7818 - Pineapple, Ananas comosus - Illustration from 'Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium' by Maria Sibylla Merian. 1705. Thi...
7811 - Frontispiece of the improved 1636 Gerard's Herbal - This frontispiece show's John Gerard himself holding a potato pla...
7812 - Potato Plant, Solanum tuberosum - One of the earliest known depictions of a potato plant, and one of the few original illu...
7814 - Hawkmoth, Cocytius antacus - The adult and larva of the hawkmoth, cocytius antacus are depicted on a belly-ache bush (so-c...
7813 - Seaweed, Fucus vesiculosus and Fucus spiralis - Depictions of seaweed found on the south coast of England 'The Herball or...
7815 - The treatise on animals - Ortus Snitatis - Illustration from 'Ortus Sanitatis' by Jacob Meydenbach 1491. Displayed in this...
7816 - Lantern fly and cicada - Illustration from 'Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium' by Maria Sibylla Merian. 1705. Merian'...
7817 - Title plate from Neues Blumenbuch by Maria Sibylla Merian - Title plate from Neues Blumenbuch (New Book of Flowers) by Mar...
7825 - A Vignette showing the removal of lice from the hair - The illustration is one of several vignettes that demonstrate the i...
7819 - Mandragora offcinarum - Illustration of the female mandrake, depticted in the 'Ortus Sanitatis' by Jacob Meydenbach 1491
7820 - Monster of Ravenna - Monstrorum Historia cum Paralipomenis Historiae Omnium Animalium. Ulisses Aldrovandi 1642
7821 - Antonietta Gonzales aged 12 - Aldrovandi sought to document and explain rare natural conditions that were not unerstood at...
7822 - Crane Man - Monstrorum Historia cum Paralipomenis Historiae Omnium Animalium. Ulisses Aldrovandi 1642
7823 - Cucumbers - Illustration from 'The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes' by John Gerard (1636)
7824 - Opening page - Monstrorum Historia - The opening page of Monstrorum Historia cum Paralipomenis Historiae Omnium Animalium....
7810 - Grey Drone Fly, Eristalis tenax - The head and compound eyes of a grey drone fly, Eristalis tenax. Hooke dissected the eye...