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Greek mythology: Erato, muse of lyrical and erotic poetry, with its attributes a crown of myrtle and rose and a lyre - 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 - Erato, Greek muse of love poetry, with garland of flowers and cithara (lyre) - 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: Erato, muse of lyrical and erotic poetry, with its attributes a crown of myrtle and rose and a lyre - 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 - Erato, Greek muse of love poetry, with garland of flowers and cithara (lyre) - 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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A plan of the city of New York

A plan of the city of New York

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A map of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton. Geographical detail extends from Cape Breton in the east down the Saint Lawrence River as far as Montréal, and from the coast of Labrador in the north to Boston Harbour in the south

A map of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton. Geographical detail extends from Cape Breton in the east down the Saint Lawrence River as far as Montréal, and from the coast of Labrador in the north to Boston Harbour in the south

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Insect: variete of coleoptere staphylinus with a fragrant fuzzy plant or fragrant quackgrass 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. Homalota dimidiata, Hygronoma dimidiata, Ochre-banded Staphylinus beetle, with spring grass, Anthoxanthum odoratum. 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: variete of coleoptere staphylinus with a fragrant fuzzy plant or fragrant quackgrass 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. Homalota dimidiata, Hygronoma dimidiata, Ochre-banded Staphylinus beetle, with spring grass, Anthoxanthum odoratum. 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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Fibrous roots of common senecon and large plantain (or plantain of birds). Coloured copper engraving, illustration by Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819) for Conferences of Botanical, Botanical Garden of Lambeth (England), 1805, by William Curtis (1746-1799). Plant roots: fibrous root of groundsel Senecio vulgaris and plantain Plantago major. 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.””

Fibrous roots of common senecon and large plantain (or plantain of birds). Coloured copper engraving, illustration by Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819) for Conferences of Botanical, Botanical Garden of Lambeth (England), 1805, by William Curtis (1746-1799). Plant roots: fibrous root of groundsel Senecio vulgaris and plantain Plantago major. 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: variete of nevroptere (ant) with short, green wings with sea rye or sand elymme. 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. Chrysopa abbreviata, Short-winged Green Lacewing, Golden-eye moth, and upright sea lime grass, Elymus arenarius. 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: variete of nevroptere (ant) with short, green wings with sea rye or sand elymme. 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. Chrysopa abbreviata, Short-winged Green Lacewing, Golden-eye moth, and upright sea lime grass, Elymus arenarius. 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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Roots and bulbs of onion and saxifrage, granulee or so-called bulbils. Coloured copper engraving, illustration by Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819) for Conferences of Botanical, Botanical Garden of Lambeth (England), 1805, by William Curtis (1746-1799). Roots of the onion Allium cepa and meadow saxifrage Saxifraga granulata. 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.””

Roots and bulbs of onion and saxifrage, granulee or so-called bulbils. Coloured copper engraving, illustration by Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819) for Conferences of Botanical, Botanical Garden of Lambeth (England), 1805, by William Curtis (1746-1799). Roots of the onion Allium cepa and meadow saxifrage Saxifraga granulata. 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.””

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Hymenoptere: variety of bees and sprigs of plantain lanceole or grass has five seams. 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. Lasioglossum tricingulum, Halictus xanthopus, Long-tongued Melitta bee, Halictus xanthopus, and ribwort plantain, Plantago lanceolata. 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.

Hymenoptere: variety of bees and sprigs of plantain lanceole or grass has five seams. 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. Lasioglossum tricingulum, Halictus xanthopus, Long-tongued Melitta bee, Halictus xanthopus, and ribwort plantain, Plantago lanceolata. 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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Horse and couagga (or quagga) (under species of the zebra of South Africa, species eteinte) - Lithography, illustration by Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1885) under the direction of Pierre Jean Francois Turpin (1775-1840), extracted from the “dictionary of natural sciences” by Antoine de Jussieu (1686-1758) - Horse, Equus ferus caballus, and extinct quagga, Equus quagga Quagga. Handcoloured copperplate engraving, illustration by J. G. Pretre (1780-1845), directed by P. J.F. Turpin, from Antoine de Jussieu's “” Dictionary of Natural Science,”” 1837

Horse and couagga (or quagga) (under species of the zebra of South Africa, species eteinte) - Lithography, illustration by Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1885) under the direction of Pierre Jean Francois Turpin (1775-1840), extracted from the “dictionary of natural sciences” by Antoine de Jussieu (1686-1758) - Horse, Equus ferus caballus, and extinct quagga, Equus quagga Quagga. Handcoloured copperplate engraving, illustration by J. G. Pretre (1780-1845), directed by P. J.F. Turpin, from Antoine de Jussieu's “” Dictionary of Natural Science,”” 1837

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The ratanhia. Coloured copper engraving, in Botanique Medicinale (published in Berlin, Germany, 1822) by Doctor Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), German botanist and pharmacist. Ratanya or Rhatany, Krameria triandra. This root from Peru is used as an astringent and tonic in herbal medicine. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Friedrich Gottlob Hayne's “” Getreue Darstellung und Beschreibung der in der Arzneykunde Gebrauchilchen Gewachse”” (Medical Botany), Berlin, 1822. Hayne (1763-1832) was a German botanist, apothecary and, from 1814, professor of pharmaceutical botany at Berlin University.

The ratanhia. Coloured copper engraving, in Botanique Medicinale (published in Berlin, Germany, 1822) by Doctor Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), German botanist and pharmacist. Ratanya or Rhatany, Krameria triandra. This root from Peru is used as an astringent and tonic in herbal medicine. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Friedrich Gottlob Hayne's “” Getreue Darstellung und Beschreibung der in der Arzneykunde Gebrauchilchen Gewachse”” (Medical Botany), Berlin, 1822. Hayne (1763-1832) was a German botanist, apothecary and, from 1814, professor of pharmaceutical botany at Berlin University.

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Common burr, blue burr and burr rocks. Coloured copper engraving, based on an illustration by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), in Encyclopedie d'histoire naturelle, published in Vienna (Austria), 1816. Blackberry, Rubus fruticosus, dewberry, Rubus caesius, stone bramble, Rubus saxatilis. 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.

Common burr, blue burr and burr rocks. Coloured copper engraving, based on an illustration by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), in Encyclopedie d'histoire naturelle, published in Vienna (Austria), 1816. Blackberry, Rubus fruticosus, dewberry, Rubus caesius, stone bramble, Rubus saxatilis. 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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Canadian menisperm or snake grape and male variete of polypod (fern). Coloured copper engraving, based on an illustration by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), in Encyclopedie d'histoire naturelle, published in Vienna (Austria), 1816. Canadian moonseed, Menispermum canadense, male polypody fern, Polypodium filix mas. 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.

Canadian menisperm or snake grape and male variete of polypod (fern). Coloured copper engraving, based on an illustration by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), in Encyclopedie d'histoire naturelle, published in Vienna (Austria), 1816. Canadian moonseed, Menispermum canadense, male polypody fern, Polypodium filix mas. 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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Botanical: wild lettuce - Wild lettuce, Lactuca virosa. Handcoloured copperplate botanical engraving from Johannes Zorn's “Afbeelding der Artseny-Gewassen,”” Jan Christiaan Sepp, Amsterdam, 1796. Zorn first published his illustrated medical botany in Nurnberg in 1780 with 500 plates, and a Dutch edition followed in 1796 published by J.C. Sepp with an additional 100 plates. Zorn (1739-1799) was a German pharmacist and botanist who collected medical plants from all over Europe for his “Icons plantarum medicinalium”” for apothecaries and doctors.

Botanical: wild lettuce - Wild lettuce, Lactuca virosa. Handcoloured copperplate botanical engraving from Johannes Zorn's “Afbeelding der Artseny-Gewassen,”” Jan Christiaan Sepp, Amsterdam, 1796. Zorn first published his illustrated medical botany in Nurnberg in 1780 with 500 plates, and a Dutch edition followed in 1796 published by J.C. Sepp with an additional 100 plates. Zorn (1739-1799) was a German pharmacist and botanist who collected medical plants from all over Europe for his “Icons plantarum medicinalium”” for apothecaries and doctors.

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Roman mythology: Vesta, virgin goddess of the home, standing near an altar with sacred fire - Eau forte by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf, based on an illustration by Leonard Defrance (1735-1805), taken from mythology in fabulous prints or divine figures, circa 1820 - Vesta, Roman goddess of the hearth, standing next to an altar with sacred flame - 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: Vesta, virgin goddess of the home, standing near an altar with sacred fire - Eau forte by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf, based on an illustration by Leonard Defrance (1735-1805), taken from mythology in fabulous prints or divine figures, circa 1820 - Vesta, Roman goddess of the hearth, standing next to an altar with sacred flame - 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: Euterpe, muse of music, with the instrument of his invention l'aulos (the double flute) - 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 - Euterpe, Greek muse of song and elegiac poetry, with flutry te- 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: Euterpe, muse of music, with the instrument of his invention l'aulos (the double flute) - 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 - Euterpe, Greek muse of song and elegiac poetry, with flutry te- 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: Melpomene, muse of tragedies, with its attributes, a vine crown, a tragic mask and a stick (cane) - Eau forte by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf, following an illustration by Leonard Defrance (1735-1805), extracted from mythology in fabulous prints or divine figures, circa 1820 - Melpomene, Greek muse of tragedy, with wreath, club and tragic mask - 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: Melpomene, muse of tragedies, with its attributes, a vine crown, a tragic mask and a stick (cane) - Eau forte by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf, following an illustration by Leonard Defrance (1735-1805), extracted from mythology in fabulous prints or divine figures, circa 1820 - Melpomene, Greek muse of tragedy, with wreath, club and tragic mask - 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: Flora, goddess of flowers and spring, with a crown of flowers and holding a garland of leaves - Eau forte by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf, following an illustration by Leonard Defrance (1735-1805), extracted from mythology in fabulous prints or divine figures, circa 1820 - Flora, Roman goddess of flowers and spring, holding a garland of flowers - 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: Flora, goddess of flowers and spring, with a crown of flowers and holding a garland of leaves - Eau forte by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf, following an illustration by Leonard Defrance (1735-1805), extracted from mythology in fabulous prints or divine figures, circa 1820 - Flora, Roman goddess of flowers and spring, holding a garland of flowers - 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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Ancient mythology: Plutus (or Ploutos), divinite of wealth and abundance, with boxes filled with gold - 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 - Plutus or Ploutos, Greek and Roman god of wealth, with boxes of gold coins- 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: Plutus (or Ploutos), divinite of wealth and abundance, with boxes filled with gold - 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 - Plutus or Ploutos, Greek and Roman god of wealth, with boxes of gold coins- 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: Orphee, heros, musician and poet, with a crown and its lyre - 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 - Orpheus, Greek hero, musician and poet, shown with wreath, lyre and figuring leaf - 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: Orphee, heros, musician and poet, with a crown and its lyre - 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 - Orpheus, Greek hero, musician and poet, shown with wreath, lyre and figuring leaf - 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: Veritas, goddess of truth, with an aureole, naked holding a palm and a mirror - Eau forte by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf, following an illustration by Leonard Defrance (1735-1805), extracted from mythology in fabulous prints or divine figures, circa 1820 - Veritas, Roman goddess of truth, with halo, holding mirror and palm d- 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: Veritas, goddess of truth, with an aureole, naked holding a palm and a mirror - Eau forte by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf, following an illustration by Leonard Defrance (1735-1805), extracted from mythology in fabulous prints or divine figures, circa 1820 - Veritas, Roman goddess of truth, with halo, holding mirror and palm d- 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: Rename, goddess ailee, of public or social recognition, blowing in his trunk - 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 -Fama, Roman allegorical figure of fame or rumor, shown with wings, blowing on a horn - 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: Rename, goddess ailee, of public or social recognition, blowing in his trunk - 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 -Fama, Roman allegorical figure of fame or rumor, shown with wings, blowing on a horn - 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 and Roman gods: the Muses. Clio 1, Euterpe 2, Thalia 3, Melpomene 4, Terpsichore 5, Erato 6, Polyhymnia 7, Urania 8 and Calliope 9. 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.

Greek and Roman gods: the Muses. Clio 1, Euterpe 2, Thalia 3, Melpomene 4, Terpsichore 5, Erato 6, Polyhymnia 7, Urania 8 and Calliope 9. 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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Common cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis 1,2, cuttlefish species from South Africa, Sepia tuberculata 3, Indian cuttlefish, Sepia maculata 4 and Rondelet's bobtail squid, Sepiola rondeletii 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.

Common cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis 1,2, cuttlefish species from South Africa, Sepia tuberculata 3, Indian cuttlefish, Sepia maculata 4 and Rondelet's bobtail squid, Sepiola rondeletii 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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Costumes of Peru, 18th century: couple from Lima 1, noblewoman of Lima 2, indigenous people 3, indigenous people in their best clothes 4, and inhabitants of Quito 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.

Costumes of Peru, 18th century: couple from Lima 1, noblewoman of Lima 2, indigenous people 3, indigenous people in their best clothes 4, and inhabitants of Quito 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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European squid, Loligo vulgaris 1, European flying squid, Todarodes sagittatus 2, horned octopus, Eledon cirrhosa 3,4, and common octopus, Octopus vulgaris 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.

European squid, Loligo vulgaris 1, European flying squid, Todarodes sagittatus 2, horned octopus, Eledon cirrhosa 3,4, and common octopus, Octopus vulgaris 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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Village life of the Batswana people, South Africa, modern Botswana. (Scene in a village in Botswana The villagers can be seen with leaf parasols cooking in front of wooden houses and a corn granary. 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.

Village life of the Batswana people, South Africa, modern Botswana. (Scene in a village in Botswana The villagers can be seen with leaf parasols cooking in front of wooden houses and a corn granary. 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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Thistle pulp cells magnified under a microscope, 18th century. Normal size A, and enlarged B to show a ring of sexagonal cells, surrounded by fibres to bring sap and nutrients. 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.

Thistle pulp cells magnified under a microscope, 18th century. Normal size A, and enlarged B to show a ring of sexagonal cells, surrounded by fibres to bring sap and nutrients. 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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Trajan's column (Trajane column, construction 107-113) Rome, 18th century. Triumphal pillar built by the architect Apollodorus, its spiral bas-relief shows Trajan's victories over the Dacians. 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.

Trajan's column (Trajane column, construction 107-113) Rome, 18th century. Triumphal pillar built by the architect Apollodorus, its spiral bas-relief shows Trajan's victories over the Dacians. 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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Equestrian statue of the Emperor Joseph II, Vienna, 18th century. Based on the statue of Marcus Aurelius in Rome, Franz Anton Zauner's statue depicts him as a Roman general with breastplate, sandals and cloak. 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 the Emperor Joseph II, Vienna, 18th century. Based on the statue of Marcus Aurelius in Rome, Franz Anton Zauner's statue depicts him as a Roman general with breastplate, sandals and cloak. 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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Argentine horned frog - Argentine Corned Frog or Bell Corned Frog or Ornate Corned Frog - Ceratophrys ornata. Based on a drawing from nature by the German naturalist Wilhelm Gottlob Tilesius. 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.

Argentine horned frog - Argentine Corned Frog or Bell Corned Frog or Ornate Corned Frog - Ceratophrys ornata. Based on a drawing from nature by the German naturalist Wilhelm Gottlob Tilesius. 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 young woman, dressed in a chiffon dress, apprehended to take a curative bath, a maid held a towel and another woman watched them (Bath, England) - Eau forte by Francis Eginton (1737-1805), from The New Bath Guide or Memories of the Blunderhead Family, published in 1807 - (Young fashionable woman dressing in muslin robe to take a healing spa in Regency Bath, an attendant holds a towel while another woman looks on - Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Eginton from Christopher Anstey's “” The New Bath Guide,”” John Browne, 1807)

A young woman, dressed in a chiffon dress, apprehended to take a curative bath, a maid held a towel and another woman watched them (Bath, England) - Eau forte by Francis Eginton (1737-1805), from The New Bath Guide or Memories of the Blunderhead Family, published in 1807 - (Young fashionable woman dressing in muslin robe to take a healing spa in Regency Bath, an attendant holds a towel while another woman looks on - Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Eginton from Christopher Anstey's “” The New Bath Guide,”” John Browne, 1807)

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Marsh Iris or False Iris. Coloured copper engraving from a drawing by W.A.Delamotte 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. Yellow water iris, Iris pseudo acorus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by W.A. Delamotte 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. Engraved by Charles Mathews.

Marsh Iris or False Iris. Coloured copper engraving from a drawing by W.A.Delamotte 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. Yellow water iris, Iris pseudo acorus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by W.A. Delamotte 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. Engraved by Charles Mathews.

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Blanche of Navarre (Blanche de Navarre or Blanche d'Evreux), queen consort of France, 1333-1398. She wears rich ceremonial cape and bodice in damask, velvet and ermine, and a coat of arms dress with the blazon of France (gold fleurs de liys on azure), Navarre (gold chains on gules) and Evreux (fleurs de liys with bendlet in silver and red). From a portrait in the Basilica of Saint-Denis. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from “” French Costumes from KingClovis to Our Days,”” Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834.

Blanche of Navarre (Blanche de Navarre or Blanche d'Evreux), queen consort of France, 1333-1398. She wears rich ceremonial cape and bodice in damask, velvet and ermine, and a coat of arms dress with the blazon of France (gold fleurs de liys on azure), Navarre (gold chains on gules) and Evreux (fleurs de liys with bendlet in silver and red). From a portrait in the Basilica of Saint-Denis. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from “” French Costumes from KingClovis to Our Days,”” Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834.

Massard, Leopold (1812-1889)

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Henri II Clement, Lord of Metz (Henri II Clement, seigneur of Mez et d'Argentan) marshal of France, died 1265. Holding the oriflame, battle standard of the King of France. He wears a suit of chainmail, a tunic with white cross, spurs, and sword. Taken from a stained glass window in Notre-Dame de Chartres, showing a knight receiving the oriflame from Saint Denis. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from “” French Costumes from KingClovis to Our Days,”” Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834.

Henri II Clement, Lord of Metz (Henri II Clement, seigneur of Mez et d'Argentan) marshal of France, died 1265. Holding the oriflame, battle standard of the King of France. He wears a suit of chainmail, a tunic with white cross, spurs, and sword. Taken from a stained glass window in Notre-Dame de Chartres, showing a knight receiving the oriflame from Saint Denis. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from “” French Costumes from KingClovis to Our Days,”” Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834.

Massard, Leopold (1812-1889)

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Slaves from a plantation working in a sugar cane mill in the West Indies. Coloured copper engraving, based on an illustration by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), in Encyclopedie d'histoire naturelle, published in Vienna (Austria), 1816. Slaves milling sugar, Saccharum officinarum, on a sugar cane plantation in the West Indies. 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.

Slaves from a plantation working in a sugar cane mill in the West Indies. Coloured copper engraving, based on an illustration by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), in Encyclopedie d'histoire naturelle, published in Vienna (Austria), 1816. Slaves milling sugar, Saccharum officinarum, on a sugar cane plantation in the West Indies. 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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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)

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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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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

Visscher, Nicolas (1618-79)

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Normandy women of the 12th century. Women of the nobility wearing a coat and veil (125 and 126), and a third with a head uncovered (127). Copper engraving hand-coloured, in “Images historique des costumes des principaux peuples de l'Antiquite et du Middle Ages” by Robert Von Spalart, published in 1796. Norman women from the 12th century. A Norman noblewoman wearing mantle and veil (125). Another Norman noblewoman wearing mantle and veil (126). A Norman woman with her head uncovered (127). 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).

Normandy women of the 12th century. Women of the nobility wearing a coat and veil (125 and 126), and a third with a head uncovered (127). Copper engraving hand-coloured, in “Images historique des costumes des principaux peuples de l'Antiquite et du Middle Ages” by Robert Von Spalart, published in 1796. Norman women from the 12th century. A Norman noblewoman wearing mantle and veil (125). Another Norman noblewoman wearing mantle and veil (126). A Norman woman with her head uncovered (127). 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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Antiparos cave, Greece, 18th century (Antiparos cave, Greece, 18th century, tourists with torches at the entrance of the cave and after a descent in rope and ladder, site visit) Tourists with torches at the entrance to the grotto 1, and visitors descending by rope and ladder into the main hall with its spectacular stalactites. 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.

Antiparos cave, Greece, 18th century (Antiparos cave, Greece, 18th century, tourists with torches at the entrance of the cave and after a descent in rope and ladder, site visit) Tourists with torches at the entrance to the grotto 1, and visitors descending by rope and ladder into the main hall with its spectacular stalactites. 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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Siberian musk door and forest musk musk or dwarf deer musk (pygmee) - 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 - Siberian musk deer, Moschus mosus chiferus (vulnerable), and dwarf musk deer or Chinese forest musk deer, Moschus berezovskii (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

Siberian musk door and forest musk musk or dwarf deer musk (pygmee) - 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 - Siberian musk deer, Moschus mosus chiferus (vulnerable), and dwarf musk deer or Chinese forest musk deer, Moschus berezovskii (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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Truncated tatou or dwarf armadillo of Argentina, myrmidon or dwarf anthill and pangolin of Malaysia - 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 - Pink fairy armadillo, Chlamadillo yphorus truncatus, Silky or Pygmy Anteater, Cyclopes didactylus, and Sunda pangolin, Manis javanica (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

Truncated tatou or dwarf armadillo of Argentina, myrmidon or dwarf anthill and pangolin of Malaysia - 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 - Pink fairy armadillo, Chlamadillo yphorus truncatus, Silky or Pygmy Anteater, Cyclopes didactylus, and Sunda pangolin, Manis javanica (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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Wheat grain with fungal infection Uredo segetum. Decayed ear of wheat at natural size 1, magnified 2,3 revealing misshapen pistils a and sterile anthers b, infected wheat dust 4, barley rust 5, and healthy wheat flour 6. 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.

Wheat grain with fungal infection Uredo segetum. Decayed ear of wheat at natural size 1, magnified 2,3 revealing misshapen pistils a and sterile anthers b, infected wheat dust 4, barley rust 5, and healthy wheat flour 6. 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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Different corolles: the belladonna, the stramoine datura, the great periwinkle and the giroflee of the walls. 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 examples: deadly nightshade Atropa belladonna, thorn apple Datura stramonium, periwinkle Vinca major and wallflower Erysimum cheiri. 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 corolles: the belladonna, the stramoine datura, the great periwinkle and the giroflee of the walls. 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 examples: deadly nightshade Atropa belladonna, thorn apple Datura stramonium, periwinkle Vinca major and wallflower Erysimum cheiri. 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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Miles's patent agitable lamps, Birmingham, 1787- c 1791

Miles's patent agitable lamps, Birmingham, 1787- c 1791

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Varieties of grass grass: woolly hells, wild siberian rye and perennial chaff. Coloured copper engraving, based on an illustration by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), in Encyclopedie d'histoire naturelle, published in Vienna (Austria), 1816. Yorkshire fog grass, Holcus lanatus (9), Siberian wild rye, Elymus sibiricus (10), ryegrass, Lolium perenne (11). 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.

Varieties of grass grass: woolly hells, wild siberian rye and perennial chaff. Coloured copper engraving, based on an illustration by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), in Encyclopedie d'histoire naturelle, published in Vienna (Austria), 1816. Yorkshire fog grass, Holcus lanatus (9), Siberian wild rye, Elymus sibiricus (10), ryegrass, Lolium perenne (11). 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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Roman mythology: Vulcan, god of fire, blacksmith and blacksmith, with its attributes, the hammer and anvil and has his feet a helmet and a sword - 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 - Vulcan, Roman god of the forge and blacksmiths, with hammer, anvil, sword and helmet - 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: Vulcan, god of fire, blacksmith and blacksmith, with its attributes, the hammer and anvil and has his feet a helmet and a sword - 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 - Vulcan, Roman god of the forge and blacksmiths, with hammer, anvil, sword and helmet - 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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Composite flowers: prepacket, donkeys thistle (or false acanth onopordum) and dandelion. Coloured copper engraving, illustration by Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819) for Conferences of Botanical, Botanical Garden of Lambeth (England), 1805, by William Curtis (1746-1799). Compound flowers: daisy Bellis perennis, thistle Onopordum acanthium and dandelion Taraxacum. 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.””

Composite flowers: prepacket, donkeys thistle (or false acanth onopordum) and dandelion. Coloured copper engraving, illustration by Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819) for Conferences of Botanical, Botanical Garden of Lambeth (England), 1805, by William Curtis (1746-1799). Compound flowers: daisy Bellis perennis, thistle Onopordum acanthium and dandelion Taraxacum. 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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Mammiferes: Siberian musk and deer wears dwarf musk - Lithography, illustration by Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1885) edited by Pierre Jean Francois Turpin (1775-1840), extracted from the “Dictionary of Natural Sciences” by Antoine de Jussieu (1686-1758) - Siberian musk deer, Moschus moschiferus (vulnerable), and dwarf musk deer or Chinese forest musk deer, Moschus berezovskii (endangered) - Handcoloured copperplate engraving, illustration by J. G. Pretre (1780-1845), directed by P. J.F. Turpin, from Antoine de Jussieu's “” Dictionary of Natural Science,”” 1837

Mammiferes: Siberian musk and deer wears dwarf musk - Lithography, illustration by Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1885) edited by Pierre Jean Francois Turpin (1775-1840), extracted from the “Dictionary of Natural Sciences” by Antoine de Jussieu (1686-1758) - Siberian musk deer, Moschus moschiferus (vulnerable), and dwarf musk deer or Chinese forest musk deer, Moschus berezovskii (endangered) - Handcoloured copperplate engraving, illustration by J. G. Pretre (1780-1845), directed by P. J.F. Turpin, from Antoine de Jussieu's “” Dictionary of Natural Science,”” 1837

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Roman mythology: Bacchus, god of wine and drunkenness, with a crown of vine leaves, holding a bunch of grapes and leaning on a fawn skin - 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 - Bacchus, Roman god of wine, with wreath, figleaf, grapes and leopard skin - 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: Bacchus, god of wine and drunkenness, with a crown of vine leaves, holding a bunch of grapes and leaning on a fawn skin - 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 - Bacchus, Roman god of wine, with wreath, figleaf, grapes and leopard skin - 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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