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
FLO4575137: Longnose gar (bone lepisost), Lepisosteus osseus 1, suckermouth catfish (Common pleco), Hypostomus plecostomus 2, Raphael catfish (platydoras), Platydoras costatus 3 and spotted catfish (Corydoras marble), Corydoras punctatus 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1802. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4575190: Telegraph machines: the telegraph on the Louvre in Paris 1, and the telegraph at Lille showing the mechanism for moving the arms and an observer with telescope dictating to a secretary 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Goetz from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1802. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4575283: Damask rose (Damascus rose), Rosa damascena basilica, and single yellow rose, Rosa lutea simplex. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from an illustration drawn from nature by Stark from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1802. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4575436: African manatee (African manatee), Trichechus senegalensis, vulnerable 1, harbour seal varieties (harbour seal), Phoca vitulina 2,3, harp seal (harp seal), Pagophilus groenlandicus 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1802. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4574591: Venus flytrap, Dionaea muscipula, and trembling or telegraph plant. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. 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
FLO4575003: Death's head hawk-moth (sphinx head of death), Acherontia atropos 1, and eyed hawk-moth (sphinx demi peacock), Smerinthus ocellatus 2, moth, caterpillar and pupa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1802. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4573686: Artist's view of the exoplanet Gliese 581c. - Artist's view of the exoplanet Gliese 581c. Gliese 581c, with a radius of 1.5 times that of the Earth, is the first exoplanet gathering the necessary elements to imagine the existence of a possible extra-terrestrial life. With a mass of 5 times that of the Earth, an average temperature between 0 and 40* C, this exoplanet rotates around its star in just thirteen days and is located 14 times closer to its star than the Earth is to the Sun. But this star, Gliese 581, is a red dwarf, a star much smaller and less luminous than the Sun, so the position of this exoplanet is ideal for allowing the presence of water in liquid form on its surface, Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4575748: Greek and Roman gods: Pluto 1,2, Vesta 3, and Bacchus 4,5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. 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
FLO4575754: Greek and Roman gods: Diane 1,2,3, Vulcan 4, and Minerva 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. 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
FLO4576055: South India small tussore moth - butterfly tasar wild indian - Antheraea paphia 1 and caterpillar a, and gaudy sphinx, Eummorpha labruscae 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. 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
FLO4576124: Virginia rose - Virginia rose - Rosa lucida, and Rosa truncata major. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1790-1830. 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. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4575609: Tokay gecko, Gekko gecko 1, broad-tailed gecko (gecko a tail large), Phyllurus platurus 2, five-toed whip lizard (tetradifon), Tetradactylus seps 3, cylindrical skink, Chalcides chalcides 4, and fire salamander, Salamandra salamandra, male 5,6 and female 7,8. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. 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
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
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
LBY4574165: the Tours Coeur Defense (2001, architect Jean Paul Viguier), in Levallois (Hauts de Seine). The Coeur Defense Tower is put under safeguard procedure The bankrupt business bank Lehman Brothers has brought the largest office tower in Europe into its fall. Unibail, who sold it to Lehman last year, could buy it for half a price, according to a rumour. In the Defense business district, the giant Coeur Defense Tower was the epitome years of office real estate. Today it symbolizes its debacle. With 355,000 m2, corresponding to 2 towers 160 metres high connected by lower buildings, Coeur Defense is the building with the largest usable area in Europe behind the Parliament Palace in Bucharest. Unibail-Rodamco, which commissioned this gigantic complex and inaugurated it in 2001, awarded it for €2.1 billion in March 2007 to Lehman Brothers. Photography 21/09/08., Viguier, Jean-Paul (b.1946) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4574232: Lion-tailed macaque, Macaca silenus endangered 1, greater spot-nosed monkey, Cercopithecus nictitans 2, red-shanked douc, Pythathrix nemaeus endangered 3, white-faced saki, Pithecia pithecia 4, and roloway monkey, Cercopithecus roloway endangered 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. 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
FLO4574479: Wolfhound 1, Siberian dog 2, Icelandic sheepdog 3, dalmatian 4, water dog 5, and greyhound 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. 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