plate 796

From: Planches enluminées d'histoire naturelle, 1765

Plate of numbered skipper butterflies in orange and brown tones, arranged in rows on a cream background.

The butterfly book - Plate XLVII

From: The butterfly book, 1922

Two views of an abalone shell: the rough outer surface with holes above, and the pearly inner nacre below.

Summary of the marine shellbearing mollusks of the northwest coast of America - Plate 22

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

Hand-coloured plate of a spiny tanrec on rocks beside a palm tree, from a 1821 zoology book.

General and particular descriptions of the vertebrated animals - Plate 62

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

Engraved botanical plate of Cinchona officinalis showing leafy branches, flower clusters, seed pods, and rolled bark details.

A description of the genus C̲i̲n̲c̲h̲o̲n̲a̲ - Plate 1

From: A description of the genus C̲i̲n̲c̲h̲o̲n̲a̲, 1797

Sepia scientific plate of numbered fossil bones and a curved tooth of Hesperornis regalis, an extinct toothed bird.

Odontornithes: a monograph on the extinct toothed birds of North America - Plate II

From: Odontornithes: a monograph on the extinct toothed birds of North America, 1880

Plate of numbered black and white anatomical drawings of a larva's alimentary canal and cross sections of its tissues.

The anatomy, physiology, morphology and development of the blow- fly Calliphora erythrocep - Plate I

From: The anatomy, physiology, morphology and development of the blow- fly Calliphora erythrocep, 1890

Engraved portrait of a man in a powdered wig beside bookshelves and shells, holding a sheet of shell drawings.

Jacobi Theodori Klein Tentamen methodi ostracologicae, sive, Dispositio naturalis cochlidu - Plate (page 13)

Johann Christoph Sysang, 1753

Tonal drawing of fossil mammal jaw and molar teeth with numbered detail views on plate IX, 1852.

Description of the remains of extinct Mammalia and Chelonia, from Nebraska territory, coll - Plate IX

From: Description of the remains of extinct Mammalia and Chelonia, from Nebraska territory, coll, 1852

Hand-coloured botanical plate showing numbered trees, cacti, an agave in flower and a pineapple plant in rows.

Sketches towards a Hortus botanicus americanus - Plate 1

From: Sketches towards a Hortus botanicus americanus, 1811

Hand-colored plate of two black-headed gulls, an adult in spring plumage and a young bird, on a rocky ledge.

The birds of America - Plate 443

John T. Bowen, 1871

Hand-colored plate of two Trechus ground beetles with small reference views and uncolored anatomical drawings of antennae and

Helvetische Entomologie, oder, Verzeichniss der schweizerischen Insekten nach einer neuen - Plate II

From: Helvetische Entomologie, oder, Verzeichniss der schweizerischen Insekten nach einer neuen, 1798

Hand-coloured plate of six numbered chiton shells showing dorsal and ventral views, from an 1815 conchology book.

General conchology, or, A description of shells, arranged according to the Linnean system - Plate 3

From: General conchology, or, A description of shells, arranged according to the Linnean system, 1815

Black-and-white photographs of five fossil mammal skull and jaw fragments with visible teeth, numbered 1 to 5 on a plate.

Monographie de la faune de mammifères fossiles du Ludien inférieur d'Euzet-les-Bains Gard - Plate (page 353)

From: Monographie de la faune de mammifères fossiles du Ludien inférieur d'Euzet-les-Bains Gard, 1917