Images from the First Colour Publication on Fish (1754)

Aratea: Making Pictures with Words in the 9th Century

Ernst Haeckel’s Bats (1904)

Contents of an Ostrich’s Stomach (ca. 1930)

The Singerie: Monkeys acting as Humans in Art

Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing

The Difficulty of Ruling over a Diverse Nation (1578)

NYPL Release 187k Public Domain Images in Hi-Res

Shells and other Marine Life from Albertus Seba’s Cabinet of Natural Curiosities (1734)

In Search of the Impossible: The Perfect English Rabbit

Photographs of a Falling Cat (1894)

Adriaen Coenen’s Fish Book (1580)

Flemish Mask Designs in the Grotesque Style (1555)

Tractatus de Herbis (ca.1440)

Arent van Bolten’s Grotesques

Rainbow-coloured Beasts from 15th-Century Book of Hours

Edward Lear’s Walk on a Windy Day (1860)

Fortunio Liceti’s Monsters (1665)

Ernst Haeckel’s Radiolaria (1862)

A Selection from The Getty’s Open Content Program

The Belly of a Horse (1820)

The World Turned Upside Down (18th century)

Illustrations from The Six Voyages of John Baptista Tavernier (1678)

Engravings from Oliver Goldsmith’s History of the Earth and Animated Nature (1825)