FLO4576379: the Tree has bread with its fruits - Breadfruit, Artocarpus altilis, with ripe fruit and sections. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Christiane Henriette Dorothea Westermayr from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1792. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4576423: Breeds of horses, 18th century. Turkish breed descended from Arab, Persian and Tartar blood 1, and Russian 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
FLO4573261: Asian elephant, Elephas maximus, endangered, and Bactrian camel, Camelus bactrianus, critically endangered. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1792. 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
FLO4567930: Renee bisorte. Coloured copper engraving from a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's book “English Botanical Phenomenes””, 1834. William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanical Garden from 1813 to 1854. Bistort or snakeweed, Polygonum bistorta. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's “” British Phaenogamous Botany”” 1834. Scotsman William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden from 1813 to 1854. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4568009: Common sage or pre sage. Coloured copper engraving from a drawing by W.A.Delamotte from William Baxter's book “English Botanical Phenomenes””, 1834. William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanical Garden from 1813 to 1854. Meadow wise, Salvia pratensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by W.A. Delamotte from William Baxter's “” British Phaenogamous Botany”” 1834. Scotsman William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden from 1813 to 1854. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4568075: Round-leaved campanule. Coloured copper engraving from a drawing by W.A.Delamotte from William Baxter's book “English Botanical Phenomenes””, 1834. William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanical Garden from 1813 to 1854. Round leaved bellflower, Campanula rotundifolia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by W.A. Delamotte from William Baxter's “” British Phaenogamous Botany”” 1834. Scotsman William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden from 1813 to 1854. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571079: Rigaud d'Aureille, knight, ambassador and maitre d'hotel du roi, 1455-1517. Handcoloured lithograph after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio VIII 5 and 9 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571228: Antoinette de Bourbon, Duchess de Guise 1493-1583. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after an almanach from 1532 in Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571337: Marie Touchet, mistress to King Charles IX of France. Handcoloured lithograph by Dumand after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' gallery portfolio IX 46 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571396: Saint Aloysius de Gonzaga, Louis de Gonzague, Prince of Mantua, Duke of Nevers, reign of King Henry III of France. He wears the costume of the chivalric Order of the Holy Spirit knights of the Holy Spirit founded by Henry III. Illustration by Dunand, lithograph by Breton after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' gallery portfolio IX 50 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571450: Gentleman, reign of King Henri III of France. Handcoloured lithograph after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' gallery portfolio IX 83 and 84 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571491: Guard of the Provosty of Paris, 1586. Drawn and lithographed by Alexandre Massard after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' gallery portfolio IX 150 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571541: King Henry IV of France and Navarre. He wears the cross of the Order of the Holy Spirit on his chest. Drawn and lithographed by Alexandre Massard after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' gallery portfolio X 2 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571622: Francoise Robertet, wife of Tristan de Rostaing, Baron de Brou. Handcoloured lithograph after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' gallery portfolio X 11 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4568200: Cuslage. Coloured copper engraving from a drawing by C. Mathews from William Baxter's book “English Botanical Phenomenes””, 1834. William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanical Garden from 1813 to 1854. Common Colt's Foot, Tussilago fara. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Charles Mathews of a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's “” British Phaenogamous Botany”” 1834. Scotsman William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden from 1813 to 1854. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571640: Antoinette de Pons, Marquise de Guercheville, Countess de La Roche-Guyon, Lady of Honour to Marie de Medici, 1560-1632. Handcoloured lithograph directed by Breton and Borromee after a contemporary engraving from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4562273: Flower and leaf of autumn colchique (Crocus), whose flower resembles that of saffron. Illustration by C. Curtis, engraving by Weddell. Eau forte in The Curtis Botanical Magazine, by Samuel Curtis, 1826, with the help of William Jackson Hooper, professor of botany at the University of Glascow (Scotland). / Bridgeman Images
FLO4562366: Catocala et petit patillon de nuit - Underwing moth from Meudon, France, and small mocha moth. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Jacob l'Admiral in Naauwkeurige Waarneemingen omtrent de veranderingen van veele Insekten (Accurate Descriptions of the Metamorphoses of Insects), J. Sluyter, Amsterdam, 1774. For this second edition, M. Houttuyn added another eight plates to the original 25. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571798: Louise Motier de Lafayette, 1618-1665, French broker and friend to King Louis XIII. Handcoloured lithograph after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolios from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4568752: Portrait of the dancer Auguste Vestris Junior (1760-1842), wearing a feather hat, a wrapped jacket, panties and stockings and holding a wreath of flowers, for the ballet Les Amants Surprise, in 1781. The illegitimate son of the dancer Gaetan Vestris and Marie Allard, he made his debuts in London in 1772, in this ballet beside Giovanna Baccelli, and amazed the audience with his agilite. Engraved by Thornwaite, after a cartoon and J.Roberts, published in Bell's British Theatre”, 1781. / Bridgeman Images