FLO4569182: White-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus, stag 1, doe 2, and fawn 3, and Malayan sambar deer, Rusa unicolor equina, doe 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Theodore Goetz from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1823. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4569250: Horsfield's leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros larvatus 1, and wrinkle-lipped bat, Chaerephon plicatus tenuis 2. From Thomas Horsfield's Zoological Researches in Java. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1823. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571379: Louise de Lorraine, queen of France, wife of King Henry III of France. Illustration by Dunand, lithograph by Breton after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' gallery portfolio IX 54 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571417: Marguerite de Lorraine (1564Ð1625), sister of the queen consort Louise of Lorraine. Illustration by Sorel after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' gallery portfolio IX 62 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571490: Beadle of the University of Paris, Bedeau of the University of Paris, reign of King Henry III of France. Drawn and lithographed by Alexandre Massard after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' gallery portfolio from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4577894: Small narcissus - Least daffodil, Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. minor (Narcissus minor). Handcolured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis' The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh, London, 1786., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4577906: Hepatic, noble or three-lobed hepatic anemone - Hepatica or noble liverwort, Anemone hepatica. Handcolured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis' The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh, London, 1787., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4577913: Melhania Saint Helena with white flowers.St. Helena Red wood with white flowers. Melhania erythroxylon. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine”” 1790-1800., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4577927: Magnolia has brown stem, with orange flowers and ecarlates, native to China. Brown stalked magnolia with scarlet and orange flowers. A native of China. Magnolia fuscata. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine”” 1790-1800., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4578048: Silky patersonia with dark purple flower. Named after Colonel Paterson, who studied Australian flora. Silky patersonia with dark purple flower. A native of Australia. Named for Colonel Paterson, the assistant governor of New South Wales. Patersonia sericea. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine”” 1790-1800., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4578050: Glaieul has large flowers in epis or large brown afrikaner, with pale pink and ecarlate spotted flowers, native to South Africa. Large flowered cornflag or large brown afrikaner, with mottled flowers in scarlet and pale pink, native to South Africa. Gladiolus liliaceus (Gladiolus versicolor). Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine”” 1790-1800., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4578069: Botany: cardiosperm or heart peas. Smooth heart-seed or balloon plant, Cardiospermum halicacabum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom from an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis's Botanical Magazine, London, 1807., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4576422: Breeds of horses, 18th century. Hungarian 1, and small Polish breed 2. 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
FLO4576435: The Ice Palace built in St. Petersburg in the cold winter of 1740 by Empress Anna Ivanovna. Two ice dolphins spewed flaming naphtha at night 2, and ice canons 3 and mortars 4 were fired. 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
FLO4576440: Breeds of horses, 18th century. Arab breed 1 and Barb breed from North Africa 2. 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
FLO4576461: Banded hare wallaby - lievre wallaby raye - Lagostrophus fasciatus (Kangurus fasciatus) endangered 1, and extinct King Island wombat - Common wombat - Vombatus ursinus. Taken from Charles Alexandre Leseur's illustrations in Peron and Freycinet's “” Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere,”” 1807. 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
FLO4576475: The Egyptian catacombs in Alexandria 1, and room with wall paintings under the pyramid of Giza 2. 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
FLO4576495: German earthstar fungi: Geastrum coronatum (variete de geastre) 1,2, - geastre reddish - Geastrum rufescens 3,4 and barometer earthstar - astraeus hygrometricus 5. 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
FLO4576541: Large tiger moth - brown scale - Pericallia matronula 1, rufous minor - oligie versicolore ou procude versicolore - Oligia versicolor 2, broad-bordered bee hawk-moth - sphinx fuciforme - Hemaris fuciformis 3bc3c and caterpillar 3a, Diane moth 4, Hebe tiger moth - pink or hebe Eusharia festiva 5. 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
FLO4576596: Arch of Septimius Severus (Arch of Septime Severus, erige 203), Rome, circa 1800, triumphal arch commemorating the victories over the Parthians, Arabs, etc. 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
FLO4576622: Batswana man and woman, South Africa, circa 1800 (modern Botswana). The man wears feathers and earrings, an animal skin cape, and carries spears and a basketball. The woman sits next to an axe and bowl, smoking a pipe, wearing an animal skin skirt. 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
FLO4576645: Kangaroo Island emu or dwarf emu - l'emeu de Baudin - Dromaius baudinianus, extinct. (Possibly extinct King Island emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae ater, at right.) Taken from Charles-Alexandre Leseur's illustration in Peron and Freycinet's “” Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands,”” 1807. 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
FLO4576673: American crocodile - American crocodile - Crocodylus acutus. Vulnerable. The skull of the crocodile, showing its murderous teeth. 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
FLO4576706: Antiparos cave, Greece, 18th century (Antiparos cave, Greece, 18th century, tourists with torches at the entrance of the cave and after a descent in rope and ladder, site visit) Tourists with torches at the entrance to the grotto 1, and visitors descending by rope and ladder into the main hall with its spectacular stalactites. 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
FLO4576728: African woman playing a pit and pebbles game called Uri, using 21 balls and a box with 10 compartments, while a man climbs a palm tree behind her using a sling, 18th century. 'African woman playing the game of awale (or adi, ouri, ayo, urin) and in the background, a man climbs the trunk of a palm tree). 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
FLO4576785: Russian festival of the Peace Treaty with Sweden, 1790. A mob attacks two covered mountains of roast beef and pastries 1, and cannons of red and white wine are fired at the mob near the fountain in front of the Winter Palace 2. 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
FLO4576856: Turkish mausoleum and tomb, 18th century. A Turkish cemetery with cypress trees and mausoleums, 1 and a marble grave kept as a flower garden by mourners 2. The turban headstone signifies the deceased is a man, an urn a woman, and a rose a girl. 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
FLO4576867: The Lord Mayor of London's parade float on the Thames passing St. Paul's Cathedral, 18th century. 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
FLO4576881: Pontic rhododendron - pontic rhododendron or parks - Rhododendron pontium. Engraved by F. Goetz. 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
FLO4576914: Scenes from the Crimea: Dance of the Dervishes in Bakshi-Saraj mosque in old Taurida 1, and a Jewish batteleur (juggler, street performer) from Constantinople dancing with a puppet to music from drums and pipes in the Crimea (un Jewish boatman of Constantinople dance with a puppet in a village of Crimee) 2, 18th century. 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