FLO4729833: Marseille Astragalus or mother's cushion - Goat's thorn milk vetch, Astragalus tragacantha. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832. The tireless Sowerby (1757-1822) drew over 2, 500 plants for Smith's mammoth “” English Botany”” (1790-1814) and 440 mushrooms for “” Coloured Figures of English Fungi “” (1797) among many other works., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4729440: Garden orache, Atriplex hortensis 197, and chervil (Common chervil), Anthriscus cerefolium 198. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's “” Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte” (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Augsburg, 1811. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a clergy and naturalist in Augsburg, Bavaria. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4725458: Coryphene (or coryphene sea bream, mahi-mahi) - White Matajuel (white sand or Plumier's malacanth) - Dolphin fish or mahi mahi, Coryphaena hippurus 112, and sand tilefish, Malacanthus plumieri 113. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish, Augsburg, 1804. Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergy and naturalist known as the German Buffon. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4725523: Atlantic fletan (or white fletan) - American sole - Halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus 4, lined sole, Achirus lineatus 5, and Dover sole, Solea solea 6. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish, Augsburg, 1804. Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergy and naturalist known as the German Buffon. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4725880: European trout and river trout - Method of fishing for trout using a wooden dam with nets and grids - Sea trout, Salmo trutta trutta 96, brown trout, Salmo trutta fario 97, and trout fishing method using a wooden dam with nets and grids. Handcolored copperplate engraving after Jacob Nilson from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish, Augsburg, 1804. Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergy and naturalist known as the German Buffon. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4725389: Common cepole (or damsel, whip or garter) - Remora fusele or stripe - Red band-fish, Cepola macrophthalma 109, sharksucker, Echeneis naucrates 110, and remora, Remora remora 111. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish, Augsburg, 1804. Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergy and naturalist known as the German Buffon. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4725849: Atlantic Salmon - Capture technique for salmon with nets under a bridge - Silver or Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, male, and methods of catching salmon with nets under a bridge. Handcolored copperplate engraving after Jacob Nilson from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish, Augsburg, 1804. Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergy and naturalist known as the German Buffon. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4726190: Palm tree areca with its fruits, arec nuts (or betel nuts). Areca palm tree with fruit, areca nut. Areca catechu. Handcolored copperplate engraving from G. T. Wilhelm's “” Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte”” (Encyclopedia of Natural History) 1813. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811). / Bridgeman Images
FLO4725921: European trout - Fishing technique using artificial rapids to catch fish - Sea trout, Salmo trutta trutta 98, charr, Salvelinus alpinus alpinus 99, and fishing methods using manmade rapids on a river to catch salmon in grills and nets. Handcolored copperplate engraving after Jacob Nilson from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish, Augsburg, 1804. Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergy and naturalist known as the German Buffon. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4725959: Sterlet or Danube Sturgeon - Sterlet sturgeon, Acipenser ruthenus 29, and underside 30. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish, Augsburg, 1804. Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergy and naturalist known as the German Buffon. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4726377: Common banana tree. Coloured copper engraving, based on an illustration by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), in Encyclopedie d'histoire naturelle, published in Vienna (Austria), 1816. Plantain fruit, Musa sapientum. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's “” Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte”” (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Vienna, 1816. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergy and naturalist in Augsburg, where the first edition was published. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4726326: Cute strawberry, red and white. Coloured copper engraving, based on an illustration by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), in Encyclopedie d'histoire naturelle, published in Vienna (Austria), 1816. Red and white mountain strawberries, Fragaria alpina, Monarthserdbeere. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's “” Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte”” (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Vienna, 1816. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergy and naturalist in Augsburg, where the first edition was published. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4726557: Round turmeric rhizomes. Coloured copper engraving, based on an illustration by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), in Encyclopedie d'histoire naturelle, published in Vienna (Austria), 1816. Round turmeric, Turmeric rotunda. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's “” Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte”” (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Vienna, 1816. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergy and naturalist in Augsburg, where the first edition was published. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4726696: Hemp grows. Coloured copper engraving, based on an illustration by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), in Encyclopedie d'histoire naturelle, published in Vienna (Austria), 1816. Cannabis, Cannabis sativa. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's “” Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte”” (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Vienna, 1816. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergy and naturalist in Augsburg, where the first edition was published. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4726900: Epic swine skin disease of Richard Lambert (Ichthyose hystrix) - Strong water extracted from the Encyclopedie of Natural History: Humanite, by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), 1804 - Richard Lambert's porcupine skin disorder, Ichthyosis hystrix - Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilclom's “” Pedia of Natural History: Mankind,”” Augsburg, 1804 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4726919: The mummified remains of the monks of the catacombs of the Capuchin monastery in Sicily - Strong water extracted from the Encyclopedie of Natural History: Humanite, by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), 1804 - Mummified remains of monks in the catacombs of the Capuchin Monastery, Sicily - Handcoloured copperliplate engraving from Gottliplate engraving Tobias Wilhelm's “” Encyclopedia of Natural History: Mankind,” Augsburg, 1804 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4726830: Egyptian Sarcophagus with Hieroglyphs - Strong water extracted from the Encyclopedie of Natural History: Humanite, by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), 1804 - Egyptian coffin cover decorated with hieroglyphs - Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's “” Encyclopedia of Natural History: Mantkind,” August,”, 1804 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4727229: Lapon Funeral Service - Strong Water from the Encyclopedie of Natural History: Humanite, by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), 1804 - Funeral service of the Lapp - Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's “” Encyclopedia of Natural History: Mankind,” Augsburg, 1804 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4727366: Triton (fish man) seen off the coast of Martinique May 23, 1671 - Water forte extracted from the Encyclopedie of Natural History: Humanite, by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), 1804 - Merman seen off the coast of Martinique on 23 May 1671 - Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's “” Encyclopedia of Natural History: Mankind,”” Augsburg, 1804 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4728297: Common and scabious lysimac succise or devil's bite. Coloured copper engraving, based on an illustration by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), in Encyclopedie d'histoire naturelle, published in Vienna (Austria), 1816. Garden loosestrife, Lysimachia vulgaris, and Devils bit, Scabiosa succisa, Succisa pratensis. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's “” Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte”” (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Vienna, 1816. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergy and naturalist in Augsburg, where the first edition was published. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4728587: Millet, Panicum miliaceum 45 (common millet), foxtail millet (Italian setary or bird millet), P. italicum 46, and digitaria, P. sanguinale 47. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's “” Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte” (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Augsburg, 1811. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a clergy and naturalist in Augsburg, Bavaria. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4728674: Maize or corn, Zea mays. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's “” Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte” (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Augsburg, 1811. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a clergy and naturalist in Augsburg, Bavaria. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4728753: Spelt (spelt), Tritium spelta 4, grain 5, and in bloom 6. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's “” Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte” (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Augsburg, 1811. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a clergy and naturalist in Augsburg, Bavaria. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4728865: Flowering rush, Butomus umbellatus, with flowers and edible root tuber. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's “” Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte” (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Augsburg, 1811. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a clergy and naturalist in Augsburg, Bavaria. / Bridgeman Images