FLO4694731: Cane toad or marine toad, Rhinella marina. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Hill after an illustration by George Shaw from his General Zoology, Amphibia, London, 1801. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4694813: Common Suriname toad or star-fingered toad, Pipa pipa (Pipa, Rana pipa). Female with eggs embedded in pockets in her back. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Heath after an illustration by George Shaw from his General Zoology, Amphibia, London, 1801. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4697111: Wild apple or crabtree, Malus domestica (Pyrus malus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1794., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4697216: Wych elm or Scots elm, Ulmus glabra (Ulmus campestris) Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smith's English Botany, 1808. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4697248: Snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1791., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4697278: Violet horned poppy, Roemeria hybrida (Chelidonium hybridum) (purple poppy) Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1794. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4697285: White lace flower, Orlaya grandiflora (Small caucalis or basard parsley, Caucalis daucoides). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1794., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4697286: Marsh gentian or Calathian violet, Gentiana pneumonanthe (Marsh Gentian) Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smith's English Botany, 1791. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4697340: Wild licorice, Astragalus glycyphyllos (Sweet milk-vetch or wild liquorice, Astragalus glyciphyllos) (reglisse) Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1794. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4697377: Yellow star of Bethlehem, Gagea lutea (Ornithogalum luteum) (gagee jaune) Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1791., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4697402: Fringed buckbean, Limnanthemum nymphoides (Menyanthes nymphoides) (menyanthe) Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smith's English Botany, 1794. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4697446: Lesser butterfly orchis, Platanthera bifolia (Orchis bifolia). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1791., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4710011: Scarlet pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis (Indian pimpernel, Anagallis indica). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Bailey after a botanical illustration by Edward Dalton Smith from Robert Sweet's The British Flower Garden, Ridgeway, London, 1825. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4710065: Flat-stemmed lapeirousia, Lapeirousia anceps. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by Edward Dalton Smith from Robert Sweet's The British Flower Garden, Ridgeway, London, 1826. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4701501: Barberry or winetter (Berberis vulgaris) - Lithography based on a drawing by James Sowerby for Smith's English Botanical, published in London (England), 1792 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4701553: Opposite dorine (Chrysosplenium oppositifolium) - Lithography based on a drawing by James Sowerby for Smith's English Botanical, published in London, England, 1792 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4702669: Inscription on the tomb of King Dagobert I (ca. 602-638) in St. Denis 180, Frankish pillars and arch 181-184, and a Frankish church 185. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4713120: Glaieul - Painted lady gladiolus, Gladiolus splendens (Splendid anisanthus, Anisanthus splendens). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4713258: Iris sanguin - Blood iris, Iris sanguinea (Red-leaved flower de luce, Iris haematophylla). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by A. Bailey after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4713265: Golden iris or golden flag, Iris crocea (golden flower de luce, Iris aurea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after Miss Sarah Drake from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4713270: Forked-petaled flower de luce, Iris dichotoma. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by A. Bailey after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4713419: Kohleria de Bogota or ravishing Isoloma - Tree gloxinia, Kohleria amabilis (Painted achimenes, Achimenes picta). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after Miss Sarah Drake from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4713439: Pale grape hyacinth, Muscari pallens. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4713488: Yolk-of-egg stenomesson, Stenomesson vitellinum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after Miss Sarah Drake from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4713579: Tall kangaroo paw, Anigozanthos flavidus (Yellow-haired anigozanthus, Anigosanthus flavida. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after Miss Sarah Drake from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4722057: View of the town of Alta, Finnmark county, Norway. 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

FLO4722090: View of the harbour of Kalvag (Kielvig), Norway. 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

FLO4722157: Finns or Finnish people in traditional costume, Finland. Illustration From Andrew Swinton (18th-19th century) Travels into Norway, Denmark and Russia, 1792. 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

FLO4722164: Tatars or Tartars in traditional costume. Illustration From Andrew Swinton (18th-19th century) Travels into Norway, Denmark and Russia, 1792. 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

FLO4723139: Labantsiksa, shaman of the Khorintzi Buryats people of Siberia. She wears a helmet with antlers, leather dress decorated with bells, a cape with three entwined serpents, and holds sticks with horse-head handles. Illustration from Peter Simon Pallas (1741-1811), in Travels through the southern provinces of the Russia Empire, 1812. 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

FLO4723248: View of the ruins of the Queen's Palace near the Monastery of Saint Chrysostom, Morocco. Illustration by Michallon from (Domingo Badia y Leblich, 1767-1818) Ali Bey el Abbassi's 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

FLO4723260: View of the ancient temple at Amathus, Cyprus. Illustration by Ali Bey el Abbassi (Domingo Badia y Leblich, 1767-1818) 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

FLO4723298: Chinese bonze - Chinese monk with palm leaf hat sitting in front of a pagoda - Handcoloured woodcut by Vermorcken after an illustration by H. Hendrickx from “” Mores, Uses et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, Asie,”” by Auguste Wahlen, pseudonym of Jean Francois Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), Librairie Historique Artistique, Brussels, 1845 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4723320: Missionary jesuite en Chine - Jesuit missionary in China - Handcoloured woodcut by Mercier from “” Moeurs, Uses et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, Asie,” by Auguste Wahlen, pseudonym of Jean Francois Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), Librairie Historique Artistique, Brussels, 1845 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4723477: Young Girl of Cochinchine (Vietnam) - Girl of Cochinchine (Vietnam) in straw hat, “” ao dai”” tunic over pantalons - Handcoloured woodcut by M. Deley from “” Moeurs, Uses et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, Asie,”” by Auguste Wahlen, pseudonym of Jean Francois Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), Librairie Historique Artistic, Brussels, 1845 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4723526: Man of Siam (Thailand) - Siamese man (Thailand) in pointed hat, shirt, dhoti, and slippers - Handcoloured woodcut by Mercier from “” Moeurs, Uses et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, Asie,”” by Auguste Wahlen, pseudonym of Jean Francois Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), Librairie Historique Artistique, Brussels, 1845 / Bridgeman Images