FLO4598289: The common slag (Polygala vulgaris). Medicinal plant, description of two varieties, the most common, with root, stem, leaf and flowers, blue for one, pale pink for the other. Details of flowers and fruits. Eau forte en couleurs 18th century, in Herbier de la France (1780-1793), drawing, engraving and printing by Jean Baptiste Francois Pierre Bulliard (1742-1793), French botanist. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4598322: Pear salsifi (Tragopogon pratensis). Description of a plant stem, leaf and orange yellow flower. Flower details, stamens, flower and eagrette. Eau forte en couleurs 18th century, in Herbier de la France (1780-1793), drawing, engraving and printing by Jean Baptiste Francois Pierre Bulliard (1742-1793), French botanist. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4598585: The common lavender (Lavandula). Medicinal plant, description and arrangement of flowers on stem, a section of stem with leaves and details of flower elements. Eau forte en couleurs 18th century, in Herbier de la France (1780-1793), drawing, engraving and printing by Jean Baptiste Francois Pierre Bulliard (1742-1793), French botanist. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4598620: The creeping bugle (Ajuga Reptans). Medicinal plant, description of a complete plant (root, stem leaves flowers) and different flower arrangements on the stem, as well as details of the flower elements. Eau forte en couleurs 18th century, in Herbier de la France (1780-1793), drawing, engraving and printing by Jean Baptiste Francois Pierre Bulliard (1742-1793), French botanist. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4598939: Macleania has long flowers - Long-flowered macleania, Macleania insignis (Macleania longiflora). Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her “” Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants,”” Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botanical illustrations, but the text was chiefly by her late brother, British botanist Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800-1835). / Bridgeman Images

FLO4599057: Cross-leaved marcetia, Marcetia decussata. Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her “” Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants,”” Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botanical illustrations, but the text was chiefly by her late brother, British botanist Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800-1835). / Bridgeman Images

FLO4599100: Variete de pimelee - Intermediate pimelea, Pimelea intermedia. Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her “” Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants,”” Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botanical illustrations, but the text was chiefly by her late brother, British botanist Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800-1835). / Bridgeman Images

FLO4599123: Lemon, lemon tree - Lemon, Citrus limonum, with fruit, flower and leaf. Handcoloured zincograph by Chabots drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her “” Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants,”” Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botanical illustrations, but the text was chiefly by her late brother, British botanist Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800-1835). / Bridgeman Images

FLO4598789: Black-eyed suzanne - Black-eyed susan vine, Thunbergia alata. Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her “” Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants,”” Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botanical illustrations, but the text was chiefly by her late brother, British botanist Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800-1835). / Bridgeman Images

FLO4598961: Iceland moss, Iceland lichen - Iceland lichen or moss, Cetraria islandica, and dyeing rock moss or orchel, Roccella tinctoria. Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her “” Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants,”” Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botanical illustrations, but the text was chiefly by her late brother, British botanist Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800-1835). / Bridgeman Images

FLO4599096: Variete de begonia - Begonia gracilis, native to Mexico (Von Martius' elephant's ear, Begonia martiana). Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her “” Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants,”” Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botanical illustrations, but the text was chiefly by her late brother, British botanist Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800-1835). / Bridgeman Images

FLO4599099: Flame Buttercup - Lesser spearwort or banewort, Ranunculus flammula, and meadow buttercup, Ranunculus acris. Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her “” Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants,”” Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botanical illustrations, but the text was chiefly by her late brother, British botanist Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800-1835). / Bridgeman Images

FLO4599105: Purgative Buckthorn, Cathartic Buckthorn, Rhamnus cathartica (Buckthorn tree, Rhamnus catharticus), with leaf, berry, seed and branch. After an illustration by G. Reid in Churchill and Stephenson's “Medical Botany.”” Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her “” Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants,”” Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botanical illustrations, but the text was chiefly by her late brother, British botanist Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800-1835). / Bridgeman Images

FLO4599236: Bearded darnel or poison darnel, Lolium temulentum, with stalk, leaf, roots and seed. Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her “” Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants,”” Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botanical illustrations, but the text was chiefly by her late brother, British botanist Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800-1835). / Bridgeman Images

FLO4599041: Bistorte - Great bistort or snakeweed, Polygonum bistorta, flower, leaf and root. Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her “” Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants,”” Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botanical illustrations, but the text was chiefly by her late brother, British botanist Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800-1835). / Bridgeman Images

FLO4599167: Amanite kills fly or fake oronge - Fly agaric mushroom, Amanita muscaria, with section through mushroom. Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her “” Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants,”” Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botanical illustrations, but the text was chiefly by her late brother, British botanist Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800-1835). / Bridgeman Images

FLO4599200: Opium poppy, Garden poppy - Opium poppy, Papaver somniforum, with flower, leaf, seedpod. Handcoloured zincograph by Chabots drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her “” Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants,”” Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botanical illustrations, but the text was chiefly by her late brother, British botanist Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800-1835). / Bridgeman Images

FLO4595089: Peach varieties, Prunus persica: Late Admirable, blossom, Double Mountain and Red Magdalen. Handcoloured stipple engraving of an illustration by George Brookshaw from his own “” Pomona Britannica,”” London, Longman, Hurst, etc., 1817. The quarto edition of the original folio edition published from 1804-1812. Brookshaw (1751-1823) was a successful cabinet maker who disappeared in the 1790s before returning as a flower painter with the anonymous “” New Treatise on Flower Painting,””” 1797. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4595092: Plum varieties, Prunus domestica: Plum Damson, Common Damson and Royal Dauphin Plum. Handcoloured stipple engraving of an illustration by George Brookshaw from his own “” Pomona Britannica,”” London, Longman, Hurst, etc., 1817. The quarto edition of the original folio edition published from 1804-1812. Brookshaw (1751-1823) was a successful cabinet maker who disappeared in the 1790s before returning as a flower painter with the anonymous “” New Treatise on Flower Painting,””” 1797. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4595027: Plum varieties, Prunus domestica: Wine Sour Plum, Plum Plum, and Myrabolan or Queen Mother Plum. Handcoloured stipple engraving of an illustration by George Brookshaw from his own “” Pomona Britannica,”” London, Longman, Hurst, etc., 1817. The quarto edition of the original folio edition published from 1804-1812. Brookshaw (1751-1823) was a successful cabinet maker who disappeared in the 1790s before returning as a flower painter with the anonymous “” New Treatise on Flower Painting,””” 1797. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4595018: Plum varieties, Prunus domestica: White Perdrigon and Roche Carbon. Handcoloured stipple engraving of an illustration by George Brookshaw from his own “” Pomona Britannica,”” London, Longman, Hurst, etc., 1817. The quarto edition of the original folio edition published from 1804-1812. Brookshaw (1751-1823) was a successful cabinet maker who disappeared in the 1790s before returning as a flower painter with the anonymous “” New Treatise on Flower Painting,””” 1797. Â / Bridgeman Images

FLO4595214: Scarlet flesh rock melon, Cucumis melo cantalupensis, cut in half to show flesh and seeds. Handcoloured stipple engraving of an illustration by George Brookshaw from his own “” Pomona Britannica,”” London, Longman, Hurst, etc., 1817. The quarto edition of the original folio edition published from 1804-1812. Brookshaw (1751-1823) was a successful cabinet maker who disappeared in the 1790s before returning as a flower painter with the anonymous “” New Treatise on Flower Painting,””” 1797. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4595416: Fawn vulture - Griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus. (Tawny vulture, Falco ambustus.) From a specimen held by the Royal Society. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Peter Brown from New Illustrations of Zoology, B. White, London, 1776. / Bridgeman Images

LRI4595422: Set decorated with scenes from the life of Christ made for Pope Clement VII in crystal, gold silver and enamel attributed to Valerio Belli (1468-1546), 1532, Florence Museo degli Argenti, Belli, Valerio (c.1468-1546) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4595473: Brown-headed barbet, Psilopogon zeylanicus, and common iora (Indian), Aegithina tiphia multicolor. (Yellow cheeked barbet, Bucco zeylanicus and Ceylon black cap, Motacilla zeylonica.) and Phalaena proserpina moth. After an illustration by Pieter de Bevere supplied by Governor Joan Gideon Loten. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Peter Brown from his New Illustrations of Zoology. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4595521: Colombar pompadour - Sri Lanka green pigeon, Treron pompadora (yellow-faced pigeon, Columba pompadora, of Ceylon). After an illustration by Pieter de Bevere supplied by Governor Joan Gideon Loten. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Peter Brown from his New Illustrations of Zoology. / Bridgeman Images

LRI4595589: Map of China, c.1567. (mural painting), Danti, Egnazio (1536-86) / Bridgeman Images

LRI4595609: Map of Japan (Cipangu or Cypango), c.1567. (mural painting), Danti, Egnazio (1536-86) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4595661: Brown ketoupa (or pecheur ketoupa) - Sri Lankan brown fish owl, Ketupa zeylonensis. (Great Ceylonese eared owl, Strix zeylonensis.) After an illustration by Pieter de Bevere provided by Governor Joan Gideon Loten. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Peter Brown from his New Illustrations of Zoology. / Bridgeman Images

LRI4595678: Map of Peru, c.1567. (mural painting), Danti, Egnazio (1536-86) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4595835: Fashion homme 1920 - Men's single-breasted suits in sack, one holding an overnight bag and coat. Chromolithograph from a catalog of male fashions from Bruner Woolens, 1920. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4596450: The Evening Primrose in Tree. Evening primrose, Oenothera biennis. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz 'Precious and illuminated collection of the most beautiful and curious flowers, grown both in the gardens of China and in those of Europe, Paris, 1776. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4596797: The Apple Tree of China. Chinese crabapple, Malus prunifolia. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz 'Precious and illuminated collection of the most beautiful and curious flowers, grown both in the gardens of China and in those of Europe, Paris, 1776. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4596954: The pear tree of China. Chinese pear tree in blossom, Pyrus pyrifolia. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz 'Precious and illuminated collection of the most beautiful and curious flowers, grown both in the gardens of China and in those of Europe, Paris, 1776. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4596998: Jasmine from China has yellow and double flowers. English jasmine with double yellow flowers, Jasminum species. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz 'Precious and illuminated collection of the most beautiful and curious flowers, grown both in the gardens of China and in those of Europe, Paris, 1776. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4596710: The Bagard. Sacred bamboo, Nandina domestica. Named for Bagard, Prof. of the College Royal des Medecins, Nancy. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz 'Precious and illuminated collection of the most beautiful and curious flowers, grown both in the gardens of China and in those of Europe, Paris, 1776. / Bridgeman Images