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Illustration of <n>Periphylla mirabilis</n> by <n>Ernst Haeckel</n> and <n>A. Giltsch</n> for the <n>Voyage of HMS Challenger</n>.

An illustration of <n>Le grison</n> from "Histoire naturelle" by <n>Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon</n>, 1749-1788.

Illustration by <n>Alphonse de Neuville</n> for <n>Jules Verne</n>'s 1870 novel <n>Around the Moon</n>.

A 1928 photogravure of a <n>Cobaea scandens</n> plant by artist <n>Karl Blossfeldt</n>.

<n>Draco and Ursa Minor</n>, an 1825 chart from <n>Urania's Mirror</n>, engraved by <n>Sidney Hall</n>.

An 1881 illustration of the jellyfish <n>Thamnostylus dinema</n> by artist and biologist <n>Ernst Haeckel</n>.

<n>Sea Holly</n>, a black and white photograph by <n>Karl Blossfeldt</n>.

A 1929 photograph by <n>Karl Blossfeldt</n> from his book <n>Urformen der Kunst</n>.

An 1806 illustration of Agate-Jasper by <n>James Sowerby</n> from his publication <n>British Mineralogy</n>.

<n>Orpheus</n> (c. 1903-1910), a pastel by French <n>Symbolist</n> artist <n>Odilon Redon</n>.

A 1928 photogravure of <n>Acanthus mollis (Bear's Breeches)</n> by photographer <n>Karl Blossfeldt</n>.

A photograph from the series <n>Art Forms in Nature</n> (1928) by photographer <n>Karl Blossfeldt</n>.

An albumen silver print by <n>Edward J. Woolsey</n> from his 1869 book <n>Specimens of Fancy Turning</n>.

<n>Plate XVII</n> from <n>Thomas Wright</n>'s 1750 book <n>An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe</n>.