FLO4682118: Red underwing moth, Catocala nupta (Phalaena nupta). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellany, London, 1806. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4682159: Tubipore or sea organ. Copper engraving by Frederick Polydor Nodder (1751-1801), signed illustration SN, by Frederick Noder and George Shaw for the naturalist collection, published in 1790 by George Shaw. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4682163: Mant leaf. Copper engraving by Frederick Polydor Nodder (1751-1801), signed illustration SN, by Frederick Noder and George Shaw for the naturalist collection, published in 1790 by George Shaw. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4682183: Portrait of Nicolas Culpeper (1616-1654), botanist, herbalist doctor and English astrologer. It is described wearing a cape with a large lace collar, inscribed in an oval frame with the signs of the zodiac, topped by a ribbon. Engraving in “” Culpeper's Complete Herbal and English Physician”” Burslem, Tregortha, 1814. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4682275: Portrait of the reverend Doctor John Walker (1730-1803), Scottish naturalist, professor of natural history at the University of Edinburgh from 1779 to 1803. Engraving by W.H. Lizars, in “The Naturalist Library” by Sir William Jardine, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1833. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4682299: Portrait of John Evelyn (1620-1706), English writer, gardener and horticulturist. Engraving by W.H. Lizars, in “” The Naturalist Library”” by Sir William Jardine, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1833. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4682419: Purple and orange lilies - Lithography attributed to Paul Theodor van Brussel (1754-1795), author of the cover bouquet, or A.Bres., influenced by Nicolas Robert (1614-1685), published in “Nederlandsch Bloemwerk” (Dutch Floral Compositions), Amsterdam, J.B. Elwe, 1794 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4682492: Hyacinth (or hyacinth), variete Augustus rex, with a scarabee - Lithography attributed to Paul Theodor van Brussel (1754-1795), author of the cover bouquet, or A.Bres., influenced by Nicolas Robert (1614-1685), published in “Nederlandsch Bloemwerk” (Dutch Floral Compositions), Amsterdam, J.B. Elwe, 1794 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4680718: Cassiopee meduse or mangrove meduse (Cassiopea andromeda), seen from above and below. Signed illustration S (George Shaw). Copper engraving for the naturalist collection, published in 1796 by Frederick Nodder (1751-1801) and George Shaw. Upside-down jellyfish, Cassiopea andromeda. Illustration signed S (George Shaw). Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's “” The Naturalist's Miscellany””” 1796. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4680779: Shell Liguus virgineus. Signed illustration RN (Richard Nodder). Copper engraving for the naturalist collection, published in 1796 by George Shaw and Frederick Nodder. Liguus snail, Liguus virgineus. Illustration signed RN (Richard Nodder). Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's “” The Naturalist's Miscellany””” 1796. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4680853: Long-horned beetle (Macrodontia cervicornis). Signed illustration RN (Richard Nodder). Copper engraving for the naturalist collection, published in 1796 by George Shaw and Frederick Nodder. Long-horned beetle, Macrodontia cervicornis. Vulnerable. Illustration signed RN (Richard Nodder). Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's “” The Naturalist's Miscellany””” 1796. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4680875: Terebelle, sedentary sea worm with gills (Terebella madreporarum). Signed illustration RN (Richard Nodder). Copper engraving for the naturalist collection, published in 1796 by George Shaw and Frederick Nodder. Madrepore terebella, Terebella madreporarum. Illustration signed RN (Richard Nodder). Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's “” The Naturalist's Miscellany””” 1796. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4680939: Fossil fern, Polypodium filix mas, Phytolithus filicis. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellany, London, 1803. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4680962: Femoral cymatium (Femoral murex, Femoral Murex). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellany, London, 1803. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4681002: Harvestman spider species (doubtful phalangium, Phalangium dubium). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellany, London, 1803. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4681036: Regal moth, Citheronia regalis (Persimon moth, Phalaena regia). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellany, London, 1803. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4681084: Blue-rayed limpet, Patella pellucida (Brown patella, Patella fusca). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellany, London, 1803. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4681086: Sun spider, Galeodes araneoides (Poisonous solpuga, Solpuga venenosa). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellany, London, 1804. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4681102: Halomitra pileus coral (Oblong madrepore, Madrepora pileus). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellany, London, 1804. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4681145: Black-capped lory, Lorius lory (Philippine lory, Psittacus lory). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellany, London, 1804. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4681185: Green peafowl, Pavo muticus (Spike-crested peacock, Pavo spicifer). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellany, London, 1804. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4681188: Pilgrim's scallop, Pecten jacobaeus (Jacobaean scallop, Ostrea jacobaea). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellany, London, 1804. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4681192: Southern marbled emperor, Heniocha apollonia (Apollonia butterfly, Phalaena apollonia). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellany, London, 1804. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4681214: Red-whiskered bulbul, Pycnonotus jocosus (Red-vented shrike, Lanius jocosus). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellany, London, 1804. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4681221: Arabian cowry varieties, Mauritius arabica (Brittle cowry, Cypraea fragilis and Arabian cowry, Cypraea arabica). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellany, London, 1804. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4565786: Observation night - Sky watchers - Observation night between amateur astronomers. Three amateur astronomers observe the sky and set up for a night of astrophotography / Bridgeman Images

FLO4565801: 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) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4565820: Observation of the sky - Amateur astronomers - Observation with the naked eye / Bridgeman Images

PIX4565849: Galaxies cluster Abell 2744 - This image of the galaxy cluster Abell 2744 located in the constellation of the Sculptor, combines images obtained in visible form by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and the Very Large Telescope (VLT). This image of galaxy cluster Abell 2744 combines data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys, with an image taken with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT). Hubble provides the central, most detailed part of the image, while the VLT, which has a wider field of view, provides the outer parts of the image. This object has been nicknamed Pandora's Cluster because of the many different and strange phenomena that were unleashed by a huge collision that occurred over a period of 350 million years. A simultaneous pile - up between at least four separate clusters has produced strange effects that have never been seen together before / Bridgeman Images

PIX4565851: Observation night - Amateur astronomer / Bridgeman Images

FLO4565909: Hellebore fetide or griffon's foot. 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. Stinking hellebore, Helleborus foetidus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by WE Albutt 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. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4565933: Sea cabbage or sea cramp. 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. Sea kale, Crambe maritima. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by WE Albutt 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. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4565936: Gazing at the stars - Observation of the sky with a bezel / Bridgeman Images

FLO4565947: Sagittarius has leaves in arrows. 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. Arrow head, Sagittaria sagittifolia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by W.E. Albutt 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. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4565989: Amateur Astronomers - Amateur Astronomers - Amateur astronomers prepare their evening of observation at the ratings of professional astronomers. Calar Alto Observatory - Spain. Amateur astronomers preparing their night sky observation beside the professionals at Calar Alto Observatory, Spain / Bridgeman Images

FLO4566090: Viorne lantane. 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. Mealy guelder pink, Viburnum lantana. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by WE Albutt of a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's “” British Phaenogamous Botany”” 1835. Scotsman William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden from 1813 to 1854. / Bridgeman Images