FLO4576200: Swiss costumes, circa 1800: Peasant of Unterwalden, peasant of Berne, dairyman of Emmenthal, peasants of Entlibuch, and chamois deer hunter. 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
FLO4576588: The grotto in the Schulerloch caves, near Esing, Bavaria. Stalactites like chandeliers hang from high arches that resemble a gothic cathedral. 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
FLO4576661: Ice mountains built near St. Petersburg for carnival, circa 1800, with people enjoying ice slides and hot drinks made of sugar or honey and pepper by Ferris, near the Bolchoi Theatre), with swings and tents for drinking vodka) 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
FLO4576698: Piece of elephant tusk found 5-feet underground in Europe, 18th century Believed to be from now extinct species of elephant or mammoth. 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
FLO4576798: Cyclopean masonry in Morea (Peloponnese), ancient Greece (The Cyclopean ruins of the Peloponnese, testify to maconery in ancient Greece). Debris of an ancient fortress near Epidauris-Limera, showing walls built from huge stones without cement or mortar. 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
FLO4576468: Indian street entertainment, circa 1800. Indian performers, musicians, jugglers, rope walkers, dancers and balancing acts in the square at Fort George, Madras 1, snake charmer with cobra 2, and bull balancing act 3. (Street entertainment in India, circa 1800: musicians, jugglers, acrobats and dancers, near Fort George a Madras, a snake charmer and a balanced beef on a man's belly). 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
FLO4576564: Vietnamese opera performance, hat tuong, circa 1792. Three female dancers dance and sing with an old actor to music from horn players and drummers. After a description by Lord Macartney, English Ambassador. 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
FLO4576572: The Appenine Colossus in the garden of the Villa di Pratolino, Florence. A colossal sculpture by Giambologna built in 1569, it shows the god Appenino resting his hand on a sea monster over a fountain. 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
FLO4576662: Electric eel, Electrophorus electricus 1, eyed electric ray, Torpedo torpedo 2, Brazilian batfish, Ogcocephalus vespertilio 3, longhorn cowfish, Lactoria cornuta 4, and sargassum fish Histrio histrio 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1792. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4576707: Thistle pulp cells magnified under a microscope, 18th century. Normal size A, and enlarged B to show a ring of sexagonal cells, surrounded by fibres to bring sap and nutrients. 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
FLO4576758: Fynbos aloe, Aloe succotrina, native to South Africa. Taken from Candolle and Redoute, “Plantarum Historia Succulentarum.”” 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
FLO4576780: Shepherd of ancient Morea or Peloponnese, playing a pipe near his goats 1, and troubadour of modern Greece playing a fight-like instrument near a fountain for a pipe-smoking audience. 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
FLO4576605: Grossglockner and Schneeberg mountains, Austrian alps (Grossglockner or Glockner summits and Schneeberg, in the Austrian Alps) 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
FLO4576644: Nightblooming cereus - vanilla cactus or night queen - Selenicereus grandiflorus (Cactus grandiflora). Engraved by C. Ermer after Candolle and Redoute, “Plantarum Historia Succulentarum.” 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
FLO4576743: View of a street with canal, horse-drawn carriages, Europeans and natives in Batavia (Jakarta), on the island of Java, Indonesia, circa 1800, when it was a Dutch colony. (View of a street along a canal in Java, under Dutch colonial rule). 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
FLO4577819: Soap factory: a man stirts a tank full of fat into a boil, another cuts the hardened soap with a copper wire - Soap boiler making soap in a factory. A man stirs a vat of boiling fat and ley, while another cuts the hardened soap with a copper wire in wooden frames. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4576969: Equestrian statue of Peter the Great in St. Petersburg (celebration of the inauguration of the equestrian statue of Peter the Great in Saint Petersburg, 1782 and technique of transporting the huge granite rock on a carpet of metal beads). The unveiling ceremony in front of the Empress Catherine II in 1782, and the method of hauling the huge granite stone on a belt of metal balls. 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
FLO4577843: Founders of printing characters, one poured molten metal into the moulds, another passed them into a polishing machine - Type founders making printing type in a workshop. The caster pours hot metal into letter moulds and then throws the letters to a polisher who sits at a polishing stone. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4577998: Geranium has sorrel leaf, with rose veined flowers, native to South Africa. Sorrel crane's bill with pink veined flowers. A native of the Cape, South Africa. Pelargonium acetosum. 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
FLO4578160: Amaryllis poppy color, with dark crimson flowers, flowering from a single foot. Originally from Cape of Good Esperance (South Africa).Poppy colored amaryllis, with deep crimson flowers blossoming from a single stem. A native of Cape of Good Hope. Amaryllis venusta. 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
FLO4578041: Neottie orchid with frost flower, pink and crimson colour, native to Jamaica. Frosted flowered neottia, with crimson and pink flowers, a native of Jamaica. Stenorhynchus squamulosus (Neottia orchioides) Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine”” 1790-1805., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images