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FLO4576941: Fossil marine lily encrinitiite or stony lily - fossil of encrinitis or stone lilies - Helmintholithus encrinus. Closed lily with root 1, lily without root 2, and another species with pentagonal base 3. 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. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4577033: Earthworm, Lumbricus terrestris 1, medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis 2, polyp species, Hydra vulgaris, 3,4,5,6, pork tapeworm (tenia weapon or pork), Taenia solium 7, and unknown species of tapeworm), Hydratis gigas 8. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Johann Christian Wilhelm Waitz from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1792. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4578048: Silky patersonia with dark purple flower. Named after Colonel Paterson, who studied Australian flora. Silky patersonia with dark purple flower. A native of Australia. Named for Colonel Paterson, the assistant governor of New South Wales. Patersonia sericea. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine”” 1790-1800., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4578069: Botany: cardiosperm or heart peas. Smooth heart-seed or balloon plant, Cardiospermum halicacabum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom from an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis's Botanical Magazine, London, 1807., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4578224: Morning Glory or Ipomee - Lithography by James Sowerby (1757-1822), from William Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1746-1799), 1790 (England) - Purple bindweed, Ipomoea purpurea (Convolvulus purpureus) - Handcolored copperplate engraving from an illustration by James Sowerby from W. Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,”” Lambeth, London, 1790, Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4578397: Hedysarum spinosissimum subsp. capitatum (sceptre-flowered hedysarum, Hedysarum capitatum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom Jr. after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis' Botanical Magazine, T. Curtis, London, 1809., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4578665: Valencia Coronilla - Scorpion vetch, Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca (Sea-green or day-smelling coronilla, Coronilla glauca). Handcolured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis' The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh, London, 1787., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4577147: Rhubarb, root, flower, leaf and stem, with detail of cuts and sections -True rhubarb, Rheum rhabarbarum, roots 1, flower 2, leaf outline 3, stalk exterior 4, stalk section 7, root sections 5.6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1792. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4575241: Ancient musical instruments: Egyptian sistrum (sistre) 1, tambourines (tambourins) 2,3, cymbals 4, single and double fifes (fifres) 5-8, pan pipes or syrinx (flute de pan) 9, Greek sambuca or harp (harp) 10, sistrum of Isis (sistre d'Isis) 11, triangle 12, and cymbal with hammer (cymbale) 13. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1802. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4575652: Aardvark (Cape Orycterope), Orycteropus afer 1, Short-beaked echidna (short-nose echidne), Tachyglossus aculeatus 2, sloth bear (five-finger lazy), Bradypus ursinus, vulnerable 3, and skeleton of extinct (megatherium skeleton) Megatherium americanum 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. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4574159: White sassafras, Sassafras albidum, and allspice or Jamaica pepper, Pimenta dioica. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. 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. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4574221: White spruce tree, Picea glauca, foliage 1 and cone 2, and Norway spruce, Picea abies, foliage 3 and cone 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. 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. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4574385: Water tornados observed in the Mediterranean sea near Nice in January 1789. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. 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. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4575845: Small Provence rose, Rosa provincialis minima, and Dijon rose, Rosa damascena dijonensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from an illustration drawn from nature by Stark from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1790-1830. 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. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4575660: English bullfight scenes: mounted picadors lance the bull 1, bandilleros stab the bull 2, and the matador delivers the death blow. 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. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4575765: 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. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4576094: Pink burnet, Rosa spinosissima flora flavo. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from an illustration drawn from nature by Stark from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1790-1830. 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. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4576336: Snowflakes seen under the microscope - Snowflake crystals under the microscope. 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. / Bridgeman Images