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Hand-colored 1779 plate of eight numbered blue and grey butterflies with orange wing edges, labeled Tab. 1.

Io. Andr. Benigni Bergstraesseri, philosophiae professoris ordinarii ... Icones papilionum - Plate 1

From: Io. Andr. Benigni Bergstraesseri, philosophiae professoris ordinarii ... Icones papilionum, 1779

Hand-painted plate of eight colourful Australian beetles in two rows, each labelled with a species name and location.

Two hand-painted volumes of Coleoptera illustrated by Francis du Boulay - Plate (page 15)

From: Two hand-painted volumes of Coleoptera illustrated by Francis du Boulay, 1880

Engraved natural history plate with numbered anatomical figures of a shipworm, a cross-section, and small shell specimens.

Godofredi Sellii, J.U.D. ex Societate regia Londinensi Historia naturalis teredinis seu xy - Plate I

From: Godofredi Sellii, J.U.D. ex Societate regia Londinensi Historia naturalis teredinis seu xy, 1733

Hand-colored plate of eight numbered blue and grey butterflies with open and folded wings, from an 1779 entomological book.

Io. Andr. Benigni Bergstraesseri, philosophiae professoris ordinarii ... Icones papilionum - Plate 3

From: Io. Andr. Benigni Bergstraesseri, philosophiae professoris ordinarii ... Icones papilionum, 1779

Hand-painted plate of five beetles with handwritten labels noting West Australia and Geraldton, from an 1880 Coleoptera volum

Two hand-painted volumes of Coleoptera illustrated by Francis du Boulay - Plate (page 25)

From: Two hand-painted volumes of Coleoptera illustrated by Francis du Boulay, 1880

Engraved plate of hippopotami, a crocodile and birds in water, with three smaller framed vignettes below.

Synonymia piscium Graeca et Latina emendata, aucta atque illustrata - Plate (page 377)

aucta atque illustrata From: Synonymia piscium Graeca et Latina emendata, 1789

Hand-colored 1779 plate of eight numbered butterflies in blue, brown and grey tones, labeled Tab. 4.

Io. Andr. Benigni Bergstraesseri, philosophiae professoris ordinarii ... Icones papilionum - Plate 4

From: Io. Andr. Benigni Bergstraesseri, philosophiae professoris ordinarii ... Icones papilionum, 1779

Six hand-painted butterflies in two rows on cream paper, with brown, white, yellow and red wing patterns.

Two hand-painted volumes of Coleoptera illustrated by Francis du Boulay - Plate (page 41)

From: Two hand-painted volumes of Coleoptera illustrated by Francis du Boulay, 1880

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

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

Hand-colored plate of eight numbered butterflies in blue, brown and black, labeled Tab. 8, on cream paper.

Io. Andr. Benigni Bergstraesseri, philosophiae professoris ordinarii ... Icones papilionum - Plate 8

From: Io. Andr. Benigni Bergstraesseri, philosophiae professoris ordinarii ... Icones papilionum, 1779

Six hand-painted butterflies and moths in two rows, including orange, red-spotted and gray species, on a cream background.

Two hand-painted volumes of Coleoptera illustrated by Francis du Boulay - Plate (page 45)

From: Two hand-painted volumes of Coleoptera illustrated by Francis du Boulay, 1880

Engraved natural history plate TAB.11 with lettered figures of shipworm shells, larvae, and an insect, 1733.

Godofredi Sellii, J.U.D. ex Societate regia Londinensi Historia naturalis teredinis seu xy - Plate II

From: Godofredi Sellii, J.U.D. ex Societate regia Londinensi Historia naturalis teredinis seu xy, 1733

Hand-coloured 1779 plate of eight numbered butterflies with blue and grey wings, labelled Tab. 10.

Io. Andr. Benigni Bergstraesseri, philosophiae professoris ordinarii ... Icones papilionum - Plate 10

From: Io. Andr. Benigni Bergstraesseri, philosophiae professoris ordinarii ... Icones papilionum, 1779

Hand-painted watercolor plate of many colorful beetle species with handwritten scientific names and locality labels.

Two hand-painted volumes of Coleoptera illustrated by Francis du Boulay - Plate (page 59)

From: Two hand-painted volumes of Coleoptera illustrated by Francis du Boulay, 1880

Engraved botanical plate of Amaranthus polygonoides with a leafy stem, root, and numbered floral and seed details.

Icones plantarum Indiae Orientalis - Plate 719

From: Icones plantarum Indiae Orientalis, 1840

Engraved garden plan with curved tree-lined beds, a circular fountain, and a geometric parterre at lower right.

Traité de la composition et de l'ornement des jardins - Plate 4

From: Traité de la composition et de l'ornement des jardins, 1825

Hand-painted page of colourful beetle specimens in rows, each labelled with species name and locality, from an 1880 Coleopter

Two hand-painted volumes of Coleoptera illustrated by Francis du Boulay - Plate (page 61)

From: Two hand-painted volumes of Coleoptera illustrated by Francis du Boulay, 1880

Printed scientific table of fossil species with rows of names and columns of locality marks, rotated on the page.

Systematic lists illustrative of the Flora, Fauna, Palaeontology, and Archaeology of the N - Plate (page 166)

From: Systematic lists illustrative of the Flora, Fauna, Palaeontology, and Archaeology of the N, 1870

Engraved plan of a town garden with curved paths, tree groves, a round basin, and symmetrical parterre beds.

Traité de la composition et de l'ornement des jardins - Plate 12

From: Traité de la composition et de l'ornement des jardins, 1825

Engraved plate of numbered whale skeleton bones, including skulls, vertebrae, jaw bones and flipper bones, arranged in rows.

Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles - Plate IV

From: Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles, 1880

Lithograph of a side view of an extinct giant sloth skull, Mylodon robustus, showing teeth and lower jaw in shaded detail.

Description of the skeleton of an extinct gigantic Sloth, Mylodon robustus, Owen, with obs - Plate II

From: Description of the skeleton of an extinct gigantic Sloth, Mylodon robustus, Owen, with obs, 1842

Engraved plate of greenhouse and hotbed sections, frame details and floor plans with scale bars, numbered Plate 20.

Traité de la composition et de l'ornement des jardins - Plate 20

From: Traité de la composition et de l'ornement des jardins, 1825

Engraved anatomical plate of whale skeletons, skulls, vertebrae, flipper bones and baleen plates, numbered for study.

Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles - Plate XL

From: Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles, 1880

Lithograph of the underside of an extinct giant sloth skull showing rows of teeth on the palate, labelled Plate IV.

Description of the skeleton of an extinct gigantic Sloth, Mylodon robustus, Owen, with obs - Plate IV

From: Description of the skeleton of an extinct gigantic Sloth, Mylodon robustus, Owen, with obs, 1842

Engraved plate of rustic wooden and stone dwellings with a floor plan, surrounded by trees and shrubs, 1825.

Traité de la composition et de l'ornement des jardins - Plate 29

From: Traité de la composition et de l'ornement des jardins, 1825

Lithographed plate of numbered fossil shells, spiral gastropods and bivalves, drawn in black line on cream paper.

Conchyliologie fossile du bassin de l'Adour, ou, Description des coquilles fossiles qui on - Plate (page 71)

From: Conchyliologie fossile du bassin de l'Adour, ou, Description des coquilles fossiles qui on, 1837

Plate of lithographed whale skeletons and isolated bones, including skulls, vertebrae and ribs, from an 1880 cetacean osteogr

Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles - Plate XVIII

From: Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles, 1880

Engraved plate of ice house cross-sections and a circular floor plan, with a pavilion above ground and a metric scale bar.

Traité de la composition et de l'ornement des jardins - Plate 37

From: Traité de la composition et de l'ornement des jardins, 1825

Coloured plate of Odontoglossum pescatorei orchid with white spotted flowers and green leaves in a wooden planter.

Reichenbachia - Plate 71

From: Reichenbachia, 1892

Lithographic plate of fossil and living whale skulls, rostra and bones with numbered figures, 1880.

Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles - Plate XXVII

From: Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles, 1880