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John Ray, with a vignette of Britannia crowning Ray as the prince of English botanists. Stipple engraving by W. Holl, 1804, after T. Uwins and Mary Beale.

John Ray. Line engraving by A. de Bloys after W. Elder after W. Faithorne.

John Ray. Line engraving by W. H. Lizars after Mary Beale.

John Ray, Sir William Temple, and Sir Christopher Wren. Engraving.

John Ray. Line engraving after W. Faithorne.

John Ray. Stipple engraving.

John Ray. Line engraving after Mary Beale.

John Ray. Line engraving by W. Elder, 1694, after W. Faithorne.

Six men of William III's reign in England. Engraving.

John Ray. Line engraving by W. Hibbart, 1760, after W. Faithorne.

Scientists / edited, with an introduction, by H.A. Feisenberger.

John Ray. Stipple engraving by H. Meyer after Mary Beale.

Select remains of the learned John Ray ... with his life / by the late William Derham ... Published by George Scott.

Historia plantarum generalis. Species hactenus editas aliasque insuper multas noviter inventas & descriptas complectens ... / [John Ray].

Catalogus plantarum Angliae, et insularum adjacentium: tum indigenas, tum in agris passim cultas complectens ... / [John Ray].

Historia plantarum species hactenus editas aliasque insuper multas noviter inventas et descriptas complectens. In qua agitur primò de plantis in genere, earúmque partibus, accidentibus & differentiis; deinde genera omnia tum summa tum subalterna ad species usque infirmas, notis suis certis & characteristicis definita, methodo naturæ vestigiis insistente disponuntur ... / Auctore, Joanne Raio.

Methodus plantarum nova, brevitatis et perspicuitatis causa synoptice in tabulis exhibita. Cum notis generum tum summorum tum subalternorum characteristicis, observationibus nonnullis de seminibus plantarum & indice copioso / Autore Joanne Raio.

De historia piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis regiae londinensis editi. In quibus non tantum de piscibus in genere agitur, sed & species omnes, tum ab aliis traditae, tum novae & nondum editae bene multae, naturea ductum servante methodo dispositae, accurate describuntur. Earumque effigies, quotquot haberi potuere, vel ad vivum delineatae, vel ad optima exemplaria impressa; artifici manu elegantissime in aes incisae, ad descriptiones illustrandas exhibentur. Cum Appendice historias & observationes in supplementum operis collatas complectente. Totum opus recognovit, coaptavit, supplevit, librum etiam primum et secundum intergros adjecit Johannes Raius. E Societate regia / [Francis Willughby].

Nomenclator classicus, sive dictionariolum trilingue, Secundùm Locos communes, Nominibus usitatioribus Anglicis, Latinis, Graecis, ordine dispositis. A classical nomenclator, with the gender and declension of each word and the quantities of the syllables. By John Ray, M. A. and Fellow of the Royal Society. To which are added paradigmata of all the declensions, as well Greek as Latin; with a Century of Proverbs, and a Collection of modest Jests in English, Latin and Greek, from good Authors.

Joannis Raii Societatis Regiæ socii Historia plantarum generalis. Species hactenus editas aliasque insuper multas noviter inventas & descriptas complectens. In qua agitur primò De Plantis in genere, Earúmque Partibus, Accidentibus & Differentiis; Deinde Genera omnia tum summa tum subalterna ad Species usque infimas, Notis suis certis & Characteristicis Definita, Methodo Naturae vestigiis insistente disponuntur; Species singulae accurate describuntur, obscura Illustrantur, omissa supplentur, superflua resecantur, Synonyma necessaria adjiciuntur; Vires denique & Usus recepti compendiò traduntur. Accesserunt Lexicon Botanicum et Nomenclator Botanicus Totum opus in duobus Tomis cum Indicibus Necessariis Nominum, Morborum, & Remediorum. ...

A compleat collection of English proverbs; also the most celebrated proverbs of the Scotch, Italian, French, Spanish, and other languages. The whole methodically digested and illustrated with annotations, and proper explanations / By the late Rev. and learned J. Ray ... To which is added, (written by the same author) a collection of English words not generally used, with their significations and original in two alphabetical catalogues; the one, of such as are proper to the northern, the other, to the southern counties. With an account of the preparing and refining such metals and minerals as are gotten in England.

Miscellaneous discorurses concerning the dissolution and changes of the world. Wherein the primitive chaos and creation ... are largely discussed and examined / John Ray.

The wisdom of God manifested in the works of the creation in two parts, Viz. The Heavenly Bodies, Elements, Meteors, Fossils, Vegetables, Animals, (beasts, Birds, Fishes, and Insects) more particularly in the Body of the Earth, its Figure, Motion, and Consistency, and in the admirable Structure of the Bodies of Man, and other Animals, as also in their Generation, &c. With answers to some objections. By John Ray, Late Fellow of the Royal Society.

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Ray, John, 1627-1705

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Miscellaneous discorurses concerning the dissolution and changes of the world. Wherein the primitive chaos and creation ... are largely discussed and examined / John Ray.