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Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, v2. Tab 52
Image from the gloriously titled Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands: containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, insects, and plants: particulary the forest-trees, shrubs, and other plants, not hitherto described, or very incorrectly figured by authors. Together with their descriptions in English and French. To which are added, observations on the air, soil, and waters: with remarks upon agriculture, grain, pulse, roots, &c., published by the English naturalist Mark Catesby from 1729 to 1747. The books in their various volumes, jam-packed as they were with exquisite illustrations, made up not only the first published account of the flora and fauna of North America, but were also a landmark in 18th-century natural history. (Image source: Smithsonian Libraries via Biodiversity Heritage Library)
- Aesculapian Snake Josef Maria Eder and Eduard Valenta
- Plate 63, Basimycetes Ernst Haeckel
- Diatom, from Bori, Hungary Arthur E. Smith
- Plate 78, Cubomedusae Ernst Haeckel
- Louis Renard's Fish, Plate XXII Louis Renard (after Samuel Fallours)
- Actinologia Britannica, Plate X Philip Henry Gosse
- Dragonfly, Pear, Carnation, and Insect Joris Hoefnagel
- Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, v2. app. Tab 10 Mark Catesby