Above, an insect, three gastropod molluscs, a guinea hen and a prickly ophidian; below, an ostracean, a tobacco plant, two insects, two orioles, and an ornithoryncus. Engraving by Heath.

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1 August 1806
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40526i
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Above, an insect, three gastropod molluscs, a guinea hen and a prickly ophidian; below, an ostracean, a tobacco plant, two insects, two orioles, and an ornithoryncus. Engraving by Heath. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[London] (New Bridge, St. Blackfriars) : Printed for Richard Phillips, 1 August 1806.

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1 print : engraving, with etching ; sheet 28.3 x 22 cm

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Natural history ... nepa linearis ... Heath sc.

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Not found in: John Heath, The Heath family engravers 1779-1878, Aldershot 1993

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Wellcome Collection 40526i

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