FLO4619823: Coins and medals from ancient Egypt, including portraits of Ptolemy Euergetes 1,13, Berenice 2, Arsinoe 3, Ptolemy II Philadelphus 4, Arsinoe 5, Ptolemy V Epiphanes 6, Ptolemy VIII Physcon 7, Ptolemy IX Lathyros 8, Ptolemy XI Alexander 9, Ptolemy XII Auletes 10, and Cleopatra 12. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i i Popoli), 1843. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4619840: Abyssinians hunting hippopotamus with muskets and spears. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, 1843. / Bridgeman Images

LRI4619942: Portrait of Adolphe Adam, 19th century (engraving), Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4619988: Costumes of the Bijagos women, native to Cazegut in the Bissagos Islands off Guinea Bissau. Women with their hair dyed red and dressed with palm oil, and grass skirts. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, 1843. / Bridgeman Images

LRI4620227: La Musique Jeune femme de condition sociale very modest embodying music, a score in hand. Painting by Salvator (Salvatore) Rosa (1615-1673) 17th century Sun. 75x62 cm Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica di Palazzo Corsini, Rosa, Salvator (1615-73) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4620407: Women beating clothes and washing and drying fabric on rocks in a river in Madagascar. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, 1843. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4620453: Statues and depictions of the Egyptian god Osiris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i i Popoli), 1843. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4620455: Egyptian gods Horus, Harpocrates 1-4, Typhon or Set 5-8, and vulture god Nehkbet 9. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i i Popoli), 1843. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4620496: Interior of an Egyptian burial chamber with hieroglyphic murals. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i i Popoli), 1843. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4620567: Egyptian agriculture: priest of Osiris with sceptre 1, following a man with plow behind two yoked oxen 2, man sowing seed 3 from a box 4, men harvesting wheat with a scythe 5,6, men carrying produce 7,8,9 and men pressing grapes while holding on to ropes hanging from a horizontal pole 10. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i i Popoli), 1843. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4620651: The gate of Cairo, Egypt, 1820s. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i i Popoli), 1843. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4620762: Soldiers and weapons of Carthage. Carthaginian soldiers in breastplate and helmet 1,2, Hannibal's shield 3, and war machine 4, a battering ram within a portable hut covered in cowhide. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, 1843. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4619578: Cardamine with Reseda Leaves - Lithography by J. Swan, from an illustration by William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), extract from Flore Exotic, Scotland, 1823 - Mignonette-leaved bittercress or lady's smock, Cardamine resedifolia - Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Swan after a botanical illustration by W. J. Hooker from own “” Exotic Flora,”” Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1823 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4619306: Orchid: tongue or tongue serapias or tongue elleborine - Lithography by J. Swan, from an illustration by William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), extract from Flore Exotic, Scotland, 1823 - Tongue orchid or tongue-lipped serapias, Serapias lingua - Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Swan after a botanical illustration by W. J. Oker from his own “” Exotic Flora,”” Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1823 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4619460: Orchid: variete of Venus's hoof, paphiopedilum of the foothills of the Himalayan - Lithograph by J. Swan, from an illustration by William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), extract from Flore Exotic, Scotland, 1823 - Charming paphiopedilum orchid, Paphiopedilum venustum (Spotted lady's slipper, Cypriy Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Swan after a botanical illustration by W. J. Hooker from his own “” Exotic Flora,”” Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1823 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4619586: Fougere: variete d'ophioglosse - Lithograph by J. Swan, from an illustration by William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), extract from Flore Exotic, Scotland, 1823 - Adder's tongue, Ophioglossum reticulatum (Petiolated adder's tongue, Ophioglossum petiolatum) - Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Swan after a botanical illustration by W. J. Hooker from his own “” Exotic Flora,”” Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1823 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4619188: Regency society promenading at Cowes, Isle of Wight. Portraits of Noble Commanders and Members of the Royal Yacht Club. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Robert Cruikshank from The English Spy, London, 1825. Written by Bernard Blackmantle, a pseudonym for Charles Molloy Westmacott. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4619318: Fashionable Regency people taking the healing waters in the Pump Room at Bath Spa. Well-known characters including Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Robert Cruikshank from The English Spy, London, 1825. Written by Bernard Blackmantle, a pseudonym for Charles Molloy Westmacott. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4619409: Climbing Owl - Lithography by J. Swan, from an illustration by William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), extract from Flore Exotic, Scotland, 1823 - Hairy honeysuckle, Lonicera hirsuta (Downy American woodbine, Caprifolium pubescens) - Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Swan J. after a botanical illustration by W. Hooker from his own “” Exotic Flora, Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1823 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4619664: Pereskia Leaf Peperomie - Lithograph by J. Swan, from an illustration by William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), extract from Exotic Flora, Scotland, 1823 - Radiator plant, Peperomia pereskiifolia (Pereskia-leaved peperomia, Peperomia pereskinaefolia) - Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. An after a botanical illustration by W. J. Hooker from his own “” Exotic Flora,”” Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1823 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4619733: Boenninghausenia albiflora - Lithograph by J. Swan, from an illustration by William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), extract from Flore Exotic, Scotland, 1823 - Boenninghausenia albiflora var. albiflora (White-flowered rue, Ruta albiflora) - Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Swan J. after a botanical illustration by W. Hooker from his own “” Exotic Flora,”” Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1823 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4620163: Khoikhoi people and San people of Angola. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, 1843. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4619655: Peperomie feutree - Lithography by J. Swan, from an illustration by William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), extract from Flora Exotic, Scotland, 1823 - Radiator plant or hoary peperomia, Peperomia incana - Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Swan after a botanical illustration by W. J. Blackoker from his own “” Exotic Flora,” Wood, Edinburgh, 1823 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4619719: Fougere: trichomanes with membranous leaves - Lithography by J. Swan, from an illustration by William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), extract from Flore Exotic, Scotland, 1823 - Membranaceous bristle fern, Trichomanes membranacea - Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Swan after a botanical illustration by W. J. Hooker from his own “Exotic Flora,”” Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1823 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4619829: Modern Christian church in Axum, Ethiopia, early 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, 1843. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4619945: Costume of the noble ladies married to whites or mulattos of Ndor (Saint-Louis), Senegal. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, 1843. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4620247: Village of the Tswana or Batswana (Bechuana), South Africa. Circular hut, kraal, reed fence and cattle. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, 1843. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4620324: House in Kumasi, Kingdom of Ashanti (Ghana), early 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, 1843. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4620484: Costumes of Egyptian priests and priestesses of Isis from an Egyptian manuscript and bas-relief. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i i Popoli), 1843. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4620541: Egyptian wedding and funeral rites, 18th century. A wedding party under a huge canopy follows a group of musicians and acrobats. Below, a dead body is carried under a winding cloth and followed by a band of mourners. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i i Popoli), 1843. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4615773: Promethea silkmoth, Callosamia promethea (Saturnia promethea) female, dorsal 1, ventral 2, short-lined chocolate moth, Argyrostrotis anilis (Noctua anilis) 3, and figured tiger moth, Grammia figurata (Nemeophila figurata) 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's “” Illustrations of Exotic Entomology,”” Bohn, London, 1837. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4615801: Western blue-banded forester, Euphaedra eupalus (Nymphalis erithonius) 1,2, and African giant skipper, Pyrrhochalcia iphis (Hesperia iphis) 3,4, ventral and dorsal. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's “” Illustrations of Exotic Entomology,”” Bohn, London, 1837. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4615861: Great eggfly or blue moon butterfly, Hypolimnas bolina, female Nymphalis jacintha 1,2, and perseis mimic forester, Euphaedra perseis Nymphalis perseis 3,4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's “” Illustrations of Exotic Entomology,”” Bohn, London, 1837. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4616034: Fungal Description: Eryngium oyster (edible) (top) and oyster oyster (edible) (bottom). Chromolithography in Atlas of edible and venenous mushrooms, 1891, by Leon Marie Dufour (1862-1942), French mycologist. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4616058: Description of mushrooms, seen from above and below: Lead grey lactar, dirty and caustic (venenous) lactar variete. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4616210: Common holly, Ilex aquifolium. Handcoloured stipple engraving after an illustration by Pierre-Joseph Redoute from Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau's Treat des Arbres et Shrustes, Paris, 1804-1819., Redouté, Pierre Joseph (1759-1840) / Bridgeman Images