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FLO4721482: Description of a cucumber plant, with pickles: fruit not yet mature (yellow colour) and fruit wall (green colour). Cummis sativus. Chromolithographie in “” Recueil d'images instructives ou lecons du monde vegetal””, by Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901), published in Edinburgh (Scotland) in 1858. / Bridgeman Images
MME4721608: Rome, 1960. Member of Italian Communist Party Luigi Longo going into Palazzo Montecitorio, seat of the Italian Chamber of Deputies/Roma, 1960. Il politico Luigi Longo, membro del partito italiano comunista, me enter Montecitorio, sede della Camera dei Deputati - Marcello Mencarini Historical Archives, Mencarini, Marcello / Bridgeman Images
FLO4721754: View of the rock and castle of Asiom Karaissar (Afyonkarahisar, Turkey) in Asia Minor. Illustration by Ali Bey el Abbassi from his Travels in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria and Turkey, London 1816. Copperplate engraving by dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzogno's Collection of the Most Interesting Voyages (Raccolta de Viaggi Piu Interessanti), Milan, 1815-1817 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4722061: Costumes of the common native people of Concepcion, Chile. The man in a poncho and hat, the woman in shawl and skirt with petticoats. Illustration by Gaspard Duche de Vancy From Jean François de Galaup, Earl of La Perouse (1741-1788) Journal. Copperplate engraving by dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzogno's Collection of the Most Interesting Voyages (Raccolta de Viaggi Piu Interessanti), Milan, 1815-1817 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4721782: View of the village of Mina, in the desert of Arafat (Tent City, Mecca, Saudi Arabia). Illustration by Ali Bey el Abbassi from his Travels in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria and Turkey, London 1816. Copperplate engraving by dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzogno's Collection of the Most Interesting Voyages (Raccolta de Viaggi Piu Interessanti), Milan, 1815-1817 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4721958: Spanish commandant and a woman of Concepcion, Chile, in full skirts with petticoats, plaited hair and shawl. Illustration by Gaspard Duche de Vancy From Jean François de Galaup, Earl of La Perouse (1741-1788) Journal. Copperplate engraving by dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzogno's Collection of the Most Interesting Voyages (Raccolta de Viaggi Piu Interessanti), Milan, 1815-1817 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4722002: Ali Pasha of Ioannina (Ali Pasha of Janina or Tepelena), Muslim Albanian ruler of western Rumelia, the Lion of Yannina (1740-1822). Illustration From Francois Pouqueville (1770-1838), Travels through More, Albania and several other parts of the Ottoman Empire, 1805. Copperplate engraving by dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzogno's Collection of the Most Interesting Voyages (Raccolta de Viaggi Piu Interessanti), Milan, 1815-1817 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4722029: Man and woman of Norway in traditional costume. Illustration From Leopold von Buch (1774-1853) Travels through Norway, and Lapland, 1813. Copperplate engraving by dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzogno's Collection of the Most Interesting Voyages (Raccolta de Viaggi Piu Interessanti), Milan, 1815-1817 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4729334: Botany: leek, garlic, echalote - Leek, Allium pollum 179, garlic flower, Allium sativum 181, garlic bulb 182, and shallot, Allium cepa var. aggregatum, ascalonicum, 183. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by B. Thanner from Johannes Zorn's “” Icons plantarum medicinalium,”” Germany, 1796. Zorn (1739-99) was a German pharmacist and botanist who travelled all over Europe searching for medicinal plants. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4729365: Garden sorrel, Rumex acetosus 191, and garden patience, Rumex patientia 192. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's “” Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte” (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Augsburg, 1811. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a clergy and naturalist in Augsburg, Bavaria. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4729131: Common groundsel (senecon commun), Senecio vulgaris 123, corn marigold, Glebionis segetum 124, and perennial sow-thistle, Sonchus arvensis 125. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's “” Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte” (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Augsburg, 1811. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a clergy and naturalist in Augsburg, Bavaria. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4729149: Cornflower, Centaurus cyanus (blueberry) 126, field scabious, Scabiosa arvensis 127 and fumitory, Fumaria officinalis (fumeterre) 128. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's “” Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte” (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Augsburg, 1811. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a clergy and naturalist in Augsburg, Bavaria. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4729248: Botany: bette a cardes, periree a cardes rouge, beets - Chard leaves, Beta cicla 152, beet root, Beta vulgaris altissima, 153, and red beet root, Beta vulgaris rubra, 154. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by B. Thanner from Johannes Zorn's “” Icons plantarum medicinalium,”” Germany, 1796. Zorn (1739-99) was a German pharmacist and botanist who travelled all over Europe searching for medicinal plants. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4729342: Jerusalem artichoke (Jerusalem artichoke), Helianthus tuberosus root, 168, flower 169, and tuber 170. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's “” Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte” (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Augsburg, 1811. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a clergy and naturalist in Augsburg, Bavaria. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4729817: Horseradish or cranson - Horseradish, Armoracia rusticana. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 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., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4729833: Marseille Astragalus or mother's cushion - Goat's thorn milk vetch, Astragalus tragacantha. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 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., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4728164: American Agave. Coloured copper engraving, based on an illustration by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), in Encyclopedie d'histoire naturelle, published in Vienna (Austria), 1816. Century plant, maguey, or American aloe, Agave americana. 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. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4728297: Common and scabious lysimac succise or devil's bite. Coloured copper engraving, based on an illustration by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), in Encyclopedie d'histoire naturelle, published in Vienna (Austria), 1816. Garden loosestrife, Lysimachia vulgaris, and Devils bit, Scabiosa succisa, Succisa pratensis. 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. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4728064: Varieties of grass grass: vulpin, flower of prurs and fragrant blurry. Copper engraving put in colour by J. Schaly, based on an illustration by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), in Encyclopedie d'histoire naturelle, published in Vienna (Austria), 1816. Fat: Meadow foxtail, Alpocurus pratentis, Timothy grass, Phleum pratense, and holy grass, Anthoxanthum odoratum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical painting by J. Schaly from G.T. Wilhelm's “Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte,” Vienna, 1816. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergy and naturalist in Augsburg. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4728123: Branch of cactus Opuntia, with flowers and prickly pear - Prickly pear, Opuntia ficus indica. Chromolithograph of a botanical illustration by Hannah Zeller from her own Wild Flowers of the Holy Land,” James Nisbet, London, 1876. Hannah Zeller (1838-1922) was a Swiss missionary who botanized near Nazareth for many years. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4728359: Indigotier. Coloured copper engraving, based on an illustration by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), in Encyclopedie d'histoire naturelle, published in Vienna (Austria), 1816. True indigo, Indigofera tinctoria. 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. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4728536: Wheat harvesting with a special jug and wheat threshing with a team of horses. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's “” Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte” (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Augsburg, 1811. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a clergy and naturalist in Augsburg, Bavaria. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4728865: Flowering rush, Butomus umbellatus, with flowers and edible root tuber. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's “” Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte” (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Augsburg, 1811. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a clergy and naturalist in Augsburg, Bavaria. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4728988: Slender foxtail (vulpin), Alopecurus myosuroides 84, perennial ryegrass, Lolium perenne 85, darnel, Lolium temulentum 86, rye brome, Bromus secalinus 87 (brome faux rye), and couch grass, Triticu repens 88. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's “” Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte” (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Augsburg, 1811. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a clergy and naturalist in Augsburg, Bavaria. / Bridgeman Images