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Vintage illustration titled <n>Le Geai Noir</n>.

Le Rollier vulgaire, an illustration by artist <n>Jacques Barraband</n>.

<n>Indian-reed</n> (1804), a print by <n>Peter Charles Henderson</n> and <n>James Caldwall</n>, published by <n>Robert John Thornton</n>.

<n>Echinocactus pectiniferus</n> (1841) by <n>Redouté</n>, from <n>Charles Lemaire</n>'s *<n>Iconographie descriptive des cactées</n>*.

<n>A Group Of Carnations</n> (1804), painted by <n>Peter Charles Henderson</n> for <n>Robert John Thornton</n>'s <n>Temple of Flora</n>.

<n>The Queen</n> (1799-1807), an illustration by <n>Robert John Thornton</n> from his work <n>The Temple of Flora</n>.

<n>A Group of Auriculas</n>, an 1807 engraving by <n>Thomas Sutherland</n> after a painting by <n>Philip Reinagle</n>.

<n>Tulips</n> (1807), from <n>Robert John Thornton</n>'s <n>The Temple of Flora</n>. Painted by <n>Philip Reinagle</n> and engraved by <n>Richard Earlom</n>.

<n>The Blew Bird</n>, a 1731 illustration by naturalist and artist <n>Mark Catesby</n>.

<n>Boxing</n>, a cigarette card from the <n>Actresses and Celebrities series</n> issued by <n>Allen & Ginter</n>, ca. 1888.

<n>Afraid of Nobody</n>, a phenakistoscope disc from ca. 1833, published by <n>Ackermann & Co.</n>

A <n>whale on wheels</n> and <n>Kokeshi doll</n> from '<n>Unai no tomo</n>' (1891-1923) by artist <n>Shimizu Seifu</n>.

An illustration from the 17th/18th-century alchemical manuscript <n>Clavis Artis</n>, attributed to <n>Zoroaster</n>.

<n>A Group of Auriculas</n> (1803), painted by <n>Peter Henderson</n> for <n>Robert John Thornton</n>'s <n>The Temple of Flora</n>.

<n>Nature in Descending Regions</n> (1887) by artist <n>Levi Walter Yaggy</n>.

<n>Le Geai Bleu</n>, an engraving by <n>Reinold</n> from <n>François Levaillant</n>'s <n>Histoire naturelle des oiseaux d'Afrique</n>.

A botanical study of a rose, heartsease, and sweet pea by <n>Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues</n>, ca. 1568.