FLO4597158: Aquatic Sagittaria, Sagittaria aquatica. Arrowhead, Sagittaria sagittifolia. 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
FLO4597702: Sunbittern, Eurypyga helias, purple swamphen, Porphyrio porphyrio, and common moorhen, Gallinula chloropus. Handcoloured engraving on steel by Fournier after a drawing by Edouard Travies from Richard's “New Edition of the Complete Works of Buffon,”” Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1837. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4597699: Coppersmith barbet, Megalaima haemacephala, pied puffbird, Notharchus tectus, and collared puffbird, Bucco capensis. Handcoloured engraving on steel by Fournier after a drawing by Edouard Travies from Richard's “New Edition of the Complete Works of Buffon,”” Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1837. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4597862: Black grouse, Tetrao tetrix, western Capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus, and pin-tailed sandgrouse, Pterocles alchata. Handcoloured engraving on steel by Manceau after a drawing by Edouard Travies from Richard's “New Edition of the Complete Works of Buffon,”” Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1837. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4596094: Little Melochie. Mulukhiyah or jute, Corchorus olitorius, and red admiral butterfly, Vanessa atalanta. 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
FLO4596131: The Crane's Beak has saffringly flowers. Stork's bill, Erodium cicutarium. 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
FLO4595888: The Tree Purple has double and white flowers. Rose mallow, Hibiscus syriacus. 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
FLO4596463: The Carnation of the Gardens color of fire. Carnation, Dianthus caryophyllus. 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
FLO4596521: The quackgrass of the parnassus. Marsh grass of Parnassus or bug-star, Parnassia palustris. 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
FLO4596553: The Semdouble Buttercup of the Gardens conue as Harlequin. Persian buttercup hybrid Harlequin, Ranunculus asiaticus. 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
FLO4596628: The Gentian blue. Blue gentian, Gentiana acaulis, with white-lined sphinx moth, Hyles lineata. 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
FLO4596343: The Benoite of the Alps. Alpine avens, Geum montanum, and Doris longwing butterfly, Heliconius doris. 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
FLO4596473: The Grenadille has leaves with silk teeth, the Maracot. Purple passionflower, Passiflora incarnata. 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
FLO4596671: The Brunier. Named for Brunier, doctor to the Dauphin and the royal children of France. 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