FLO4595962: The Imperial Crown of the Great Species. Crown imperial, Fritillaria imperialis. 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
FLO4596067: Brunswick. Brunswick lily or chandelier flower, Brunsvigia multiflora. 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
FLO4596205: The Bread of Pigs has red flowers. Persian cyclamen, Cyclamen persicum. 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
FLO4596698: The Thierry has red flowers. Hall crabapple, Malus halliana. Named for Thierry, Ecuyer, consultant physician to the king. 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
FLO4596838: The small rose from China has 5 leaves and has double flowers. Double Chinese hibiscus, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis. 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
FLO4597127: The vulgar Persicary of China. Chinese knotweed, Persicaria orientalis. 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
LRI4597192: Episode of the defense of the Sublicius Bridge by the legendary Roman heros Horatius Cocles during the fighting against the Etruscan Ceramic plate produced in Urbino in the workshop Fontana, Italy. 1560 around Florence, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Italian School, (16th century) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4597262: The white water lily from China has semi-double flowers. Sacred lotus water lily, Nelumbo nucifera. 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
FLO4597251: The Lassone has 5 petals, the purple Iulan, Lassonia quinquepeta. Yulan magnolia or purple magnolia, Magnolia liiflora. 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
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
FLO4595991: The Ellebore has rosaceous flowers. Pink flowered hellebore, Helleborus 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
FLO4596035: Cape Ixia has yellow flowers and incarnate flowers. Corn lily, Ixia 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