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Le Nebuleux bird of paradise, Paradisea nigricans.. Named by Levaillant for its cloudy white feathers. Shaw describes it as an ally of the twelve-wired bird-of-paradise, Seleucidis melanoleucus
Movement of sperm and seminal fluid. Engraving by J. vander Schley, from Pierre de Hondt, Histoire Naturelle generale et particuliere avec la description du Cabinet du Roy. Plate 1, Volume 2
The Sciences [?] (header image of first discourse). Engraving by J. vander Schley, from Pierre de Hondt, Histoire Naturelle generale et particuliere avec la description du Cabinet du Roy
Arfak astrapia, Astrapia nigra.. Copied from Jacques Barrabands illustration from Francois Levaillants Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis, 1801
Superb bird-of-paradise, Lophorina superba.. Copied from Jacques Barrabands illustration for Francois Levaillants Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis, 1801
Formation of planets myth. Engraving by J. vander Schley, from Pierre de Hondt, Histoire Naturelle generale et particuliere avec la description du Cabinet du Roy
Mapping eclipse / heavenly bodies, trigonometry. Engraving by J. vander Schley, from Pierre de Hondt, Histoire Naturelle generale et particuliere avec la description du Cabinet du Roy.Header to
Infants at play on beach. Engraving by J. vander Schley, from Pierre de Hondt, Histoire Naturelle generale et particuliere avec la description du Cabinet du Roy.Header to second discourse
First page of first discourse: l Histoire Naturelle. Engraving by J. vander Schley, from Pierre de Hondt, Histoire Naturelle generale et particuliere avec la description du Cabinet du Roy. Date: 1750
Aquatic microscope. Engraving from John Ellis, Essai sur l histoire naturelle des corallines, et d autres productions marines. Plate XXXIX. Date: 1756
Corals, with ships / boats in backgroundCorals, with ships/boats in background. Illustration from John Ellis, Essai sur l histoire naturelle des corallines, et d autres productions marines. Frontispiece. Date: 1756
Museum Natural HistoryWhales and elephants dominate the crowded hall of the Musee d histoire naturelle, Paris
Georges, Baron CuvierGEORGES, BARON CUVIER French naturalist, lecturing on paleontology at the Museum (sic) d histoire naturelle, Paris
Dinosaur / IguanodonIGUANODON skeletons at the Musee de l Histoire Naturelle, Brussels