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FLO4576634: Roman Colosseum or Flavian Amphitheatre (Flavian or Colisee amphitheatre, Rome, construction 70-80) circa 1800. Plan showing the oval arena, entrances and raked stands. 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
FLO4578481: Cape Hyacinth (false orchid) - Spotted leaved orchis-like lachenalia, Lachenalia orchioides. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom Jr. after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis' Botanical Magazine, T. Curtis, London, 1810., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4578691: Narcissus a bouquet Bunch-flowered daffodil, Narcissus tazetta subsp. aureus (Daffodil-scented narcissus, Narcissus bifrons) - Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom Jr. after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis' Botanical Magazine, T. Curtis, London, 1810, Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4578724: Narcissus a bouquet - Bunch-flowered daffodil, Narcissus tazetta (Pale-cupped white garden narcissus; Narcissus orientalis) - Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom Jr. after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis' Botanical Magazine, T. Curtis, London, 1810, Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4578624: Aponogeton fragrant - Cap-pondweed, Aponogeton distachyos (Forked-flowered aponogeton, Aponogeton distachyon). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom Jr. after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis' Botanical Magazine, T. Curtis, London, 1810., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4578635: Campanula has beautiful flowers - Pyrenean bellflower, Campanula speciosa (Long-spiked bellflower, Campanula thyrsoidea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom Jr. after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis' Botanical Magazine, T. Curtis, London, 1810., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4572828: Costume of a Minister Grand Judge, Napoleonic era. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4572869: Costume of a female broker, English Napoleonic era. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4572977: Bailiff of the imperial chambers, Huissier de la Chambre de l'Empereur, Napoleonic era.Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4573049: Charles Ferdinand de Bourbon, Duke of Berry, 1778-1820. In the uniform of the Monsieur's bodyguards. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4573057: Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Sicily, Duchess of Berry, Caroline Ferdinande Louise, Duchess de Berri 1798-1870. Handcoloured lithograph by Madame Calon from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4573149: Helene-Louise-Elisabeth de Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchess of Orleans, Duchess d'Orleans 1814-1858 with her son Philippe, Count of Paris. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4575448: Carpet python (python tapis), Morelia spilota 1, scarlet snake, Cemophora coccinea 2, red-bellied black snake, Pseudechis porphyriacus 3, and Coluber ocellatus 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1802. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4575470: Cape girdled lizard (African saurian), Cordylus cordylus 1, Cuvier's Madagascar swift (Madagascar lezard), Oplurus cuvieri 2, mountain horned lizard (lezard a horn), Phrynosoma orbiculare 3, Jamaican anole (Jamaique lezard), Anolis garmani 4, and green anole (green anoollis carl) inensis 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1802. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4575505: Classical architecture: original style, Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Roman (or composite) - Classical architecture orders: original 1, Tuscan 2, Doric 3, Ionic 4, Corinthian 5 and Roman or Composite 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1792. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4575507: Harbour porpoise (harbour porpoise), Phocaena phocaena 1, beluga whale (beluga, beluga or white whale, white dolphin or white porpoise), Delphinapterus leucas 2, and northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon boreal or arctic, Hyperoodon ampullatus 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1802. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4575521: Virginia rose, Rosa gemella, with white and pink blooms on the same stem. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from an illustration drawn from nature by Horned 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
FLO4575526: The statues of Memnon and the Sphinx, Egypt. 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
FLO4575530: Chinese pangolin, Manis pentadactyla, nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus, armadillo species, Dasypus octodecim cinctus, Malacca hedgehog, Erinaceus malaccenaceus sis, and Malayan porcupine, Hystrix brachyura. 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
FLO4575538: Chinese cassia or Chinese cinnamon, Cinnamomum cassia, and greater galangal (grand galanga), Alpinia galanga. 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
FLO4575548: False coral snake (false coral), Anilius scytale 1,2, speckled worm lizard (lezard amphisbene), Amphisbaena fuliginosa 3, and red worm lizard (lezard amphisbene blanc), Amphisbaena alba 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
FLO4575556: Lantern fly (fulgore lantern), Fulgora laternaria 1, migratory locust, Grillus migratorius 2, European mantis (mantis religiosa 3, common cicada (cicada), Cicada plebeia 4, Hercules beetle (scarabee rhinoceros), Dynastes hercules 5, and cockchafer (common), Melolontha melolontha 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1792. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4575260: Chinese insects: milkweed locust (grasshopper variete), Phymateus morbillosus morbillosus 1, jewel beetles (coleoptere variete), Chrysochroa vittata 2, Chrysochroa ocellata 3, Chinese scarab beetle (scarabee variete), Scarabaeus chinensis 4, headless golden orb-web spider, Nephila pilipes 5, head 5a, and Chinese peranthus butterfly (neon butterfly), Papilio peranthus 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1802. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4575308: Lake trout (common trout), Salmo lacustris 1, whitefish (blue shade), Coregonus wartmanni 2, lake char (arctic char), Salvelinus umbla 3, maraena whitefish (coregone marene), Coregonus maraena 4, and whitefish (white coregone), Coregonus albula 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1802. / Bridgeman Images