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  • A budgerigar with black markings in Cape Van Diemen. Engraving by J.L. Perée, ca. 1798, after J.B. Audibert.
  • A magpie from New Caledonia. Engraving by Perée, ca. 1798, after J. B. Audebert.
  • Antoine Laurent Lavoisier. Stipple engraving by J.J. Tassaert after J.L. David.
  • A hornbill from the island of Waigiou. Engraving by Perée after J. B. Audebert.
  • Antoine Laurent Lavoisier. Stipple engraving by J.J. Tassaert after J.L. David.
  • A black swan in Cape Van Diemen. Engraving by J.L. Perée, ca. 1798, after J. Piron.
  • A woman in Cape Van Diemen carrying her baby on her shoulders. Engraving by J.L. Copia after J. Piron, ca. 1800.
  • A German itinerant medicine vendor on horseback selling his wares. Engraving by I. Helman, 1777, after J. Bertaux, 1776.
  • A French itinerant medicine vendor on stage selling his wares. Engraving by I. Helman, 1777, and etching by A.J. Duclos after J. Bertaux, 1776.
  • A French itinerant medicine vendor on stage selling his wares. Engraving by I. Helman, 1777, and etching by A.J. Duclos after J. Bertaux, 1776.
  • The interior of a chemical laboratory with six people working in it (above), a table of symbols (below). Coloured line engraving after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Manufacture of sealing wax. Etching by B.L. Prévvost after L.J. Goussier.
  • Diamond cutters: interior view (a) a diamond cutters' wheel (b) elevations and sections of cutting machines with various components. Etching by Prevost after L.J. Goussier.
  • A female foetus of six inches in length with over-developed genitals. Engraving by J. Daullé after J. de Sève, 1749.
  • Three figures of foetuses with hermaphroditic genitals. Engraving by J. Daullé after J. de Sève, 1749.
  • A sloth; sloth in a tree in background. Engraving by J.C. Baquoy after J. de Seve, 1765.
  • Fan makers: various stages in the process of fan making and instruments used. Etching by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • Diamond cutters: elevations of cutting machines with various components. Etching by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • A diamond cutters' wheel in use (top), and a plan and perspective of the wheel with various components (below). Etching by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • Fan makers: two women making brisé 'broken' type fans, and stages in the process of fan making. Etching by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • Fan makers: a woman painting fan leaves, and various painting materials. Etching by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • Fan makers: interior view and sections of a fan. Etching by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • Emblem representing the path to the philosopher's stone in alchemy. Etching by Defehrt, 1768, after L.-J. Goussier, after the frontispiece to a 17th century book by Libavius.
  • Sixteen French doctors with attributes of their specialties. Colour lithograph by A. Barrère, ca. 1906.
  • Men of various sizes are sitting on chairs watching a very tall man (Moissan?). Lithograph by L. Fuchs.
  • Men of various sizes are sitting on chairs watching a very tall man (Moissan?). Lithograph by L. Fuchs.
  • Jardin des Plantes, Paris: figures strolling the grounds alongside the glasshouses. Coloured lithograph by J. Jacottet.
  • Oath of the Tennis Court: the deputies of the third estate meeting in the tennis court at the Château of Versailles, swearing not to disperse until a constitution is assured. Etching by L-F. Couché after J. L. David.
  • Saint James the Great: the Virgin appears to him on a pillar by the river Ebro. Engraving attributed to A. Boilly, 1827, after Dubois after N. Poussin.
  • Jean Sylvain Bailly. Lithograph by A. Lacauchie, 1842.