Turpin Collection (#2)

Asparagus, Asparagus officinalis
5855145 Asparagus, Asparagus officinalis; (add.info.: Asparagus, Asparagus officinalis. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science)

Giant granadilla
5855233 Giant granadilla; (add.info.: Giant granadilla, Passiflora quadrangularis. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science)

Queen sago, Cycas circinalis
5855232 Queen sago, Cycas circinalis; (add.info.: Queen sago, Cycas circinalis. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science)

Queen sago, Cycas circinalis
5855231 Queen sago, Cycas circinalis; (add.info.: Queen sago, Cycas circinalis. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science)

Tailless bats
5855223 Tailless bats; (add.info.: Tailed tailless bat, Anoura caudifer, and lesser tailless bat, Glossophaga caudifer. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's)

Greater false vampire bat, Megaderma lyra, and horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus tridens
5855217 Greater false vampire bat, Megaderma lyra, and horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus tridens; (add.info.: Greater false vampire bat, Megaderma lyra, and horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus tridens)

Mongoose and meerkat
5855213 Mongoose and meerkat; (add.info.: White tailed mongoose, Ichneumia albicauda, and meerkat or suricate, Suricata suricatta)

Date palm
5855194 Date palm; (add.info.: Date palm, Phoenix dactylifera. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science, " Florence, Italy, 1837)

Purple throated euphonia and green-winged saltator
5855191 Purple throated euphonia and green-winged saltator; (add.info.: Purple-throated euphonia, Euphonia chlorotica, and green-winged saltator, Saltator similis)

Turquoise and palm tanagers
5855190 Turquoise and palm tanagers; (add.info.: Turquoise tanager, Tangara mexicana, and palm tanager, Thraupis palmarum)

Ginseng
5855187 Ginseng; (add.info.: American ginseng, Panax quinquefolius. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science, " Florence, Italy)

Ginger root
5855186 Ginger root; (add.info.: Ginger, Zingiber officinale. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science, " Florence, Italy, 1837)

Meadow saffron, Colchicum autumnale
5855173 Meadow saffron, Colchicum autumnale; (add.info.: Meadow saffron, Colchicum autumnale. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science)

Grey-winged trumpeter, Psophia crepitans, and black crowned crane, Balearica pavonina
5855166 Grey-winged trumpeter, Psophia crepitans, and black crowned crane, Balearica pavonina; (add.info.: Grey-winged trumpeter, Psophia crepitans, and black crowned crane)

Nilgai, Boselaphus tragocamelus, and greater kudu, Tragelaphus strepsiceros
5855159 Nilgai, Boselaphus tragocamelus, and greater kudu, Tragelaphus strepsiceros; (add.info.: Nilgai, Boselaphus tragocamelus, and greater kudu, Tragelaphus strepsiceros)

Bee orchid, Ophrys apifera
5855148 Bee orchid, Ophrys apifera; (add.info.: Bee orchid, Ophrys apifera. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science, " Florence, Italy)

Black sicklebill, Epimachus fastosus (vulnerable), and common hoopoe. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving
FLO4989376 Black sicklebill, Epimachus fastosus (vulnerable), and common hoopoe. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix's Dictionary of Natural Science

Red bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra (near threatened), and Nias Hill myna, Gracula robusta
FLO4989392 Red bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra (near threatened), and Nias Hill myna, Gracula robusta. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix's "

Sugar apple
5855239 Sugar apple; (add.info.: Sugar apple, Annona squamosa. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science, " Florence, Italy, 1837)

Horned grebe and great northern loon
5855235 Horned grebe and great northern loon; (add.info.: Horned or Slavonian grebe, Podiceps auritus, and great northern loon, Gavia immer)

Winged-stem passion flower
5855234 Winged-stem passion flower; (add.info.: Winged-stem passion flower, Passiflora alata, with fruit. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of)

Southern cassowary and emu head
5855230 Southern cassowary and emu head; (add.info.: Southern cassowary, Casuarius casuarius. Vulnerable. With head of the emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae)

Autograph tree
5855228 Autograph tree; (add.info.: Autograph tree, Clusia rosea. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science, " Florence, Italy)

Fruit bats
5855225 Fruit bats; (add.info.: Egyptian free-tailed bat, Tadarida aegyptiaca, and red fruit bat or red fig-eating bat, Stenoderma rufum)

Bulldog bat and spear-nosed bat
5855224 Bulldog bat and spear-nosed bat; (add.info.: Greater bulldog bat or fisherman bat, Noctilio leporinus, and greater spear-nosed bat, Phyllostomus hastatus)

Sandbox tree, Hura crepitans
5855220 Sandbox tree, Hura crepitans; (add.info.: Sandbox tree, Hura crepitans. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science)

Screw pine, Pandanus utilis
5855218 Screw pine, Pandanus utilis; (add.info.: Screw pine, Pandanus utilis. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science)

Grey currawong and black-tailed tityra
5855212 Grey currawong and black-tailed tityra; (add.info.: Grey currawong, Strepera versicolor, and black-tailed tityra, Tityra cayana)

Short-tailed field-tyrant, Muscigralla brevicauda, and Pacific robin (Norfolk Island), Petroica multicolor
5855196 Short-tailed field-tyrant, Muscigralla brevicauda, and Pacific robin (Norfolk Island), Petroica multicolor; (add.info.: Short-tailed field-tyrant, Muscigralla brevicauda)

Apple banana
5855193 Apple banana; (add.info.: Apple banana, Musa acuminata -- balbisiana. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science)

Common water-plantain, Alisma plantago-aquatica
5856781 Common water-plantain, Alisma plantago-aquatica; (add.info.: Common water-plantain, Alisma plantago-aquatica. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's "Dictionary of)

Palm cockatoo and ground parrot
5855222 Palm cockatoo and ground parrot; (add.info.: Palm cockatoo, Probosciger aterrimus, and eastern ground parrot, Pezoporus wallicus)

Satin bowerbird and magpie tanager
5855211 Satin bowerbird and magpie tanager; (add.info.: Satin bowerbird (male), Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, and magpie tanager, Cissopis leveriana

Leaf fungi Circinaria epiphylla
5855200 Leaf fungi Circinaria epiphylla; (add.info.: Leaf fungi, Circinaria epiphylla. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science)

Cowslip, Primula veris
5855177 Cowslip, Primula veris; (add.info.: Cowslip, Primula veris. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science, " Florence, Italy, 1837)

Long-crested eagle and gray-headed kite
5855158 Long-crested eagle and gray-headed kite; (add.info.: Long-crested eagle, Lophaetus occipitalis, and gray-headed kite, Leptodon cayanensis)

Red rock crab, Grapsus grapsus, and spider crab, Maia squinado
5855157 Red rock crab, Grapsus grapsus, and spider crab, Maia squinado; (add.info.: Red rock crab, Grapsus grapsus, and spider crab, Maia squinado)

Gray four-eyed opossum and Linnaeus mouse opossum
5855227 Gray four-eyed opossum and Linnaeus mouse opossum; (add.info.: Gray four-eyed opossum, Didelphis opossum, and Linnaeus mouse opossum, Marmosa murina)

Woodland tulip
5855221 Woodland tulip; (add.info.: Woodland tulip, Tulipa sylvestris. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science, " Florence)

Milkweed
5855208 Milkweed; (add.info.: Common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science, " Florence, Italy)

Aegean wallflower, Erysimum cheiri
5855201 Aegean wallflower, Erysimum cheiri; (add.info.: Aegean wallflower, Erysimum cheiri. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science)

Banana
5855195 Banana; (add.info.: Banana fruit, segment. Musa acuminata. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science, " Florence, Italy)

Seville orange
5855188 Seville orange; (add.info.: Seville orange, Citrus aurantium. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science, " Florence)

Grey goshawk and peregrine falcon (?)
5855182 Grey goshawk and peregrine falcon (?); (add.info.: Grey goshawk, Accipiter novaehollandiae, and "dappled brown sparrowhawk, " (variety of peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus?)

Princess feather plant, Persicaria orientalis
5855178 Princess feather plant, Persicaria orientalis; (add.info.: Princess feather plant, Persicaria orientalis. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's "Dictionary of)

Palm Springs daisy, Cladanthus arabicus
5855164 Palm Springs daisy, Cladanthus arabicus; (add.info.: Palm Springs daisy, Cladanthus arabicus. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural)

Florestina pedata
5855163 Florestina pedata; (add.info.: Florestina pedata. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science, " Florence, Italy, 1837)

Klipspringer, Oreotragus oreotragus, and roan antelope, Hippotragus equinus
5855160 Klipspringer, Oreotragus oreotragus, and roan antelope, Hippotragus equinus; (add.info.: Klipspringer, Oreotragus oreotragus, and roan antelope, Hippotragus equinus)

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