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Orang outang et gibon ash ou argente - Lithography, illustration by Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1885) edited by Pierre Jean Francois Turpin (1775-1840), extracted from the “Dictionary of Natural Sciences” by Frederic Cuvier, Paris, France, 1816 - Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus (endangered) and silvery gibbon, Hybbon, Hygibbon lobates moloch (endangered) - Handcoloured copperplate engraving, illustration by J. G. Pretre (1780-1845), directed by P. J.F. Turpin, from Frederic Cuvier's “” Dictionary of Natural Science,”” Paris, France, 1816

Orang outang et gibon ash ou argente - Lithography, illustration by Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1885) edited by Pierre Jean Francois Turpin (1775-1840), extracted from the “Dictionary of Natural Sciences” by Frederic Cuvier, Paris, France, 1816 - Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus (endangered) and silvery gibbon, Hybbon, Hygibbon lobates moloch (endangered) - Handcoloured copperplate engraving, illustration by J. G. Pretre (1780-1845), directed by P. J.F. Turpin, from Frederic Cuvier's “” Dictionary of Natural Science,”” Paris, France, 1816

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Asian elephant and African savannah elephant - Lithography, illustration by Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1885) edited by Pierre Jean Francois Turpin (1775-1840), extracted from the “Dictionary of Natural Sciences” by Frederic Cuvier, Paris, France, 1816 - Indian elephant, Elephas maximus indicus (endangered), and African bush or savanna elephant, Loxodonta africana (vulnerable) -Handcoloured copperplate engraving, illustration by J. G. Pretre (1780-1845), directed by P. J.F. Turpin, from Frederic Cuvier's “” Dictionary of Natural Science,”” Paris, France, 1816

Asian elephant and African savannah elephant - Lithography, illustration by Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1885) edited by Pierre Jean Francois Turpin (1775-1840), extracted from the “Dictionary of Natural Sciences” by Frederic Cuvier, Paris, France, 1816 - Indian elephant, Elephas maximus indicus (endangered), and African bush or savanna elephant, Loxodonta africana (vulnerable) -Handcoloured copperplate engraving, illustration by J. G. Pretre (1780-1845), directed by P. J.F. Turpin, from Frederic Cuvier's “” Dictionary of Natural Science,”” Paris, France, 1816

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Corolla of winter eranth (or helleborine or winter aconit) and hellebore fetide. Coloured copper engraving, illustration by Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819) for Conferences of Botanical, Botanical Garden of Lambeth (England), 1805, by William Curtis (1746-1799). Corolla of wolf's bane Eranthis hyemalis and stinking hellebore Helleborus foetida. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtis's “” Lectures on Botany, as delivered in the Botanic Garden at Lambeth,”” 1805. Edwards (1768-1819) was the artist of thousands of botanical plates for Curtis' “” Botanical Magazine”” and his own “” Botanical Register.””

Corolla of winter eranth (or helleborine or winter aconit) and hellebore fetide. Coloured copper engraving, illustration by Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819) for Conferences of Botanical, Botanical Garden of Lambeth (England), 1805, by William Curtis (1746-1799). Corolla of wolf's bane Eranthis hyemalis and stinking hellebore Helleborus foetida. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtis's “” Lectures on Botany, as delivered in the Botanic Garden at Lambeth,”” 1805. Edwards (1768-1819) was the artist of thousands of botanical plates for Curtis' “” Botanical Magazine”” and his own “” Botanical Register.””

Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819)

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Insect: double-stained coleoptere variete and bird nest neottie plant Lithograph by John Curtis (1791-1862) published in “British Entomology”, collection of 770 illustrations and descriptions of insects from Great Britain, London, England, 1824-1839. Tritoma bipustulatum, Tritoma bipustulata, Double-spotted Tritoma beetle, with bird's nest orchis, Epipactis nidus reviews. Handcoloured copperplate by John Curtis (1791-1862) for his own “” British Entomology, 770 Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland,” London, from 1824 to 1839.

Insect: double-stained coleoptere variete and bird nest neottie plant Lithograph by John Curtis (1791-1862) published in “British Entomology”, collection of 770 illustrations and descriptions of insects from Great Britain, London, England, 1824-1839. Tritoma bipustulatum, Tritoma bipustulata, Double-spotted Tritoma beetle, with bird's nest orchis, Epipactis nidus reviews. Handcoloured copperplate by John Curtis (1791-1862) for his own “” British Entomology, 770 Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland,” London, from 1824 to 1839.

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Insect: lepidoptere, variete of geometrid butterfly with its caterpillar and a branch of elm. Lithograph by John Curtis (1791-1862) published in “British Entomology”, a collection of 770 illustrations and descriptions of British insects, London, England, 1824 to 1839. Abraxas ulmata, Abraxas sylvata, Yorkshire, Scarce Magpie or Clouded Magpie moth and caterpillar, with common elm tree, Ulmus campestris. Handcoloured copperplate by John Curtis (1791-1862) for his own “” British Entomology, 770 Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland,” London, from 1824 to 1839.

Insect: lepidoptere, variete of geometrid butterfly with its caterpillar and a branch of elm. Lithograph by John Curtis (1791-1862) published in “British Entomology”, a collection of 770 illustrations and descriptions of British insects, London, England, 1824 to 1839. Abraxas ulmata, Abraxas sylvata, Yorkshire, Scarce Magpie or Clouded Magpie moth and caterpillar, with common elm tree, Ulmus campestris. Handcoloured copperplate by John Curtis (1791-1862) for his own “” British Entomology, 770 Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland,” London, from 1824 to 1839.

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Roman mythology: the goddess Cybele (or Rhea), mother of the gods, sitting on a seat and holding a horn of abundance - Eau forte by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf, after an illustration by Leonard Defrance (1735-1805), extracted from mythology in fabulous prints or divine figures, circa 1820 - Cybele or Rhea, Roman great mother seated on a chair a cornucopia - Handcoloured copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defrance from “” Mythology in Prints or Figures of Fabled Gods””, Chez P. Blanchard, Paris, c 1820

Roman mythology: the goddess Cybele (or Rhea), mother of the gods, sitting on a seat and holding a horn of abundance - Eau forte by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf, after an illustration by Leonard Defrance (1735-1805), extracted from mythology in fabulous prints or divine figures, circa 1820 - Cybele or Rhea, Roman great mother seated on a chair a cornucopia - Handcoloured copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defrance from “” Mythology in Prints or Figures of Fabled Gods””, Chez P. Blanchard, Paris, c 1820

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Roman mythology: Ceres, goddess of agriculture, harvests and fertility, holding a sickle and a bushel of wheat - Eau forte by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf, based on an illustration by Leonard Defrance (1735-1805), extracted from mythology in fabulous prints or divine figures, circa 1820 - Ceres, Roman goddess of the harvest and agriculture, in toga and laurel crown, with scythe and bushel of wheat - Handcoloured copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defrance from “” Mythology in Prints or Figures of Fabled Gods””, Chez P. Blanchard, Paris, c 1820

Roman mythology: Ceres, goddess of agriculture, harvests and fertility, holding a sickle and a bushel of wheat - Eau forte by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf, based on an illustration by Leonard Defrance (1735-1805), extracted from mythology in fabulous prints or divine figures, circa 1820 - Ceres, Roman goddess of the harvest and agriculture, in toga and laurel crown, with scythe and bushel of wheat - Handcoloured copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defrance from “” Mythology in Prints or Figures of Fabled Gods””, Chez P. Blanchard, Paris, c 1820

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Greek mythology: Megere, Erinye or infernal desses of jealousy, with its attributes, a dagger and a snake - Eau forte by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf, based on an illustration by Leonard Defrance (1735-1805), extracted from mythology in fabulous prints or divine figures, circa 1820 - Megaera, one of the Greek Enrinyes or Roman Furies, the jealous one depicted with a dagger and snake - Handcoloured copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defrance from “” Mythology in Prints or Figures of Fabled Gods””, Chez P. Blanchard, Paris, c 1820

Greek mythology: Megere, Erinye or infernal desses of jealousy, with its attributes, a dagger and a snake - Eau forte by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf, based on an illustration by Leonard Defrance (1735-1805), extracted from mythology in fabulous prints or divine figures, circa 1820 - Megaera, one of the Greek Enrinyes or Roman Furies, the jealous one depicted with a dagger and snake - Handcoloured copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defrance from “” Mythology in Prints or Figures of Fabled Gods””, Chez P. Blanchard, Paris, c 1820

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Greek mythology: a river deity, with a crown of leaves, holding an oar and seated on a jar pouring water - Eau forte by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf, based on an illustration by Leonard Defrance (1735-1805), extracted from mythology in fabulous prints or divine figures, circa 1820 - Greek river god, wearing a wreath and holding an oar and water urn - Handcoloured copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defrance from “” Mythology in Prints or Figures of Fabled Gods””, Chez P. Blanchard, Paris, c 1820

Greek mythology: a river deity, with a crown of leaves, holding an oar and seated on a jar pouring water - Eau forte by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf, based on an illustration by Leonard Defrance (1735-1805), extracted from mythology in fabulous prints or divine figures, circa 1820 - Greek river god, wearing a wreath and holding an oar and water urn - Handcoloured copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defrance from “” Mythology in Prints or Figures of Fabled Gods””, Chez P. Blanchard, Paris, c 1820

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Roman mythology: Hercules, famous heros for his strength, with his lion skin - Eau forte by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf, after an illustration by Leonard Defrance (1735-1805), extracted from mythology in fabulous prints or divine figures, circa 1820 - Hercules, Roman hero famed for his strength and twelve labours, with lionskin - Handcoloured copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defrance from “” Mythology in Prints or Figures of Fabled Gods””, Chez P. Blanchard, Paris, c 1820

Roman mythology: Hercules, famous heros for his strength, with his lion skin - Eau forte by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf, after an illustration by Leonard Defrance (1735-1805), extracted from mythology in fabulous prints or divine figures, circa 1820 - Hercules, Roman hero famed for his strength and twelve labours, with lionskin - Handcoloured copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defrance from “” Mythology in Prints or Figures of Fabled Gods””, Chez P. Blanchard, Paris, c 1820

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Leaves, roots and flowers of lettuce and alenois watercress. Coloured copper engraving, based on an illustration by Gotttlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), from the encyclopedie of natural history, Vienna (Austria), 1816. Lettuce leaves, root and in flower, Lactuca sativa, and garden cress, Lepidium sativum. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's “” Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte”” (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Vienna, 1816. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergy and naturalist in Augsburg, where the first edition was published.

Leaves, roots and flowers of lettuce and alenois watercress. Coloured copper engraving, based on an illustration by Gotttlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), from the encyclopedie of natural history, Vienna (Austria), 1816. Lettuce leaves, root and in flower, Lactuca sativa, and garden cress, Lepidium sativum. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's “” Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte”” (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Vienna, 1816. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergy and naturalist in Augsburg, where the first edition was published.

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Narwhal (narwhal), Monodon monoceros, near threatened 1, fin whale (fin whale), Balaenoptera physalus 2,3 endangered, and minke whale (small whale), Hyperoodon ampullatus 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1792. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

Narwhal (narwhal), Monodon monoceros, near threatened 1, fin whale (fin whale), Balaenoptera physalus 2,3 endangered, and minke whale (small whale), Hyperoodon ampullatus 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1792. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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A doctor, concentrating on his pocket watch, takes the pulse of a gentleman, dresses in the fashion of the English Regence (1811-1820), in a piece decoree of mirror and candelabres (Bath, England) - Eau forte by Francis Eginton (1737-1805), extracted from Le nouveau guide de Bath ou Memoires de la famille Blunderhead, published in 1807 - (Cency gentleman having his pulse taken by a physician in a room decorated with mirror and candlelabra - Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Eginton from Christopher Anstey's “” The New Bath Guide,”” John Browne, 1807)

A doctor, concentrating on his pocket watch, takes the pulse of a gentleman, dresses in the fashion of the English Regence (1811-1820), in a piece decoree of mirror and candelabres (Bath, England) - Eau forte by Francis Eginton (1737-1805), extracted from Le nouveau guide de Bath ou Memoires de la famille Blunderhead, published in 1807 - (Cency gentleman having his pulse taken by a physician in a room decorated with mirror and candlelabra - Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Eginton from Christopher Anstey's “” The New Bath Guide,”” John Browne, 1807)

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Hoof Venus or the Virgin or Notre Dame shoe, orchid variety. Coloured copper engraving from a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's book “English Botanical Phenomenes””, 1834. William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanical Garden from 1813 to 1854. Lady's slipper orchid, Cypripedium calceolus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Charles Mathews of a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's “” British Phaenogamous Botany”” 1834. Scotsman William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden from 1813 to 1854.

Hoof Venus or the Virgin or Notre Dame shoe, orchid variety. Coloured copper engraving from a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's book “English Botanical Phenomenes””, 1834. William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanical Garden from 1813 to 1854. Lady's slipper orchid, Cypripedium calceolus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Charles Mathews of a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's “” British Phaenogamous Botany”” 1834. Scotsman William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden from 1813 to 1854.

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Autumn spiranth or spiral spiranth, orchid variety. Coloured copper engraving from a drawing by C. Mathews from William Baxter's book “English Botanical Phenomenes””, 1834. William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanical Garden from 1813 to 1854. Ladies traces or Ladies tresses, Spiranthes autumnalis, orchid. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by C. Mathews from William Baxter's “” British Phaenogamous Botany”” 1834. Scotsman William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden from 1813 to 1854.

Autumn spiranth or spiral spiranth, orchid variety. Coloured copper engraving from a drawing by C. Mathews from William Baxter's book “English Botanical Phenomenes””, 1834. William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanical Garden from 1813 to 1854. Ladies traces or Ladies tresses, Spiranthes autumnalis, orchid. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by C. Mathews from William Baxter's “” British Phaenogamous Botany”” 1834. Scotsman William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden from 1813 to 1854.

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Map of Holland, showing settlements, marshes, woodlands, hills, roads, rivers and other geographical features. Shows title in a decorative cartouche to the upper left with Fame, Neptune and Thetis accompanied by putti bearing the arms of the United Provinces and other allegorical figures.Hollandiae Comitatus.1 map : copperplate engraving ; 70.6 x 54.2 cm; Scale approximately 1:290,000Nicolaes Visscher1710 c

Map of Holland, showing settlements, marshes, woodlands, hills, roads, rivers and other geographical features. Shows title in a decorative cartouche to the upper left with Fame, Neptune and Thetis accompanied by putti bearing the arms of the United Provinces and other allegorical figures.Hollandiae Comitatus.1 map : copperplate engraving ; 70.6 x 54.2 cm; Scale approximately 1:290,000Nicolaes Visscher1710 c

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The pericarp of gooseberry has mackerel, fruit of Scots pine and clover walls (or ravenelle). Coloured copper engraving, illustration by Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819) for Conferences of Botanical, Botanical Garden of Lambeth (England), 1805, by William Curtis (1746-1799). Seed vessel pericarpium of the gooseberry Ribes uva crispa (1-2), fir tree Pinus sylvestris (3) and wallflower Erysimum cheiri (4-5). Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtis's “” Lectures on Botany, as delivered in the Botanic Garden at Lambeth,”” 1805. Edwards (1768-1819) was the artist of thousands of botanical plates for Curtis' “” Botanical Magazine”” and his own “” Botanical Register.””

The pericarp of gooseberry has mackerel, fruit of Scots pine and clover walls (or ravenelle). Coloured copper engraving, illustration by Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819) for Conferences of Botanical, Botanical Garden of Lambeth (England), 1805, by William Curtis (1746-1799). Seed vessel pericarpium of the gooseberry Ribes uva crispa (1-2), fir tree Pinus sylvestris (3) and wallflower Erysimum cheiri (4-5). Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtis's “” Lectures on Botany, as delivered in the Botanic Garden at Lambeth,”” 1805. Edwards (1768-1819) was the artist of thousands of botanical plates for Curtis' “” Botanical Magazine”” and his own “” Botanical Register.””

Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819)

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Kangaroo Island emu or dwarf emu - l'emeu de Baudin - Dromaius baudinianus, extinct. (Possibly extinct King Island emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae ater, at right.) Taken from Charles-Alexandre Leseur's illustration in Peron and Freycinet's “” Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands,”” 1807. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

Kangaroo Island emu or dwarf emu - l'emeu de Baudin - Dromaius baudinianus, extinct. (Possibly extinct King Island emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae ater, at right.) Taken from Charles-Alexandre Leseur's illustration in Peron and Freycinet's “” Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands,”” 1807. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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Peruvian giant Basilio Huaylas, 7 ft at age 24. A native American from Ica in the south, he was exhibited in the capital Lima in 1792. Contrasted with an ordinary man holding a musical instrument, the arpa indigena, or indigenous harp. From Richard Phillips' “” Present State of Peru,”” 1805. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

Peruvian giant Basilio Huaylas, 7 ft at age 24. A native American from Ica in the south, he was exhibited in the capital Lima in 1792. Contrasted with an ordinary man holding a musical instrument, the arpa indigena, or indigenous harp. From Richard Phillips' “” Present State of Peru,”” 1805. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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Slavers kidnapping Africans and detaining them in camps before sending them on slave ships, 18th century (engraving)

Slavers kidnapping Africans and detaining them in camps before sending them on slave ships, 18th century (engraving)

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Tophane Fountain, Constantinople (Istanbul), circa 1800 (the tophan fountain or top hane, Istamboul, Turkey). Built in 1733, its white marble is decorated with passages from the Koran. The dome above is decorated with 16 towers. Turkish men wash at the fountains, and a woman's carriage with trellis windows at right. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

Tophane Fountain, Constantinople (Istanbul), circa 1800 (the tophan fountain or top hane, Istamboul, Turkey). Built in 1733, its white marble is decorated with passages from the Koran. The dome above is decorated with 16 towers. Turkish men wash at the fountains, and a woman's carriage with trellis windows at right. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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Farmers gather meatballs, which they elevent in cacti, then after drying and roasting the insects, they will be used to make the carmine red tincture - Farmers harvesting cochineal beetles, Dactylopius coccus, from Opuntia cochenillifera cactus and roasting and drying the insects to prepare carmine dye, Mexico, circa 1800. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

Farmers gather meatballs, which they elevent in cacti, then after drying and roasting the insects, they will be used to make the carmine red tincture - Farmers harvesting cochineal beetles, Dactylopius coccus, from Opuntia cochenillifera cactus and roasting and drying the insects to prepare carmine dye, Mexico, circa 1800. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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Observation of ice formations on a window in winter, by Professor Hacquet in Lemberg, during winter 1788-1789 and ice sheets in Belvedere -Ice crystal formations on windows in winter. Observed by Professor Hacquet at Lemberg during the cold winters of 1788-1789, and ice fronds seen in 1740 on windows in Belvedere. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

Observation of ice formations on a window in winter, by Professor Hacquet in Lemberg, during winter 1788-1789 and ice sheets in Belvedere -Ice crystal formations on windows in winter. Observed by Professor Hacquet at Lemberg during the cold winters of 1788-1789, and ice fronds seen in 1740 on windows in Belvedere. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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Ostrich (African ostrich), Struthio camelus, cassowary (casoar a helmet), Casuarius casuarius, extinct dodo (dronte), Raphus cucullatus, penguin, Emperor penguin (emperor penguin), Aptenodytes forsteri, little penguin (penguin), Eudyptula minor, southern rockhopper, Eudyptes chrysocoma, and extinct great auk, Pinguinus impennis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

Ostrich (African ostrich), Struthio camelus, cassowary (casoar a helmet), Casuarius casuarius, extinct dodo (dronte), Raphus cucullatus, penguin, Emperor penguin (emperor penguin), Aptenodytes forsteri, little penguin (penguin), Eudyptula minor, southern rockhopper, Eudyptes chrysocoma, and extinct great auk, Pinguinus impennis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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Sea anemone, branch of the cnidaires. Description of the animal's inner tentacles. Copper engraving by Frederick Polydor Nodder (1751-1801), George Shaw's illustration for the naturalist collection, published in 1790 by George Shaw. Sea anemone or anemone actinia. Actinia anemone. Sea anemone open slightly to reveal “” a few of the interior branchy tentacula or central parts”” (2), and protruding “” almost the whole of its interior parts or viscera in the form of an inflated membrane of a pale yellow colour, and striped very elegantly with rays of red and pale green.” Handcolored copperplate engraving, illustration signed S (George Shaw) from George Shaw's “” Naturalist's Miscellany”” (1790).

Sea anemone, branch of the cnidaires. Description of the animal's inner tentacles. Copper engraving by Frederick Polydor Nodder (1751-1801), George Shaw's illustration for the naturalist collection, published in 1790 by George Shaw. Sea anemone or anemone actinia. Actinia anemone. Sea anemone open slightly to reveal “” a few of the interior branchy tentacula or central parts”” (2), and protruding “” almost the whole of its interior parts or viscera in the form of an inflated membrane of a pale yellow colour, and striped very elegantly with rays of red and pale green.” Handcolored copperplate engraving, illustration signed S (George Shaw) from George Shaw's “” Naturalist's Miscellany”” (1790).

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African woman playing a pit and pebbles game called Uri, using 21 balls and a box with 10 compartments, while a man climbs a palm tree behind her using a sling, 18th century. 'African woman playing the game of awale (or adi, ouri, ayo, urin) and in the background, a man climbs the trunk of a palm tree). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

African woman playing a pit and pebbles game called Uri, using 21 balls and a box with 10 compartments, while a man climbs a palm tree behind her using a sling, 18th century. 'African woman playing the game of awale (or adi, ouri, ayo, urin) and in the background, a man climbs the trunk of a palm tree). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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Scarlet tiger moth - red or marbree scale - Callimorpha dominula 1, purple tiger -purple or speckled - Rhyparia purpurpurata 2, buffp-tip moth - bucephale - Phalera bucephala 3, and canary shouldered thorn - enomnos du linden - Ennomos alniaria, with caterpillar and pupa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

Scarlet tiger moth - red or marbree scale - Callimorpha dominula 1, purple tiger -purple or speckled - Rhyparia purpurpurata 2, buffp-tip moth - bucephale - Phalera bucephala 3, and canary shouldered thorn - enomnos du linden - Ennomos alniaria, with caterpillar and pupa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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Banded hare wallaby - lievre wallaby raye - Lagostrophus fasciatus (Kangurus fasciatus) endangered 1, and extinct King Island wombat - Common wombat - Vombatus ursinus. Taken from Charles Alexandre Leseur's illustrations in Peron and Freycinet's “” Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere,”” 1807. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

Banded hare wallaby - lievre wallaby raye - Lagostrophus fasciatus (Kangurus fasciatus) endangered 1, and extinct King Island wombat - Common wombat - Vombatus ursinus. Taken from Charles Alexandre Leseur's illustrations in Peron and Freycinet's “” Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere,”” 1807. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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White satin moth - Willow liparis or Bombyx willow - Leucoma salicis 1, puss moth - Forked tail or vinule or large harpy - Cerura vinula, and hummingbird hawk-moth - moro sphinx, Hummingbird or Sphinx of quail milk - Macroglossum stellatarum 3, moth, larva, caterillar, pupa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

White satin moth - Willow liparis or Bombyx willow - Leucoma salicis 1, puss moth - Forked tail or vinule or large harpy - Cerura vinula, and hummingbird hawk-moth - moro sphinx, Hummingbird or Sphinx of quail milk - Macroglossum stellatarum 3, moth, larva, caterillar, pupa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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Hydra (an animal of the branch line of the cnidaria, it is a complex plant-like plant-like plant-like plant-like plant). Copper engraving by Frederick Polydor Nodder (1751-1801) and George Shaw, for the naturalist collection, published in 1790 by George Shaw. Green polyp or Hydra. The polype has no anus or vent, and therefore again evacuates the remains of the animal on which it has preyed, by its mouth. It is capable of swallowing a worm of twice or thrice its size.” Hydra viridis. Handcolored copperplate engraving, illustration signed SN (George Shaw and Frederick Polydor Nodder (1751-1801), artist and engraver) from George Shaw's “” Naturalist's Miscellany”” (1790).

Hydra (an animal of the branch line of the cnidaria, it is a complex plant-like plant-like plant-like plant-like plant). Copper engraving by Frederick Polydor Nodder (1751-1801) and George Shaw, for the naturalist collection, published in 1790 by George Shaw. Green polyp or Hydra. The polype has no anus or vent, and therefore again evacuates the remains of the animal on which it has preyed, by its mouth. It is capable of swallowing a worm of twice or thrice its size.” Hydra viridis. Handcolored copperplate engraving, illustration signed SN (George Shaw and Frederick Polydor Nodder (1751-1801), artist and engraver) from George Shaw's “” Naturalist's Miscellany”” (1790).

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Little grey snail, or hood. Copper engraving by Frederick Polydor Nodder (1751-1801), George Shaw's illustration for the naturalist collection, published in 1790 by George Shaw. Garden snail. Helix aspersa (Helix hortensis). When these animals are disposed to love, they signify their mutual wishes by launching several little darts (spicula) at each other. These darts are of a very sharp form, and of a hot substance, and the animals are provided with a little quiver or reservoir of them during the breeding season.” Handcolored copperplate engraving, illustration signed S (George Shaw) from George Shaw's “” Naturalist's Miscellany”” (1790).

Little grey snail, or hood. Copper engraving by Frederick Polydor Nodder (1751-1801), George Shaw's illustration for the naturalist collection, published in 1790 by George Shaw. Garden snail. Helix aspersa (Helix hortensis). When these animals are disposed to love, they signify their mutual wishes by launching several little darts (spicula) at each other. These darts are of a very sharp form, and of a hot substance, and the animals are provided with a little quiver or reservoir of them during the breeding season.” Handcolored copperplate engraving, illustration signed S (George Shaw) from George Shaw's “” Naturalist's Miscellany”” (1790).

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Insect: orysse crown and millet plant or canary canary canary seed. Lithograph by John Curtis (1791-1862) published in “British Entomology”, a collection of 770 illustrations and descriptions of insects from Great Britain, London, England, 1824 to 1839. Oryssus coronatus, Oryssus abietinus wood-wasp, and manured canary-grass. European species not seen in the UK since the 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate by John Curtis (1791-1862) for his own “” British Entomology, 770 Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland,” London, from 1824 to 1839.

Insect: orysse crown and millet plant or canary canary canary seed. Lithograph by John Curtis (1791-1862) published in “British Entomology”, a collection of 770 illustrations and descriptions of insects from Great Britain, London, England, 1824 to 1839. Oryssus coronatus, Oryssus abietinus wood-wasp, and manured canary-grass. European species not seen in the UK since the 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate by John Curtis (1791-1862) for his own “” British Entomology, 770 Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland,” London, from 1824 to 1839.

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Portrait of Madame de Sevigne, 1827 (engraving)

Portrait of Madame de Sevigne, 1827 (engraving)

Gatine, Georges Jacques (1773-1831)

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Laurier sauce. Hand-coloured copper engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby (1757-1822), in Botanique Medicinale, 1832, by William Woodville and Sir William Jackson. Yellow flowered sweet bay leaves and berry, Laurus nobilis. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany”” 1832. The tireless Sowerby (1757-1822) drew over 2,500 plants for Smith's mammoth “” English Botany”” (1790-1814) and 440 mushrooms for “” Coloured Figures of English Fungi “” (1797) among many other works.

Laurier sauce. Hand-coloured copper engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby (1757-1822), in Botanique Medicinale, 1832, by William Woodville and Sir William Jackson. Yellow flowered sweet bay leaves and berry, Laurus nobilis. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany”” 1832. The tireless Sowerby (1757-1822) drew over 2,500 plants for Smith's mammoth “” English Botany”” (1790-1814) and 440 mushrooms for “” Coloured Figures of English Fungi “” (1797) among many other works.

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Different chalices: primerose, snow pierce, hazelnut, cike, grass, mushroom and moss. Coloured copper engraving, illustration by Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819) for Conferences of Botanical, Botanical Garden of Lambeth (England), 1805, by William Curtis (1746-1799). Calyx examples: primrose, snowdrop, hazel, hemlock, grass, mushroom, and moss. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtis's “” Lectures on Botany, as delivered in the Botanic Garden at Lambeth,”” 1805. Edwards (1768-1819) was the artist of thousands of botanical plates for Curtis' “” Botanical Magazine”” and his own “” Botanical Register.””

Different chalices: primerose, snow pierce, hazelnut, cike, grass, mushroom and moss. Coloured copper engraving, illustration by Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819) for Conferences of Botanical, Botanical Garden of Lambeth (England), 1805, by William Curtis (1746-1799). Calyx examples: primrose, snowdrop, hazel, hemlock, grass, mushroom, and moss. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtis's “” Lectures on Botany, as delivered in the Botanic Garden at Lambeth,”” 1805. Edwards (1768-1819) was the artist of thousands of botanical plates for Curtis' “” Botanical Magazine”” and his own “” Botanical Register.””

Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819)

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Detailed description of the stem and crown of the fritillary. Coloured copper engraving, illustration by Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819) for Conferences of Botanical, Botanical Garden of Lambeth (England), 1805, by William Curtis (1746-1799). Nectarium of the crown imperial Fritillaria imperialis (1), grass of Parnassus Parnassia (2), iris (3) and nasturtium Tropaeolum (4). Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtis's “” Lectures on Botany, as delivered in the Botanic Garden at Lambeth,”” 1805. Edwards (1768-1819) was the artist of thousands of botanical plates for Curtis' “” Botanical Magazine”” and his own “” Botanical Register.””

Detailed description of the stem and crown of the fritillary. Coloured copper engraving, illustration by Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819) for Conferences of Botanical, Botanical Garden of Lambeth (England), 1805, by William Curtis (1746-1799). Nectarium of the crown imperial Fritillaria imperialis (1), grass of Parnassus Parnassia (2), iris (3) and nasturtium Tropaeolum (4). Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtis's “” Lectures on Botany, as delivered in the Botanic Garden at Lambeth,”” 1805. Edwards (1768-1819) was the artist of thousands of botanical plates for Curtis' “” Botanical Magazine”” and his own “” Botanical Register.””

Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819)

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Ancient mythology: Harpocrates, deity of silence and mysteres, holding a horn and carrying his finger in his mouth - Eau forte by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf, after an illustration by Leonard Defrance (1735-1805), extracted from mythology in fabulous prints or divine figures, circa 1820 - Harpocrates, Greek and Roman god of silence, with finger to his lips, holding horn and wearing a figleaf - Handcoloured copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defrance from “Mythology in Prints or Figures of Fabled Gods”, Chez P. Blanchard, Paris, c 1820

Ancient mythology: Harpocrates, deity of silence and mysteres, holding a horn and carrying his finger in his mouth - Eau forte by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf, after an illustration by Leonard Defrance (1735-1805), extracted from mythology in fabulous prints or divine figures, circa 1820 - Harpocrates, Greek and Roman god of silence, with finger to his lips, holding horn and wearing a figleaf - Handcoloured copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defrance from “Mythology in Prints or Figures of Fabled Gods”, Chez P. Blanchard, Paris, c 1820

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Indian costumes and vehicles, circa 1800. Hindu pandit or scholar 1, a Muslim fakir 2, a writer with palm paper 3, idol chariot decorated with Hindu gods 4, and hackery or ox-driven carriage. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

Indian costumes and vehicles, circa 1800. Hindu pandit or scholar 1, a Muslim fakir 2, a writer with palm paper 3, idol chariot decorated with Hindu gods 4, and hackery or ox-driven carriage. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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View of a street with canal, horse-drawn carriages, Europeans and natives in Batavia (Jakarta), on the island of Java, Indonesia, circa 1800, when it was a Dutch colony. (View of a street along a canal in Java, under Dutch colonial rule). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

View of a street with canal, horse-drawn carriages, Europeans and natives in Batavia (Jakarta), on the island of Java, Indonesia, circa 1800, when it was a Dutch colony. (View of a street along a canal in Java, under Dutch colonial rule). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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Cyclopean masonry in Morea (Peloponnese), ancient Greece (The Cyclopean ruins of the Peloponnese, testify to maconery in ancient Greece). Debris of an ancient fortress near Epidauris-Limera, showing walls built from huge stones without cement or mortar. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

Cyclopean masonry in Morea (Peloponnese), ancient Greece (The Cyclopean ruins of the Peloponnese, testify to maconery in ancient Greece). Debris of an ancient fortress near Epidauris-Limera, showing walls built from huge stones without cement or mortar. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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Orders of Chivalry: Prussian Order of the Black Eagle 1, Russian Order of St. Andrew the Apostle 2, Swedish Royal Order of the Seraphim 3 and Danish Order of the Elephant order Danish elephant) 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

Orders of Chivalry: Prussian Order of the Black Eagle 1, Russian Order of St. Andrew the Apostle 2, Swedish Royal Order of the Seraphim 3 and Danish Order of the Elephant order Danish elephant) 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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Plan of the garden of Meerestein. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Includes title on trompe-l'oeil piece of paper pinned to the plate above and two coats of arms. Plan de la Maison et Jardins de Meerestein ... 1 map : copperplate engraving ; 14.5 x 19.2 cm.; Scale not given Hendrik de Leth. Amsterdam, 1727 to 1732

Plan of the garden of Meerestein. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Includes title on trompe-l'oeil piece of paper pinned to the plate above and two coats of arms. Plan de la Maison et Jardins de Meerestein ... 1 map : copperplate engraving ; 14.5 x 19.2 cm.; Scale not given Hendrik de Leth. Amsterdam, 1727 to 1732

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View of the Kremlin, the ancient palace of the tsars in Moscow, Russia, with the palace of terems, the cathedral of the Assumption and the bell tower of the tower of Ivan the Great, with the surrounding wall. The Kremlin, the old tsar's palace in Moscow, Russia, circa 1800. Showing the Terem Palace, Assumption Cathedral, and Ivan the Great Bell Tower, with courtyard and gate in the foreground. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

View of the Kremlin, the ancient palace of the tsars in Moscow, Russia, with the palace of terems, the cathedral of the Assumption and the bell tower of the tower of Ivan the Great, with the surrounding wall. The Kremlin, the old tsar's palace in Moscow, Russia, circa 1800. Showing the Terem Palace, Assumption Cathedral, and Ivan the Great Bell Tower, with courtyard and gate in the foreground. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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Three Norman men of the 12th century, one wearing a talar (dress in fashion at the end of the 12th century), another vetu of the talar above her, and the third wearing a conical cap. Hand-coloured copper engraving, in “Images historique des costumes des principaux peuples de l'Antiquite et du Middle Ages” by Robert Von Spalart, published in 1796. Three Norman men of the 12th century; one in a surtout and carrying a talar (a robe in fashion at the end of the 12th century), one wearing a talar over his especially, and one in a conical bonnet. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's “” Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages”” (1796).

Three Norman men of the 12th century, one wearing a talar (dress in fashion at the end of the 12th century), another vetu of the talar above her, and the third wearing a conical cap. Hand-coloured copper engraving, in “Images historique des costumes des principaux peuples de l'Antiquite et du Middle Ages” by Robert Von Spalart, published in 1796. Three Norman men of the 12th century; one in a surtout and carrying a talar (a robe in fashion at the end of the 12th century), one wearing a talar over his especially, and one in a conical bonnet. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's “” Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages”” (1796).

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Equestrian statue of Peter the Great in St. Petersburg (celebration of the inauguration of the equestrian statue of Peter the Great in Saint Petersburg, 1782 and technique of transporting the huge granite rock on a carpet of metal beads). The unveiling ceremony in front of the Empress Catherine II in 1782, and the method of hauling the huge granite stone on a belt of metal balls. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

Equestrian statue of Peter the Great in St. Petersburg (celebration of the inauguration of the equestrian statue of Peter the Great in Saint Petersburg, 1782 and technique of transporting the huge granite rock on a carpet of metal beads). The unveiling ceremony in front of the Empress Catherine II in 1782, and the method of hauling the huge granite stone on a belt of metal balls. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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Meteor seen in London, 13 November 1803. It was first observed accompanied by small balls of fire (meteore vu in London, England, in 1803, with fireballs) 1, and then developed a tail and rays that ended in small stars (la meme meteore, avec une queue de feu qui se fin en petit stars) 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

Meteor seen in London, 13 November 1803. It was first observed accompanied by small balls of fire (meteore vu in London, England, in 1803, with fireballs) 1, and then developed a tail and rays that ended in small stars (la meme meteore, avec une queue de feu qui se fin en petit stars) 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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Seeds and their sections: varieties of common bean and fig seed. Coloured copper engraving, illustration by Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819) for Conferences of Botanical, Botanical Garden of Lambeth (England), 1805, by William Curtis (1746-1799). Seeds and their parts: garden bean Phaseolus vulgaris (1-5), fig Ficus carica (6), and kidney bean Phaseolus vulgaris (7-9). Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtis's “” Lectures on Botany, as delivered in the Botanic Garden at Lambeth,”” 1805. Edwards (1768-1819) was the artist of thousands of botanical plates for Curtis' “” Botanical Magazine”” and his own “” Botanical Register.””

Seeds and their sections: varieties of common bean and fig seed. Coloured copper engraving, illustration by Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819) for Conferences of Botanical, Botanical Garden of Lambeth (England), 1805, by William Curtis (1746-1799). Seeds and their parts: garden bean Phaseolus vulgaris (1-5), fig Ficus carica (6), and kidney bean Phaseolus vulgaris (7-9). Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtis's “” Lectures on Botany, as delivered in the Botanic Garden at Lambeth,”” 1805. Edwards (1768-1819) was the artist of thousands of botanical plates for Curtis' “” Botanical Magazine”” and his own “” Botanical Register.””

Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819)

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Flowering of officinale borage and pea (leguminous). Coloured copper engraving, illustration by Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819) for Conferences of Botanical, Botanical Garden of Lambeth (England), 1805, by William Curtis (1746-1799). Parts of fructification in borage Borago officinalis (1), pea Pisum sativum (2,3), snapdragon Antirrhinum (5), and sweet pea Lathyrus odorata (4). Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtis's “” Lectures on Botany, as delivered in the Botanic Garden at Lambeth,”” 1805. Edwards (1768-1819) was the artist of thousands of botanical plates for Curtis' “” Botanical Magazine”” and his own “” Botanical Register.””

Flowering of officinale borage and pea (leguminous). Coloured copper engraving, illustration by Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819) for Conferences of Botanical, Botanical Garden of Lambeth (England), 1805, by William Curtis (1746-1799). Parts of fructification in borage Borago officinalis (1), pea Pisum sativum (2,3), snapdragon Antirrhinum (5), and sweet pea Lathyrus odorata (4). Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtis's “” Lectures on Botany, as delivered in the Botanic Garden at Lambeth,”” 1805. Edwards (1768-1819) was the artist of thousands of botanical plates for Curtis' “” Botanical Magazine”” and his own “” Botanical Register.””

Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819)

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Batswana man and woman, South Africa, circa 1800 (modern Botswana). The man wears feathers and earrings, an animal skin cape, and carries spears and a basketball. The woman sits next to an axe and bowl, smoking a pipe, wearing an animal skin skirt. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

Batswana man and woman, South Africa, circa 1800 (modern Botswana). The man wears feathers and earrings, an animal skin cape, and carries spears and a basketball. The woman sits next to an axe and bowl, smoking a pipe, wearing an animal skin skirt. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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A woman clothed in the fashion of the English Regence (1811-1820), in a bookstore in Bath (England), asking the bookseller to stick together pages so that her daughter could not read a “” evil Methodist hymn”” - Eau forte by Francis Eginton (1737-1805), extracted from Bath's New Guide or Memories of the Blunderhead family, published in 1807 - ( Fashionable Regency woman at a booksellers in Bath, requesting the bookseller paste some offending pages together so that her daughter may not read a “” vile methodistical hymn”” - Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Eginton from Christopher Anstey's “” The New Bath Guide,”” John Browne, 1807)

A woman clothed in the fashion of the English Regence (1811-1820), in a bookstore in Bath (England), asking the bookseller to stick together pages so that her daughter could not read a “” evil Methodist hymn”” - Eau forte by Francis Eginton (1737-1805), extracted from Bath's New Guide or Memories of the Blunderhead family, published in 1807 - ( Fashionable Regency woman at a booksellers in Bath, requesting the bookseller paste some offending pages together so that her daughter may not read a “” vile methodistical hymn”” - Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Eginton from Christopher Anstey's “” The New Bath Guide,”” John Browne, 1807)

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Roman antiquite: seat machines, shelter for digging a tunnel 1, semi-circular shelter 2, shelter with belier 3, shelter on rolling cylinder 4, seat tower 5, tower of five stages 6, belier on chain 7- Roman siege engines: shelter for sappers digging a tunnel, Vineae 1, semi-circular shelter Pluteus 2, shelter Testudo with battering ram Aries 3, shelter on rolling cylinders Musculus 4, siege tower or the Taker of Cities, Helepolis 5, five-storey tower Sambucae 6, and battering ram on chains Aries 7. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1795.

Roman antiquite: seat machines, shelter for digging a tunnel 1, semi-circular shelter 2, shelter with belier 3, shelter on rolling cylinder 4, seat tower 5, tower of five stages 6, belier on chain 7- Roman siege engines: shelter for sappers digging a tunnel, Vineae 1, semi-circular shelter Pluteus 2, shelter Testudo with battering ram Aries 3, shelter on rolling cylinders Musculus 4, siege tower or the Taker of Cities, Helepolis 5, five-storey tower Sambucae 6, and battering ram on chains Aries 7. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1795.

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European garden spider, diadem spider - Epeire diademe ou araignee des jardins ou araignee porte crosses, black and red varietes - Araneus diadematus. Black variety 1, red variety hanging from a silk line 2,3, front of head showing eyes and mandibles 4, silk spinnerets with fibres, and silk tubes 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

European garden spider, diadem spider - Epeire diademe ou araignee des jardins ou araignee porte crosses, black and red varietes - Araneus diadematus. Black variety 1, red variety hanging from a silk line 2,3, front of head showing eyes and mandibles 4, silk spinnerets with fibres, and silk tubes 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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Silver washed fritillary - Spanish tobacco, male and female - Argynnis paphia 1 male A female B with larva and pupa, large blue - azure du serpolet - Phengaris arion, near threatened 2, brown hairstreak - thecle du birch - Thecla betulae 3, and small copper butterfly - le copper commun ou bronze - Lycaena phlaeas 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

Silver washed fritillary - Spanish tobacco, male and female - Argynnis paphia 1 male A female B with larva and pupa, large blue - azure du serpolet - Phengaris arion, near threatened 2, brown hairstreak - thecle du birch - Thecla betulae 3, and small copper butterfly - le copper commun ou bronze - Lycaena phlaeas 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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Hinduism: a penitent attached to a large swing is suspended at a feast for the goddess Bhagavathi, a fakir Dakambari holding hot coals on a metal plate, and a rich penitent rolls on the ground for 30 miles - Hindu penitent on a high swing at a festival for the goddess Bhagavathi, a Dakambari fakir burning holding coals on a metal plate, and a rich penitent who rolled on the ground for 30 miles. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

Hinduism: a penitent attached to a large swing is suspended at a feast for the goddess Bhagavathi, a fakir Dakambari holding hot coals on a metal plate, and a rich penitent rolls on the ground for 30 miles - Hindu penitent on a high swing at a festival for the goddess Bhagavathi, a Dakambari fakir burning holding coals on a metal plate, and a rich penitent who rolled on the ground for 30 miles. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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Large tiger moth - brown scale - Pericallia matronula 1, rufous minor - oligie versicolore ou procude versicolore - Oligia versicolor 2, broad-bordered bee hawk-moth - sphinx fuciforme - Hemaris fuciformis 3bc3c and caterpillar 3a, Diane moth 4, Hebe tiger moth - pink or hebe Eusharia festiva 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

Large tiger moth - brown scale - Pericallia matronula 1, rufous minor - oligie versicolore ou procude versicolore - Oligia versicolor 2, broad-bordered bee hawk-moth - sphinx fuciforme - Hemaris fuciformis 3bc3c and caterpillar 3a, Diane moth 4, Hebe tiger moth - pink or hebe Eusharia festiva 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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The floating batteries of the British army in Gibraltar in 1782. A 210-gun barge on two levels and another single-tier barge designed by the French engineer of Arcon to bomb the city. The floating batteries of the British Navy at Gibraltar, 1782. A barge with 210 cannons on two tiers, and another single-tier barge, designed by the French engineer d'Arcon to bombard the town. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

The floating batteries of the British army in Gibraltar in 1782. A 210-gun barge on two levels and another single-tier barge designed by the French engineer of Arcon to bomb the city. The floating batteries of the British Navy at Gibraltar, 1782. A barge with 210 cannons on two tiers, and another single-tier barge, designed by the French engineer d'Arcon to bombard the town. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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African and Asian vultures: Nubian vulture (vulture oricou), Torgos tracheliotos (vulnerable) 1, Cape vulture (Gyps coprotheres), Gyps coprotheres, vulnerable 2, white-rumped vulture (vulture chaugoun), Gyps bengalensis (critically endangered) 3, boater (eagle of savannah, Terathopius audatus (near threatened), and Egyptian vulture (Vulture percnoptere), Neophron percnopterus (endangered) 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

African and Asian vultures: Nubian vulture (vulture oricou), Torgos tracheliotos (vulnerable) 1, Cape vulture (Gyps coprotheres), Gyps coprotheres, vulnerable 2, white-rumped vulture (vulture chaugoun), Gyps bengalensis (critically endangered) 3, boater (eagle of savannah, Terathopius audatus (near threatened), and Egyptian vulture (Vulture percnoptere), Neophron percnopterus (endangered) 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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Splendid hibiscus, Hibiscus splendens. Illustration drawn by James MacNab, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtis's “” The Botanical Magazine,”” Samuel Curtis, 1830. Hooker (1785-1865) was an English botanist, writer and artist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and editor of Curtis' “” Botanical Magazine”” from 1827 to 1865. In 1841 he was appointed director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and was succeeded by his son Joseph Dalton. Hooker documented the fern and orchid crazes that shook England in the mid-19th century in books such as “” Species Filicum”” (1846) and “” A Century of Orchidaceous Plants”” (1849). A gifted botanical artist himself, he wrote and illustrated “” Flora Exotica”” (1823) and several volumes of the “” Botanical Magazine”” after 1827.

Splendid hibiscus, Hibiscus splendens. Illustration drawn by James MacNab, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtis's “” The Botanical Magazine,”” Samuel Curtis, 1830. Hooker (1785-1865) was an English botanist, writer and artist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and editor of Curtis' “” Botanical Magazine”” from 1827 to 1865. In 1841 he was appointed director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and was succeeded by his son Joseph Dalton. Hooker documented the fern and orchid crazes that shook England in the mid-19th century in books such as “” Species Filicum”” (1846) and “” A Century of Orchidaceous Plants”” (1849). A gifted botanical artist himself, he wrote and illustrated “” Flora Exotica”” (1823) and several volumes of the “” Botanical Magazine”” after 1827.

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Indian street entertainment, circa 1800. Indian performers, musicians, jugglers, rope walkers, dancers and balancing acts in the square at Fort George, Madras 1, snake charmer with cobra 2, and bull balancing act 3. (Street entertainment in India, circa 1800: musicians, jugglers, acrobats and dancers, near Fort George a Madras, a snake charmer and a balanced beef on a man's belly). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

Indian street entertainment, circa 1800. Indian performers, musicians, jugglers, rope walkers, dancers and balancing acts in the square at Fort George, Madras 1, snake charmer with cobra 2, and bull balancing act 3. (Street entertainment in India, circa 1800: musicians, jugglers, acrobats and dancers, near Fort George a Madras, a snake charmer and a balanced beef on a man's belly). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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Musical instruments of the African slaves of Suriname. Qua-qua 1, kiemba-toetoe flute 2, ansokko-baina balafon 3, great Creole drum 4, great Loango (Congo) drum 5, papa drum 6, small Loango drum 7, small Creole drum 8, coeroema drum 9, Loango-bania thumb piano 10, calabash 11, saka-saka shekere 12, conch shell 13, benta 14, Creole-bania guitar 15, trumpet of war 16, work horn 17, and Loango too-too flute 18. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Migliavacca from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i i Popoli), Florence, 1842.

Musical instruments of the African slaves of Suriname. Qua-qua 1, kiemba-toetoe flute 2, ansokko-baina balafon 3, great Creole drum 4, great Loango (Congo) drum 5, papa drum 6, small Loango drum 7, small Creole drum 8, coeroema drum 9, Loango-bania thumb piano 10, calabash 11, saka-saka shekere 12, conch shell 13, benta 14, Creole-bania guitar 15, trumpet of war 16, work horn 17, and Loango too-too flute 18. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Migliavacca from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i i Popoli), Florence, 1842.

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