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Hand-colored plate of a red, yellow and green Stanley parrakeet perched on a branch, with its title below.

Illustrations of the family of Psittacidœ, or parrots - Plate 23

or parrots From: Illustrations of the family of Psittacidœ, 1832

Hand-coloured plate of two butterflies, one brown with yellow spots and one black with yellow and grey markings.

Descriptions and figures of some new lepidopterous insects, chiefly from Nepal - Plate 8

chiefly from Nepal From: Descriptions and figures of some new lepidopterous insects, 1846

Engraved plate showing two freshwater mussel shells, numbered 1 and 2, with fine concentric growth lines.

The Unionidae of Kansas - Plate LXXXI

From: The Unionidae of Kansas, 1902

Lithograph of the underside of a fossil mammal skull showing molar rows, labelled Aphelops megalodus, Plate CXXVII.

Hitherto unpublished plates of Tertiary Mammalia and Permian Vertebrata - Plate CXXVII

From: Hitherto unpublished plates of Tertiary Mammalia and Permian Vertebrata, 1915

Hand-coloured botanical plate of white dead-nettle, Lamium album, with flowering stems, leaves, roots and flower dissections.

Flora Londinensis, or, Plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs - Plate 45

From: Flora Londinensis, or, Plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs, 1777

Hand-coloured plate of a green and yellow straw-crested flycatcher perched on a branch, with wing and bill details below.

A selection of the birds of Brazil and Mexico - Plate 49

From: A selection of the birds of Brazil and Mexico, 1841

Engraved plate of three fish with detailed scales and fins, labeled in French, from an 1800 fish atlas.

Atlas des poissons - Plate 84

From: Atlas des poissons, 1800

Hand-colored engraving of a brown bull with white horns standing on a rocky outcrop, labeled Bull, plate 101.

The natural history of quadrupeds, and cetaceous animals - Plate 101

and cetaceous animals From: The natural history of quadrupeds, 1811

Hand-coloured botanical plate of Gloxinia gesnerioides with pink tubular flowers, green leaves and dissected detail drawings.

Herbier général de l'amateur, deuxiéme série - Plate (page 227)

deuxiéme série From: Herbier général de l'amateur, 1847

Hand-coloured plate of a blue bird with orange throat perched on a branch with leaves, labelled Muscicapula sapphira.

Illustrations of Indian ornithology - Plate XXXII

From: Illustrations of Indian ornithology, 1847

Hand-coloured plate of two green lacewing insects with veined wings and long antennae, labelled a and b, from 1851.

Symbolae ad monographiam generis chrysopae, Leach - Plate 28

Leach From: Symbolae ad monographiam generis chrysopae, 1851

Hand-coloured 1832 plate of seven numbered Murex sea shells with spiny ridges and banded colour patterns.

The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent - Plate (page 253)

From: The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent, 1832

Coloured plate of a desert fox, Canis leucopus, standing on rocky ground with hills behind it.

Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes - Plate XXIX

From: Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes, 1890

Watercolor plate of a sugar maple tree with a dense green crown standing in a grassy field, labeled Campton, Grafton Co., N.H

Familiar trees and their leaves, described and illustrated by F. Schuyler Mathews, with il - Plate (page 239)

From: Familiar trees and their leaves, described and illustrated by F. Schuyler Mathews, with il, 1911

Hand-coloured plate of a brown songbird on a branch beside a vine, a hanging pouch nest, and two red eggs.

Zoologia typica - Plate 44

From: Zoologia typica, 1849

Engraved plate of six numbered insects beside a sketched flowering plant with scale bars, from an 1841 entomology book.

Arcana entomologica, or, Illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects - Plate 53

From: Arcana entomologica, or, Illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects, 1841

Hand-coloured engraving of three freshwater bivalve shells, two open showing interiors, from an 1845 British conchology plate

Illustrations of the land and fresh water conchology of Great Britain and Ireland - Plate XXII

From: Illustrations of the land and fresh water conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, 1845

Hand-coloured plate showing a domestic pig grazing and an Indian babirusa with curved tusks standing on grass.

Bilder-Atlas zur wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Säugethiere in ihren sämmt - Plate (page 119)

From: Bilder-Atlas zur wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Säugethiere in ihren sämmt, 1860

Coloured botanical plate of Anthoxanthum odoratum grass showing flowering spikes, roots and magnified floral dissections.

Les meilleures plantes fourragères - Plate 10

From: Les meilleures plantes fourragères, 1883

Hand-colored engraved plate showing three small songbirds in brown and grey plumage, one perched on a branch, numbered 23.

Kupfertafeln zur Naturgeschichte der Vögel - Plate 23

From: Kupfertafeln zur Naturgeschichte der Vögel, 1832

Coloured plate IX showing numbered butterflies with orange, brown and blue wings, some open and some closed.

British butterflies - Plate IX

From: British butterflies, 1885

Line drawing of two freshwater mussel shells, one exterior and one interior view, labeled Plate LXXXIII.

The Unionidae of Kansas - Plate LXXXIII

From: The Unionidae of Kansas, 1902

Grey lithograph of a sperm whale's tail and rear body on cream paper, labeled Physeter macrocephalus, Plate XIV.

The marine mammals of the north-western coast of North America - Plate XIV

From: The marine mammals of the north-western coast of North America, 1874

Black-and-white engraving of a black maidenhair spleenwort fern with two fronds and roots, captioned below.

The ferns of Sidmouth - Plate (page 51)

From: The ferns of Sidmouth, 1862

Hand-coloured 1832 plate of two cockatiel parrots perched on a branch, one grey and one brown, with red cheek patches.

Illustrations of the family of Psittacidœ, or parrots - Plate 27

or parrots From: Illustrations of the family of Psittacidœ, 1832

Hand-colored plate showing three spread-wing butterflies numbered 1 to 3, with black, yellow, white and brown markings.

Descriptions and figures of some new lepidopterous insects, chiefly from Nepal - Plate 9

chiefly from Nepal From: Descriptions and figures of some new lepidopterous insects, 1846

Engraved plate of three spotted fish with fins, labelled in French as species 1, 2 and 3, from a 1800 atlas.

Atlas des poissons - Plate 97

From: Atlas des poissons, 1800

Two lithographic drawings of fossil skulls labeled Aphelops megalodus and Aphelops fossiger on a cream page.

Hitherto unpublished plates of Tertiary Mammalia and Permian Vertebrata - Plate CXXXV

From: Hitherto unpublished plates of Tertiary Mammalia and Permian Vertebrata, 1915

Hand-coloured botanical plate of Malva sylvestris with pink flowers, lobed leaves, roots and numbered detail figures.

Flora Londinensis, or, Plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs - Plate 51

From: Flora Londinensis, or, Plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs, 1777

Hand-coloured plate of a female knob-fronted wren with rust breast and long dark tail perched on a branch.

A selection of the birds of Brazil and Mexico - Plate 56

From: A selection of the birds of Brazil and Mexico, 1841