FLO4569743: Blueberry ash, Elaeocarpus reticulatus, native to Australia. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century. / 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
FLO4569087: Diving bell with two divers on board, circa 1820. An improved version of Edmond Halley's diving bell, this hermetically sealed diving chamber was supplied by air through a copper pipe from the surface. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1823. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4569156: Endangered bottlenose skate, Rostroraja alba, dorsal 1, ventral 2, eyed electric ray, Torpedo torpedo 3, and marbled electric ray, Torpedo marmorata 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1823. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4569208: Sundial - Lanslevillard - Sundial in France - Lanslevillard - Sundial 1745 of the church of Lanslevillard (Savoy). The motto says in Latin: “De mane usque ad vesperam finies me” (From morning to evening, here's my limits). Restores in 2016. Old sundial (1745) on the church of Lanslevillard, Savoie, France. Restored in 2016 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4569231: Rufos-tailed jacamar, Galbula ruficauda, female 1, blue-throated barbet, Megalaima asiatica 2, hyacinth macaw, Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus 3, galah, Eolophus roseicapilla 4, and blue-crowned or mindoro racquet-tail, Prioniturus discurus 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1823. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4569361: White Damask pink, Rosa Damascena flor. alba. 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
FLO4569891: Adam's needle, Yucca filamentosa, native to North America. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4569935: Bigflower pawpaw tree, Asimina obovata, native to America. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570109: Chinese hibiscus, Hibiscus rosa sinensis, native to Asia. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571477: Francois de Fougerolles, doctor and physician of Montpellier, reign of King Henry III of France. Drawn and lithographed by Alexandre Massard after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' gallery portfolio IX 112 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
FLO4571562: Margaret of Valois, first wife of King Henry IV of France. Handcoloured lithograph after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' gallery portfolio X 3 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571600: Rene d'Hautefort, Viscount de Lestrange, governor of the town of Puys, d.1621. Handcoloured lithograph after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' gallery portfolio X 23 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4571623: Constellation of the Great Bear - Constellation of Ursa Major: Plate extracted from the Mirror of Urania -1824. Ursa Major, the constellation of the Great Bear, from Urania's Mirror, a colourful set of constellation cards published in 1824. Over the years, the star at the end of the tail has been known by two popular names, Alkaid and Benetnasch but Alkaid is now the official name / Bridgeman Images
PIX4571657: Star Sky in Winter - Starry Sky in Winter - A woman in the Lofoten Mountains in Norway. In the sky, the winter hexagon, an asterism formed by the stars Sirius (masked by the mountain), Procyon, Pollux, Capella, Aldebaran and Rigel. A female hiker is seen on the top of a mountain in Lofoten, Norway, under the Winter Hexagon, an asterism formed by Sirius (hidden by the mountain), Procyon, Pollux, Capella, Aldebaran and Rigel / Bridgeman Images
FLO4569423: Austrian copper rose, Rosa punicea, and white virgin rose, Rosa truncata virginalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from an illustration drawn from nature by Stark 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
PIX4569445: Sundial - Eglise d'Entraigues - Dial realized in 1843, restored in 1999. The central part indicates the solar noon of 37 places in the world, each represented by a red celestial star. The Latin motto means I refuse to say the time if the sun is silent. Hameau d'Entraigues, Saint Jean d'Arves, Savoy / Bridgeman Images