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The decomposition of light by a prism. La lumière et les couleurs. 1874.

"Shadow cone of an opaque body." La lumière et les couleurs. 1874.

Three parrots, heads only. Platycercus Barnardi, Tabucnus, and Zonarius. Synopsis of the Birds of Australia. 1837–38. John Gould, author. Likely drawn by Elizabeth Gould.

The glory of fish scales revealed by the microscope. Katechismus der Natuur. Catechism of Nature. J.F. Martinet. 1778.

The caption reads in translation: See here the beautifully varied scales of fish, shown enlarged through the Microscope! Stand in awe of their Beauty, variety, thinness, strength and regularity!

A Japanese adaptation of a Grimm Brothers story - -"The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats" -- transplanted entirely into a Japanese domestic setting.

Ookami. Family Anecdotes. Part 1. 1889.

Electron density distribution of phthalocyanine, a synthetic blue-green pigment. Encyclopedia of X-rays and gamma rays. 1963.