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  • Hunting: traps and snares for catching ground-feeding birds. Engraving, c.1762 by B.-L. Prevost.
  • Great sea urchins of the North West Coast of America. Etching by B. L. Prevost.
  • Clocks: details of a dividing engine for setting out gearwheels. Engraving by Prevost after L.J. Goussier.
  • Female liane of Chilli (Lardizabala biternata Ruíz & Pavón): fruiting stem with tendrils and floral segments. Engraving by Heath, c.1798, after Prevost.
  • Male liane of Chilli (Lardizabala biternata Ruíz & Pavón): flowering stem and floral segments. Engraving by Heath, c.1798, after Prevost.
  • Men in a workshop making musical instruments, some of which are suspended from the ceiling; tools are around a bench. Engraving by Bénard after Prevost.
  • A mine: cross-section and diagrams of furnaces. Etching by Bénard after Prevost.
  • The washing of ore. Etching by Bénard after Prevost.
  • The interior of a painter's studio with a diagram of a mahlstick, paintbrushes and palettes beneath. Engraving by R. Bénard after B.L. Prevost.
  • Men in a workshop making musical instruments, some of which are suspended from the ceiling; tools are around a bench. Engraving by Bénard after Prevost.
  • An allegory of surgery. Engraving by R. Benard after B.L. Prevost, 17--.
  • Two heads in profile. Engraving by B.L. Provost after Raphael.
  • Calcination of ore and the instruments used in calcination. Etching by Bénard after Prevost.
  • The marriage of Saint Catherine. Engraving by B.L. Prevost after G.F.M. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.
  • A female figure beside a river with a townscape beyond. Engraving by B.L. Prevost after Titian.
  • Men with two boys attending a demonstration on the anatomy of the horse. Etching with engraving by Prevost after C.F. Sollier, 17--.
  • A bearded male nude figure with outstretched arms imploring a young seated male nude figure at whose feet he sits. Engraving by B.L. Prevost after J. Jouvenet.
  • The Venus de Medici from the front and back, and in both lateral views; with details of her head, arm and feet. Engraving by B.L. Prevost after G. Audran.
  • Feet and legs. Engraving by B.L. Prevost after E. Bouchardon.
  • Men with two boys attending a demonstration on the anatomy of the horse. Etching with engraving by Prevost after C.F. Sollier, 17--.
  • The Farnese Hercules seen from the front, the back and in profile; details of the right arm, head and knee. Engraving by B.L. Prevost after G. Audran.
  • Chemistry: various furnaces. Engraving by Prevost after L.J. Goussier.
  • A chemical laboratory and a table of chemical relations. Engraving by Prévost after L.J. Goussier, 1763.
  • Chemistry: equipment for distillation. Engraving by Prevost after L.J. Goussier.
  • The parts and uses of a pantograph. Engraving by B.L. Prevost after L.J. Goussier.
  • Ship-building: an anchor workshop (top), and tools (below). Engraving by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Chemistry: various crystalline substances. Engraving by Prevost after L.J. Goussier.
  • Chemistry: various vessels for distillation. Engraving by Prevost after L.J. Goussier.
  • Ship-building: details of a ship of the line. Engraving by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Manufacture of iron wire and machinery used. Etching by Prevost after L.J. Goussier.