FLO4653501: Byouyanagi or Chinese St. John's wort, Hypericum monogynum (St. John's wort, devil's hunter, fee grass, herb with a thousand virtues, St. Eloi's grass, St. John's grass) Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1889. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4653565: Umebachisou or marsh grass-of-parnassus, Parnassia palustris (Marsh Parnassie) Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1889. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4653678: Shaga, fringed or crested iris, Iris japonica. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1889. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4653685: Karamatsusou or greater meadow-rue species, Thalictrum aquilegiifolium L. var. intermedium Nakai. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1889. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4653704: Kuroyuri or chocolate fritillary, Fritillaria camschatcensis. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1889. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4653754: Hebiichigo or mock strawberry, Potentilla hebiichigo. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1889. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4654085: Asa or cannabis, Cannabis sativa. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1900. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4631336: Germain as Muley-Ben-Omar in Sylvandire by Leuven/Vanderburch, Theatre du Palais Royal, 1845. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor Dollet's Galerie Dramatique: Costumes des Theatres de Paris, Paris, 1845. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4631374: Female dancer performing a mazurka in the costume of a woman of Krakow, Poland, at the Academy Royale de Musique, 1845. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor Dollet's Galerie Dramatique: Costumes des Theatres de Paris, Paris, 1845. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4654204: Wabisuke tsubaki or uraku camellia, Camellia uraku Kitam (camelia) Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1900. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4631419: Mrs. Gabrielle Thenard as the Marquise in Le Diable-a-Quatre, Theatre du Vaudeville, 1845. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor Dollet's Galerie Dramatique: Costumes des Theatres de Paris, Paris, 1845. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4654302: Umano ashigata or Ranunculus japonicus. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4653792: Kinmokusai or sweet osmanthus, Osmanthus fragrans var. aurantiacus. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1900. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4654337: Tsukubanesou, Paris tetraphylla. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4643823: A woman's costume, early 15th century, she wears a long veil and a long-sleeved dress, playing with a dog - From a playing card from the Royal Library of Stuttgart (Germany) - Chromolithography, drawing by Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903), for her book “” Costumes, crafts and instruments from the Middle Ages at the end of the 181818 e century”, published by Heinrich Keller, Frankfurt, 1883 / Bridgeman Images

LRI4644256: Neapolitan metiers: the seller of cherries from Marasca - (Old trade: the marasca cherries seller) Watercolour of the 19th century - Naples Museo Nazionale di San Martino, Italian School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4644341: Gravestone of Anna Schmittner, died 1575, from the wall of St. Agatha Church in Aschaffenburg. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by I. K. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4644371: Ceremonial robes of knights of the Golden Fleece A, Order of the Garter B, Teutonic Knights C, D, and sword and wreath of Georg Hund von Wenkheim E, 1560-1600. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by C. Regnier. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4624997: Russian banya, sauna or public baths, 18th century. Men and women scourging themselves with birch leaves, men throwing buckets of water on hot stones. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre and Stanghi from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, 1847. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4625080: Pear, Louise variety good of pentecote. Chromolithography drawn by Walter Hood Fitch, Miss E. Regel and J.L. Macfarlane, lithography by G.Severeyns and Stroobant, Belgium, published in Floriste et Pomologie, by Robert Hogg, published in London 1878 to 1884. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4625101: Variety of Alexander's fishing. Chromolithography drawn by Walter Hood Fitch, Miss E. Regel and J.L. Macfarlane, lithography by G.Severeyns and Stroobant, Belgium, published in Floriste et Pomologie, by Robert Hogg, published in London 1878 to 1884. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4625110: Variety of fishing, golden rathripe. Chromolithography drawn by Walter Hood Fitch, Miss E. Regel and J.L. Macfarlane, lithography by G.Severeyns and Stroobant, Belgium, published in Floriste et Pomologie, by Robert Hogg, published in London 1878 to 1884. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4625222: Variete apple, tom put. Chromolithography drawn by Walter Hood Fitch, Miss E. Regel and J.L. Macfarlane, lithography by G.Severeyns and Stroobant, Belgium, published in Floriste et Pomologie, by Robert Hogg, published in London 1878 to 1884. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4625355: Cherry variety Bigarreau Napoleon. Chromolithography drawn by Walter Hood Fitch, Miss E. Regel and J.L. Macfarlane, lithography by G.Severeyns and Stroobant, Belgium, published in Floriste et Pomologie, by Robert Hogg, published in London 1878 to 1884. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4625525: Fritillaire d'orient - Firespike fritillary, Fritillaria montana - Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendal's German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4643827: Men and women in fashion of the 15th century - From the gold and polychrome decors of a wooden box, depicting the history of Agnes Hohenstaufen (1176-1204) - Chromolithography, drawing by Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903), for his book “Costumes, crafts and instruments from the Middle Ages at the end of the 18th century “”, published by Heinrich Keller, Frankfurt, 1883 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4643831: Knight in armor with shield decorates his coat of arms and his wife has his sides, wearing a high headdress, 1410-1460 - From the Museum of Drawings and Engraving Dresden (Germany) - Chromolithography, drawing by Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903), for his work “Costumes, crafts and instruments from the Middle Ages to the end of the 18th century””, published by Heinrich Keller, Frankfurt, 1883 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4643897: Double mug, consisting of two agate bowls, assembled by silver gilt, from the castle of Erbach (Germany), 1434-1459 - Chromolithography, drawing by Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903), for his book “Costumes, crafts and instruments from the Middle Ages to the end of the 18th century”, published by Heinrich Keller, Frankfurt, 1883 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4644471: Scent violet. Hand-coloured engraving in “Bouquet de souvenirs””, 1840, by John Stevens Henslow (1796-1861), British botanist and geologist. Violet, Viola odorata. Handcolored engraving from John Stevens Henslow's “” Bouquet of Souvenirs”” 1840. Henslow (1796-1861) was Chair of Mineralogy and later Chair of Botany at Cambridge University, and wrote and contributed botanical illustrations to several books. / Bridgeman Images

LRI4644029: Last session of the Senate of the Republic of Venice at the time of its entry into the Kingdom of Italy in 1866 (painting), Jacovacci, Francesco (1838-1908) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4644526: Snipe or trumpet fish, Macroramphosus scolopax, Centrisque becasse de mer and Grooved razorfish, Centriscus scutatus, Amphisile battleship. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's “” Dictionary of Natural Sciences”” 1816-1830. The volumes on fish and reptiles were edited by Hippolyte Cloquet, natural historian and doctor of medicine. / Bridgeman Images

LRI4644219: Old Neapolitan metiers: a pizza seller - 19th century watercolour - Naples Museo Nazionale di San Martino, Italian School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4644610: Little dragonfish, Eurypegasus draconis, Pegase dragon, and American paddlefish, Polyodon spathula, Polyodon leaf. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's “” Dictionary of Natural Sciences”” 1816-1830. The volumes on fish and reptiles were edited by Hippolyte Cloquet, natural historian and doctor of medicine. Illustration by J.G. Pretre, engraved by Bocour, directed by Turpin, and published by F. G. Levrault. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4644266: Italian woven straw fan or Ventarola A, noble Venetian woman in a shell cloak B, noble Venetian C, and noble Genoan D. After paintings in a famous costume book by Jost Amman (1539-1591). Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by Johann Klipphahn. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4644719: Eastern diamondback rattlesnake, rattlesnake, Crotalus adamanteus. Poisonous snake. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's “” Dictionary of Natural Sciences”” 1816-1830. The volumes on fish and reptiles were edited by Hippolyte Cloquet, natural historian and doctor of medicine. Illustration by J.G. Pretre, engraved by Turcaty, directed by Turpin, and published by F. G. Levrault. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4644878: Hammerhead, Sphyrna zygaena, Zygene hammer, and smooth hound shark, Mustelus mustelus, Emissole commune. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's “” Dictionary of Natural Sciences”” 1816-1830. The volumes on fish and reptiles were edited by Hippolyte Cloquet, natural historian and doctor of medicine. Illustration by J.G. Pretre, engraved by Talbeau, directed by Turpin, and published by F. G. Levrault. / Bridgeman Images