FLO4641252: Orchard oriole, Icterus spurius. (American nightingale, Icterus minor) Illustration copied from George Edwards. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from “” The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine,”” Harrison, London, 1802. / Bridgeman Images

LRI4641268: Two athletes playing pugilat (boxing) Lucanian fresco from the 4th century BC, from the necropolis of Paestum, Italy. Museo nazionale archeologico, Paestum, Lucanian School, (4th century BC) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4641439: Great garden white butterfly, Pieris brassicae. Upper and under side of the male. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from “” The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine,”” Harrison, London, 1800. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4641449: Crowned gondola shell, Cymbium species. Illustration copied from Georg Knorr. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from “” The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine,”” Harrison, London, 1800. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4641547: Anthemis fetide or stinking chamomile - Lithography by F. Guimpel, extracted from medical botany by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Stinking chamomile, Anthemis cotula - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4641577: Mercury - Redstone - 3: A.Shepard has training - Alan Shepard suited up inside the Mercury capsule undergoing a flight simulation test. Apr 29 1961 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4641643: Anemone pulsatille or cockerel - Lithography by F. Guimpel, extracted from medical botanical by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Pasque flower, Pulsatilla vulgaris - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4641208: Everlasting pea, Lathyrus latifolia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from “” The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine,”” Harrison, London, 1800. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4641269: White throated sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis (Passe pennsylvanica). Illustration copied from George Edwards after Mr. William Bartram of Philadelphia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from “” The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine,”” Harrison, London, 1799. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4641237: Waxbill, Estrilda astrild (Loxia astrild). Illustration copied from George Edwards. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from “” The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine,”” Harrison, London, 1802, the very rare eighth volume of the series. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4641297: Willow warbler (yellow wren), Phylloscopus trochilus (Motacilla trochilus). Illustration copied from George Edwards. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from “” The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine,”” Harrison, London, 1801 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4641660: Full bulb corydale - Lithograph by F. Guimpel, extracted from medical botanical by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Fumewort, Corydalis solida - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4641843: Horseradish (or German mustard or Brittany) - Lithograph by F. Guimpel, extracted from medical botany by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Horseradish, Armoracia rusticana - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4641855: Cardamine des pres or watercress des pres - Lithography by F. Guimpel, extracted from botanique medicale by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Cuckoo flower or lady's smock, Cardamine pratensis - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4642052: Tuberous chervil or bulb - Lithography by F. Guimpel, extracted from medical botany by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Turnip-rooted chervil, Chaerophyllum bulbosum - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4642096: Large-leaf berle - Lithograph by F. Guimpel, extracted from medical botanical by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Greater water parsnip, Sium latifolium - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4642129: Goldenrod or Aaron's wand or Jewish grass - Lithography by F. Guimpel, extracted from medical botany by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - European goldenrod, Solidago virgaurea - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4641707: Laiche distique - Lithograph by F. Guimpel, extracted from botanique medicale by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Two-ranked sedge, Carex disticha Huds - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4641728: Perennial mercuriale or dog cabbage or cynocramb - Lithograph by F. Guimpel, extracted from medical botany by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Dog's mercury, Mercurialis perennis - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4641889: Intermediate Plantain or Lamb Tongue - Lithograph by F. Guimpel, extracted from medical botany by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Hoary plantain, Plantago media - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4642069: Petite cigue ou cigue des jardins - Lithograph by F. Guimpel, extracted from botanique medicale by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Fool's cicely or poison parsley, Aethusa cynapium - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4642087: Germandree d'eau - Lithograph by F. Guimpel, extracted from botanique medicale by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Water germander, Teucrium scordium - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4637161: Curlew ash. Coloured copper engraving by George Graves, in British Ornithology, 1811. Curlew, Scolopax arquata, Numenius arquata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Graves from “British Ornithology”” 1811. Graves was a bookseller, publisher, artist, engraver and colorist and worked on botanical and ornithological books. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4636715: John Taylor, Thames waterman and self-styled Water Poet (1578 -1653). Copperplate engraving from William Richard's Portraits illustrating Granger's Biographical History of England, London, 1792-1812. James Granger (1723-1776) was an English clergy, biographer, and print collector. / Bridgeman Images

LRI4636730: Dante and Virgil meets Ugolino, traitor (song 23 from Hell in the Divine Comedy) miniature, 14th century, Italian School, (14th century) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4636738: Sir William Morice (1628-1690), Secretary of State to King Charles II of England. Copperplate engraving from William Richard's Portraits Illustrating Granger's Biographical History of England, London, 1792-1812. James Granger (1723-1776) was an English clergy, biographer, and print collector. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4637285: Horned hawk, male. Coloured copper engraving by George Graves, in British Ornithology, 1811. Kestrel, Falco tinnunculus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Graves from “British Ornithology”” 1811. Graves was a bookseller, publisher, artist, engraver and colorist and worked on botanical and ornithological books. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4637567: The poppy fee sprinkles opium pods on coleopteres and locusts drugs - Eau forte by Charles Geoffroy (1819-1882), based on an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard dit J.J.Granville (1803-1847), for Les fleurs animees, 1847 - Opium poppy flower fairy, Papaver somniferum - Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Kings after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from “” Les Fleurs Animees,”” 1847 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4637493: La fee des carnations, hewn and clothed with petals, accompanied by butterflies and caterpillars - Eau forte by Charles Geoffroy (1819-1882), from an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard dit J.J.Granville (1803-1847), for Les fleurs animees, 1847 - Carnation flower fairy, Dianthus caryophyllus - Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from “” Les Fleurs Animees,”” 1847 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4637511: The blueberry and poppy fees walk in a field, with musician grasshoppers - Eau forte by Charles Geoffroy (1819-1882), from an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard dit J.J.J.Granville (1803-1847), for Les fleurs animees, 1847 - Cornflower and poppy flower fairies - Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from “” Les Fleurs Animees,”” 1847 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4637700: The fee of the vine holds a bunch of grapes, at its feet a broken bottle and a drunk bird holding a glass of wine - Eau forte by Charles Geoffroy (1819-1882), after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard dit J.J.Granville (1803-1847), for Les fleurs animees, 1847 - Tipsy grapevine flower fairy, Vitis vinifera - Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from “” Les Fleurs Animees”””, 1847 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4637332: Cassenoix fly. Coloured copper engraving by George Graves, in British Ornithology, 1811. Spotted nutcracker, Nucifraga caryocatactes. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Graves from “British Ornithology”” 1811. Graves was a bookseller, publisher, artist, engraver and colorist and worked on botanical and ornithological books. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4637374: Redtail with white forehead. Coloured copper engraving by George Graves, in British Ornithology, 1811. Redstart, Motacilla Phoenicurus, Phoenicurus phoenicurus on a honeysuckle branch, Lonicera periclymenum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Graves from “British Ornithology”” 1811. Graves was a bookseller, publisher, artist, engraver and colorist and worked on botanical and ornithological books. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4637485: The immortal, the flower stands under a crown, around roses, poppies and tulips lie crashed under a fake broken - Eau forte by Charles Geoffroy (1819-1882), after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard dit J.J.Granville (1803-1847), for Les fleurs animees, 1847 - Emblematic illustration of the everlasting flower, Helichrysum stoechas - Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from “” Les Fleurs Animees,”” 1847 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4637896: Lactee - Panorama - Lactee - Panorama - Photographic mosaic reconstructing the entire lactee path visible in the north hemisphere, on the left, and from the south hemisphere, on the right / Bridgeman Images

FLO4637940: The flower fees, that of the olive, sleeping in a cotton cap, the night beauty, the immortelle with a crown and a snake aureole, the myrtle in an old man, the tobacco smoking the cigar and the laurel in an old musketeer - Eau forte by Charles Geoffroy (1819-1882), following an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard dit J.J.J.J.Granville (3-1847), for Les fleurs animees, 1847 - Flower fairies of tobacco, everlasting, olive, marvel of Peru, laurel and myrtle - Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from “” Les Fleurs Animees””, 1847 / Bridgeman Images