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A crested boatbill (Cancroma cochlearia) and common heron (Ardea cinerea). Coloured engraving, ca. 1808, after S. Edwards.

A plant (Haylockia pusilla): flowering plants and floral segments. Coloured engraving by S. Watts, c. 1830, after W. Herbert.

A tropical orchid (Coelia baueriana): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving by G. Barclay, c. 1842, after S. Drake.

A plant (Hyacinthus corymbosus): flowering plant. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1807, after S. Edwards.

A laced lizard in Australia. Etching by S.T. Edwards, 1789.

Nine different specimen of the genus Felis (cats). Coloured etching by R. Scott after S. Edwards and Captain T. Brown.

Jasmine (Jasminum hirsutum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1815, after S. Edwards.

A cockatoo sitting on the branch of a tree. Etching by S. T. Edwards after A. Latham.

Skeleton and dissection of a frog, the latter showing the internal organs. Line engraving after a drawing by S. Edwards (?) 1809.

Two examples of flowering plant stems: a clary (Salvia sclarea) and lime (Tilia species). Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.

A clematis plant (Clematis cirrhosa): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1807, after S. Edwards.

Three hunting dogs are standing next to a spot where two game-birds are hiding under a small crag. Coloured etching by S.T. Edwards.

Cape pondweed or water hawthorn (Aponogeton distachyus): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1810, after S. Edwards.

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A clematis plant (Clematis cirrhosa): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1807, after S. Edwards.

A tropical orchid (Coelia baueriana): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving by G. Barclay, c. 1842, after S. Drake.

Three hunting dogs are standing next to a spot where two game-birds are hiding under a small crag. Coloured etching by S.T. Edwards.

Cape pondweed or water hawthorn (Aponogeton distachyus): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1810, after S. Edwards.

A plant (Hyacinthus corymbosus): flowering plant. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1807, after S. Edwards.