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Plate 8: Bearded Vulture with Two Birds of Prey
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Plate 7: Four Birds of Prey on a Wooden Frame
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Plate 72: Empty Oval
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Plate 70: Empty Oval
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Plate 69: Black Woodpecker, European Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, and Other Birds
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Plate 6: Four Birds of Prey, Including a Sparrowhawk(?)
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Plate 68: A Ptarmigan, Swallows, and Other Birds
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Plate 67: Two Doves beneath a Gourd and Apples
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Plate 66: Doves and Pigeons
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Plate 65: Thrushes and Other Birds
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Plate 64: Two Partridges, a Wren, and Other Birds
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Plate 63: Six Small Birds, Including a Bluethroat and a Cuckoo(?)
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Plate 62: Northern Bald Ibis and Glossy Ibis with Other Birds
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Plate 61: Blue Crow(?), Jackdaw, Chickadee or Tit, and Other Birds
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Plate 60: Magpie, Crow, and Goldfinch
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Plate 59: Curlew and Crow with Horse Skull
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Plate 5: A Hooded Falcon and Its Wild Counterpart
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Plate 58: African Gray Parrot, Indian Ring-Necked Parrot, and a Third Parrot
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Plate 57: Scarlet Macaw with Two Smaller Green Parrots
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Plate 56: Barn Owls with a Mouse, Eagle Owl(?) and Another Owl
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Plate 55: A Tawny Owl, an Eagle Owl, and Two other Owls
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Plate 54: An Owl, with a Second in the Distance Eating a Rabbit
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Plate 53: Three Brightly Colored Birds, including a Brazilian Tanager(?)
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Plate 52: Blue Tit with Three Wading Birds and a Fig Tree
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Plate 51: Crossbeak, Chough, Bee-Eater, and Other Birds
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Plate 50: An Avocet with Two Other Birds
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Plate 49: Gulls with a Carob Tree and a Pistachio Tree(?)
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Plate 4: An Egyptian Vulture, a Northern Goshawk(?), and an "Aquila Heteropode" (Short Toed Eagle?)
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Plate 48: Wood Grouse, Rail, and Curlew with Hazelnuts and Figs
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Plate 47: Shore Birds with a Perching Bird
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Plate 46: Bats, Quail, and Oystercatcher(?) by the Water
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Plate 45: Spotted Nutcracker and Shore Birds
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Plate 44: Godwit(?) and Sandpipers with Two Gourds
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Plate 43: Sandpipers and Other Shore Birds Admiring a Garland of Flowers
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Plate 42: Two Gray Geese with a Third Bird and Hanging Grapes
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Plate 41: Two Gray Geese with Songbirds in a Cherry Tree
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Plate 40: European Bee-Eater and Exotic Chicken
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Plate 39: A Scaup with Two Other Waterfowl beneath a Garland of Produce
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Plate 3: Two Hawks
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Plate 38: Merganser with Two Other Waterfowl and a Garland of Melons and Gourds
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Plate 37: Three Waterfowl with Two Nightingales(?) Perched in Citrus Trees
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Plate 36: Red-Breasted Merganser, Shoveler, and Mallard, and Duck with Artichokes
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Plate 35: Female Green-Winged Teal, Red-Breasted Merganser(?), Sparrow, and a Greenfinch(?)
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Plate 34: Bird of Paradise with Mereganser(?) and Grebe(?)
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Plate 33: A Pair of Bohemian Waxwings, a Shelduck(?), and a Brant Goose with a Ginger Plant
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Plate 32: A Green-Winged Teal, a Juvenile Green Woodpecker, and Two Other Birds
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Plate 31: Duck, Merganser, and Three Goldfinches
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Plate 30: A Muscovy(?) Duck, a Four-Legged Duck, and Two Other Birds
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Plate 29: Geese with Poppies and a Cyclamen
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Plate 2: Two Eagles
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Plate 28: Barnacle Goose with Shrikes and Other Birds
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Plate 27: A Common Scoter, a Eurasian Coot, and a Rosefinch(?)
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Plate 26: Cormorant and Coot
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Plate 25: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Bullfinches, Sparrows, and Other Birds
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Plate 24: Two Swans, a Kingfisher, and a Bullfinch
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Plate 23: A Brandt's Cormorant with a Juvenile Crowned Night Heron
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Plate 22: Two White Pelicans with a Sycamore Fig
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Plate 21: Swamp Hen and Woodcock with a Streaked Rosefinch, a Finch, and Oak Galls
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Plate 20: A Plover with Four Other Birds
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Plate 19: Two Great Egrets with Green Breeding Masks
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Plate 1: Two Ostriches and a Starling
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Plate 18: Heron and Stork
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Plate 17: White Heron(?) and Black Stork Killing a Snake with a Dragon's Blood Tree
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Plate 16: Gray Heron and Purple Heron(?) with a Sunflower
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Plate 15: Common Crane and Bittern(?)
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Plate 14: Spoonbill Crane and Flamingo
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Plate 13: Two Curly Gray Chickens (Silkie Chickens?)
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Plate 12: Pair of Wood Grouse with a Melon and Pears
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Plate 11: A Caucasian Grouse and a Helmeted Guineafowl
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Plate 10: Gray Crowned Crane and Helmeted Curassow
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Plate 9: Two Pheasants with Fruiting Plants
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Title Page
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Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier)
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Plate 8: A Dolphin, Two Seals, a Brethmechin, and Shells
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Plate 7: Empty Oval
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Plate 6: Five Catfish and Sturgeon(?)
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Plate 5: Three Catfish, a Salmon, and Two Other Fish
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Plate 58: Shells, including Abalone(?)
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Plate 57: A Diving Beetle and Two Views of a Backswimmer
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Plate 56: Water Scorpion, Water Measurer, Pond Skater, Red Water Mite, Leech(?), and Other Water Insects
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Plate 55: Aquatic Insects and Invertebrates, Including a Snail
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Plate 54: Sea Cucumbers, Sea Urchins, Starfish, a Sea Nettle, a "Sea Hare," and Other Marine Life
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Plate 53: Sea Cucumbers, Coral, Octopus, Starfish, Squid, and Other Sea Creatures
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Plate 52: An Argonaut, Squid, Hermit Crabs, Shells, and a Crab
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Plate 51: Murex Mollusks, Shells, Hermit Crabs, a Slug, Insects, and Other Sea Life
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Plate 50: A Partial Mantis Shrimp with Tower Snail Shells
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Plate 49: Mantis Shrimp and the Claw of a European Crayfish
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Plate 4: Four Salmon
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Plate 48: Ten Crabs
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Plate 47: Nine Crabs
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Plate 46: Two Crabs with Seashells
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Plate 45: Lobster, Squilla Mantis, and Other Crustaceans
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Plate 44: Lobster, Two Crabs, Scallop Shells, and Other Sea Life
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Plate 43: Fifteen Fish
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Plate 42: Nine Fish
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Plate 41: Whitefish(?) and Other Fish
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Plate 40: Salmon, Trout, and Freshwater(?) Fish
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Plate 39: Squid, Gurnard, Pike, and Other Fish
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Plate 3: A Walrus, a Nine-Legged Octopus, and Ocean Sunfish
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Plate 38: Burbot, Rockling, and Other Fish
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Plate 37: Six Fish, Including Carp
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Plate 36: Five Fish, Including Carp(?)
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Plate 35: The Undersides of Turbot(?) and Other Flat Fish
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Plate 34: Seven Flatfish
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Plate 33: Sole and Other Flatfish with Bandfish(?)
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Plate 32: Skates with an Egg Case and Two Flat Fish
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Plate 31: Marbled Electric Ray with Other Skates or Rays, Shells, and a Mollusk in Its Shell
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Plate 30: Four Rays
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Plate 29: Homelyn Ray and Four Other Rays or Skates
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Plate 2: Sperm Whale, Sturgeon, Shark, and Other Fish
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Plate 28: Sea Bream(?) and Other Fish
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Plate 27: Blennies, Scorpion Fish, and Other Fish
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Plate 26: Gurnards, Dragonets, and Other Fish
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Plate 25: Mediterranean Rainbow Wrasse, Other Wrasse, a Swallowtail Sea Perch(?), Several "Anthiae," and Other Fish
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Plate 24: Flying Swallow Gurnard, Male Lumpsucker, Longspine Snipefish, and Other Fish
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Plate 23: Bream(?) and Other Fish
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Plate 22: Mullet, Flying Fish, Eels, and Other Fish
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Plate 21: Cod(?) and Other Fish
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Plate 20: Sea Bream, Dentex, Sargo, and Other Fish
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Plate 19: A Damselfish and Other Fish, Including Two "Coracinis"
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Plate 1: Two Loggerhead or Green Sea Turtles, a Muskrat, and Shells
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Plate 18: Boarfish, Razorfish, Butterfish, a John Dory, and Other Fish
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Plate 17: A Cod, Weever Fish, Eels, and Other Fish
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Plate 16: Eels, Pipefish, and Needlefish
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Plate 15: Six "Asellorum" Fish (Cod?)
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Plate 14: A "Sea Ape," Two Scorpion Fish, and Two Other Fish
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Plate 13: Two Stingrays, an Anglerfish, a Monkfish(?) and an Angel Shark
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Plate 12: A Swordfish and Three Other Fish
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Plate 11: Four Fish and Shells
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Plate 10: Nine Sharks
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Plate 9: A Great White(?) Shark, Two Seals, and Two Fish
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Title Page
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Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva)
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Plate 8: A Cow
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Plate 7: A Bull and a Horned Animal
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Plate 71: Empty Oval
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Plate 70: Worm, Centipede, Millipede, and Other Long Creatures
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Plate 69: Emperor Moth Caterpillar with a Second Caterpillar on a Branch
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Plate 6: A Variety of Oxen with a Ram and a Water Buffalo(?) by a Plane Tree
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Plate 68: Leafy Spurge Hawkmoth Caterpillar, Mullein Moth Caterpillar, and Other Caterpillars
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Plate 67: Large White and Small White Butterfly Caterpillars, Hornworm Caterpillar, Broom Moth Caterpillar, and Others
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Plate 66: Lackey Moth Caterpillar, Figure of Eight Caterpillar, Grey Dagger Caterpillar, and Other Caterpillars
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Plate 60: Leafy Spurge Hawkmoth Caterpillar, Gray Dagger Caterpillar, and Pupae
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Plate 64: Leopard Slug, Ground Beetle Larva, a Rat-tailed Maggot, and Other Creatures
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Plate 63: Seven Snails
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Plate 62: A Slug with Snails
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Plate 61: Four Snails
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Plate 60: Four Small Snakes
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Plate 59: Snakes and a Lizard
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Plate 5: An Ox and a Camel
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Plate 58: Asps and Vipers
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Plate 57: A Snake, a Fire Salamander, and a Snakelike Creature with Two Legs
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Plate 56: Two Heads of Cabbage
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Plate 55: A Hermann's or Greek Tortoise, Two European Pond Turtles, and Two Fritillaria
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Plate 54: Frogs, Lizards, and Salamanders(?) in a Landscape
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Plate 53: Two Common or Mediterranean Chameleons above San Sebastián, Spain
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Plate 52: Two Sand Lizards
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Plate 51: Two Sand Lizards, a Common Parsley Frog(?), and a Caterpillar
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Plate 50: A Crocodile, a Hippopotomus, a Land Crocodile or Tegu Lizard(?), and a Crocodile or Spiny-Tailed Lizard with a Papyrus Plant
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Plate 49: Marmot, Hamsters, Rat, Field Mouse, Shrew, and a Coatimundi
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Plate 4: Llama and Moose
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Plate 48: Guinea Pig and Hedgehogs with Melon and Cobnuts
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Plate 47: A Hare, "Jackalope," a Rabbit, and a Spotted Squirrel
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Plate 46: Stone Marten, Chipmunk, and Moles with a Marigold and Lettuce
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Plate 45: Weasels, a Ferret, and a "Nut Mouse"
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Plate 44: Polecat, Mink, and Ermine
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Plate 43: Mongoose and Badger with Fruit Trees
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Plate 42: Two Genets or Civet Cats with Tulips
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Plate 41: Two Types of Armadillos with a Marmoset, a Coconut Palm, and a Pepper Plant
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Plate 40: Two Otters and a Beaver
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Plate 39: Three Puppies with a Crate and a Bunch of Grapes
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Plate 3: Camel, Ibex, and Goat
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Plate 38: Two Small Dogs with a Crown Imperial
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Plate 37: Two Spaniels with a Gourd
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Plate 36: Two Spotted Hounds
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Plate 35: A Hound and a Water Spaniel
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Plate 34: Three Dogs, Including a "Mimick"
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Plate 33: A "Simivulpa" (Opossum?) and an Ibex
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Plate 32: Two Monkeys on a Table
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Plate 30: Two Monkeys
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Plate 29: Two Monkeys, an "Arctopithecus"(Sloth?) and Fruit
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Plate 2: Two Giraffes with an Attendant
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Plate 28: A "Tartarine" (Barbary Macaque?) with Fruit and a Snail
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Plate 27: A Cross Fox, a Hyena/Baboon, a "Sea Wolf," and a Gulon (Wolverine?)
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Plate 26: A Red Fox and a Wolf
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Plate 25: Two Wild Goats
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Plate 24: A Wild Goat and a Barbary Sheep(?)
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Plate 23: A Fat-Tailed Sheep, a Sheep with a Long Tail, a "Cassia purgatrix,"and Other Plants
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Plate 22: Blackhead Persian Sheep and a Sheep with a Long Tail, with a Cactus
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Plate 21: Reindeer with Melons
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Plate 20: Three Types of Stags with a Dormouse(?)
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Plate 19: Four Types of Stags
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Plate 1: Elephant with Insects
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Plate 18: A Pig with Acorns
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Plate 17: Old World Porcupine (Hystrix) and Wild Pig
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Plate 16: Wild Boar
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Plate 15: A Bear and a Lynx(?)
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Plate 14: A Civet, a Lynx, and a Hyena Eating a Dog
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Plate 13: A Tiger, a Lynx, and a Jaguar(?)
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Plate 12: A Cheetah(?) and a Wild Sheep
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Plate 11: A Lioness with Two Lions in the Background
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Plate 10: A Lion and a Civet Cat
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Plate 9: A Donkey and a Mule
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Title Page
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Animalia Qvadrvpedia et Reptilia (Terra)
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Plate 8: Orange Tip, Painted Lady, Southern Small White, and Small Tortoiseshell Butterflies
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Plate 80: Purple and Yellow Viola
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Plate 79: Twelve Insects, Including Shield Bugs
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Plate 7: Swallowtail Butterfly
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Plate 78: Ten Insects, Including a Blue Fly
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Plate 77: Dotted Bee Fly with a White Flower, a Mayfly, a Blue Weevil, and Other Insects
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Plate 76: Insects with a Pink and Cream Columbine
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Plate 75: A Fly and Other Insects with an Iris
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Plate 74: Insects with White Daffodils
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Plate 73: Ten Insects
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Plate 72: Shield Bug, Cinnamon Bug, Wasp, and Other Insects
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Plate 71: Two Wasps and a Pill Bug
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Plate 70: A Roach Surrounded by Insects
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Plate 69: Nine Bees and Other Insects
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Plate 6: Two Views of a Mourning Cloak (Camberwell Beauty) Butterfly with a Comma Butterfly
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Plate 68: Seven Bees and Flies
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Plate 67: Seven Insects, Including a White Butterfly and a Bee
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Plate 66: Two Oil Beetles, a Longhorn Beetle, and Four Other Insects
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Plate 65: A Cricket Surrounded by Insects, Including a Ruby-Tailed Wasp
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Plate 64: Eleven Insects, Including a Dragonfly and Longhorn Beetle
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Plate 63: A Dragonfly, a Spotted Longhorn, a Sexton Beetle, and Other Insects with a Blue and White Columbine
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Plate 62: Ten Insects
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Plate 61: Seven Insects, Including Flies
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Plate 60: Flies and Other Insects
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Plate 59: Seven Insects, Including a Hawthorn Shield Bug, Crane Flies, and a Hoverfly
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Plate 5: Stag Beetle
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Plate 58: A Bee and Five Other Insects
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Plate 57: A Ladybug, a Fly, and Four Other Insects
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Plate 56: A Rosebud and a Disintegrating Pink Rose
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Plate 55: Three Green Damselflies with Brown Wings (Beautiful Desmoiselles?)
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Plate 54: Hairy Dragonfly and Two Darters
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Plate 53: Southern Hawker Dragonfly
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Plate 52: Four Grasshoppers
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Plate 51: Grasshoppers and a Caterpillar with a Four O'Clock Flower
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Plate 50: Grasshoppers, a Caterpillar, and a Scale Insect with a Four O'Clock Flower
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Plate 49: A Grasshopper, a Caterpillar, a Butterfly, a Moth, and Other Insects
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Plate 4: Empty Oval
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Plate 47: A Dragonfly (Banded Darter?), Grasshopper, Houseflies, a Carrion Beetle, a Flower Longhorn Beetle, and Other Insects
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Plate 46: Three Grasshoppers
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Plate 45: Two Long-Headed Grasshoppers(?)
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Plate 44: Mantis, Mayfly, and a Fictional Locust
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Plate 43: Musk Beetle, Oil Beetle, Tansy Beetle(?), Cockroach, Leaf-Footed Bug, and Other Insects
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Plate 42: Jewel Beetle with a Rosary Pea and a Flower (Oleander?)
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Plate 41: Yellow Spider Surrounded by Eight Spiders
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Plate 40: Eight Spiders, Including a Cross Spider, with an Egg Sac
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Plate 39: Eight Spiders
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Plate 3: Empty Oval
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Plate 38: Seven Spiders
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Plate 37: Seven Spiders and an Insect
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Plate 36: Three Large Spiders and One Small Spider
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Plate 35: A Tarantula Wolf Spider(?) and Three Other Spiders
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Plate 34: Two Moths with a Spider, a Caterpillar, a Damselfly, and Other Insects
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Plate 33: Moth and Butterfly with other Insects and a Columbine Flower
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Plate 32: Six Moths
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Plate 31: Seven Moths
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Plate 30: Seven Moths
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Plate 29: Pink Rose and Rosebud
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Plate 2: Maddalena and Enrico, the Children of Pedro González (Petrus Gonsalvus)
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Plate 28: Eight Moths, Including a Large Yellow Underwing and Grey Dagger
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Plate 27: An Eyed Hawk-Moth, Two Chyrsalides, and Other Insects
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Plate 26: Two Hawk Moths
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Blue Underwing Moth and Spurge Hawk Moth (plate 25 from Ignis)
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Plate 24: Pink Rose
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Plate 23: Hummingbird Hawk Moth, Butterflies, and Other Insects around a Snowberry Sprig
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Plate 22: A Cinnabar Moth and a Cockchafer with Butterflies, other Insects, and a Snapdragon
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Plate 21: A Butterfly with a Dragonfly, a Ladybug, and Five other Insects
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Plate 20: Three Butterflies, a Caterpillar, a Bee, Two Chrysalides, and Three Weevils
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Plate 19: Two Butterflies with Five Other Insects
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Plate 1: Pedro González (Petrus Gonsalvus) and His Wife, Catherine
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Plate 18: Two Butterflies and a Moth with a Damselfly, Two Ants, and Four Other Insects
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Plate 17: Brimstone and Meadow Brown(?) Butterflies, a Blue Chaser, and Two Small Insects
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Plate 16: Black-Veined White, Clouded Yellow, Black Hairstreak(?), Geranium Argus(?), and Common Blue Butterflies with Two Chrysalides
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Plate 15: Grayling Butterfly, Magpie Moth, and Two Chrysalides
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Plate 14: Common Brimstone, Painted Lady, and Clouded Yellow Butterflies
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Plate 13: Yellow Swallowtail and Red Admiral Butterflies with a Dragonfly (Broad-Bodied Chaser?)
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Plate 12: Two Views of a Silver-Bordered Fritillary and a Mole Cricket
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Plate 11: Small Tortoiseshell and Red Admiral Butterflies with a Mole Cricket
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Plate 10: Brown Hairstreak, Silver-Washed Fritillary, and Clouded Yellow Butterflies on a Four-o'-Clock Flower
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Plate 9: Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Clouded Yellow, and Bath White Butterflies
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Title Page
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Animalia Rationalia et Insecta (Ignis)
c. 1575/1590s
Forum Vulcani: The Hot Springs at Pozzuoli
1578
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Plates by Joris Hoefnagel
Plate 8: Bearded Vulture with Two Birds of Prey
Plate 7: Four Birds of Prey on a Wooden Frame
Plate 72: Empty Oval
Plate 70: Empty Oval
Plate 69: Black Woodpecker, European Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, and Other Birds
Plate 6: Four Birds of Prey, Including a Sparrowhawk(?)
Plate 68: A Ptarmigan, Swallows, and Other Birds
Plate 67: Two Doves beneath a Gourd and Apples
Plate 66: Doves and Pigeons
Plate 65: Thrushes and Other Birds
Plate 64: Two Partridges, a Wren, and Other Birds
Plate 63: Six Small Birds, Including a Bluethroat and a Cuckoo(?)
Plate 62: Northern Bald Ibis and Glossy Ibis with Other Birds
Plate 61: Blue Crow(?), Jackdaw, Chickadee or Tit, and Other Birds
Plate 60: Magpie, Crow, and Goldfinch
Plate 59: Curlew and Crow with Horse Skull
Plate 5: A Hooded Falcon and Its Wild Counterpart
Plate 58: African Gray Parrot, Indian Ring-Necked Parrot, and a Third Parrot
Plate 57: Scarlet Macaw with Two Smaller Green Parrots
Plate 56: Barn Owls with a Mouse, Eagle Owl(?) and Another Owl
Plate 55: A Tawny Owl, an Eagle Owl, and Two other Owls
Plate 54: An Owl, with a Second in the Distance Eating a Rabbit
Plate 53: Three Brightly Colored Birds, including a Brazilian Tanager(?)
Plate 52: Blue Tit with Three Wading Birds and a Fig Tree
Plate 51: Crossbeak, Chough, Bee-Eater, and Other Birds
Plate 50: An Avocet with Two Other Birds
Plate 49: Gulls with a Carob Tree and a Pistachio Tree(?)
Plate 4: An Egyptian Vulture, a Northern Goshawk(?), and an "Aquila Heteropode" (Short Toed Eagle?)
Plate 48: Wood Grouse, Rail, and Curlew with Hazelnuts and Figs
Plate 47: Shore Birds with a Perching Bird
Plate 46: Bats, Quail, and Oystercatcher(?) by the Water
Plate 45: Spotted Nutcracker and Shore Birds
Plate 44: Godwit(?) and Sandpipers with Two Gourds
Plate 43: Sandpipers and Other Shore Birds Admiring a Garland of Flowers
Plate 42: Two Gray Geese with a Third Bird and Hanging Grapes
Plate 41: Two Gray Geese with Songbirds in a Cherry Tree
Plate 40: European Bee-Eater and Exotic Chicken
Plate 39: A Scaup with Two Other Waterfowl beneath a Garland of Produce
Plate 3: Two Hawks
Plate 38: Merganser with Two Other Waterfowl and a Garland of Melons and Gourds
Plate 37: Three Waterfowl with Two Nightingales(?) Perched in Citrus Trees
Plate 36: Red-Breasted Merganser, Shoveler, and Mallard, and Duck with Artichokes
Plate 35: Female Green-Winged Teal, Red-Breasted Merganser(?), Sparrow, and a Greenfinch(?)
Plate 34: Bird of Paradise with Mereganser(?) and Grebe(?)
Plate 33: A Pair of Bohemian Waxwings, a Shelduck(?), and a Brant Goose with a Ginger Plant
Plate 32: A Green-Winged Teal, a Juvenile Green Woodpecker, and Two Other Birds
Plate 31: Duck, Merganser, and Three Goldfinches
Plate 30: A Muscovy(?) Duck, a Four-Legged Duck, and Two Other Birds
Plate 29: Geese with Poppies and a Cyclamen
Plate 2: Two Eagles
Plate 28: Barnacle Goose with Shrikes and Other Birds
Plate 27: A Common Scoter, a Eurasian Coot, and a Rosefinch(?)
Plate 26: Cormorant and Coot
Plate 25: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Bullfinches, Sparrows, and Other Birds
Plate 24: Two Swans, a Kingfisher, and a Bullfinch
Plate 23: A Brandt's Cormorant with a Juvenile Crowned Night Heron
Plate 22: Two White Pelicans with a Sycamore Fig
Plate 21: Swamp Hen and Woodcock with a Streaked Rosefinch, a Finch, and Oak Galls
Plate 20: A Plover with Four Other Birds
Plate 19: Two Great Egrets with Green Breeding Masks
Plate 1: Two Ostriches and a Starling
Plate 18: Heron and Stork
Plate 17: White Heron(?) and Black Stork Killing a Snake with a Dragon's Blood Tree
Plate 16: Gray Heron and Purple Heron(?) with a Sunflower
Plate 15: Common Crane and Bittern(?)
Plate 14: Spoonbill Crane and Flamingo
Plate 13: Two Curly Gray Chickens (Silkie Chickens?)
Plate 12: Pair of Wood Grouse with a Melon and Pears
Plate 11: A Caucasian Grouse and a Helmeted Guineafowl
Plate 10: Gray Crowned Crane and Helmeted Curassow
Plate 9: Two Pheasants with Fruiting Plants
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Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier)
Plate 8: A Dolphin, Two Seals, a Brethmechin, and Shells
Plate 7: Empty Oval
Plate 6: Five Catfish and Sturgeon(?)
Plate 5: Three Catfish, a Salmon, and Two Other Fish
Plate 58: Shells, including Abalone(?)
Plate 57: A Diving Beetle and Two Views of a Backswimmer
Plate 56: Water Scorpion, Water Measurer, Pond Skater, Red Water Mite, Leech(?), and Other Water Insects
Plate 55: Aquatic Insects and Invertebrates, Including a Snail
Plate 54: Sea Cucumbers, Sea Urchins, Starfish, a Sea Nettle, a "Sea Hare," and Other Marine Life
Plate 53: Sea Cucumbers, Coral, Octopus, Starfish, Squid, and Other Sea Creatures
Plate 52: An Argonaut, Squid, Hermit Crabs, Shells, and a Crab
Plate 51: Murex Mollusks, Shells, Hermit Crabs, a Slug, Insects, and Other Sea Life
Plate 50: A Partial Mantis Shrimp with Tower Snail Shells
Plate 49: Mantis Shrimp and the Claw of a European Crayfish
Plate 4: Four Salmon
Plate 48: Ten Crabs
Plate 47: Nine Crabs
Plate 46: Two Crabs with Seashells
Plate 45: Lobster, Squilla Mantis, and Other Crustaceans
Plate 44: Lobster, Two Crabs, Scallop Shells, and Other Sea Life
Plate 43: Fifteen Fish
Plate 42: Nine Fish
Plate 41: Whitefish(?) and Other Fish
Plate 40: Salmon, Trout, and Freshwater(?) Fish
Plate 39: Squid, Gurnard, Pike, and Other Fish
Plate 3: A Walrus, a Nine-Legged Octopus, and Ocean Sunfish
Plate 38: Burbot, Rockling, and Other Fish
Plate 37: Six Fish, Including Carp
Plate 36: Five Fish, Including Carp(?)
Plate 35: The Undersides of Turbot(?) and Other Flat Fish
Plate 34: Seven Flatfish
Plate 33: Sole and Other Flatfish with Bandfish(?)
Plate 32: Skates with an Egg Case and Two Flat Fish
Plate 31: Marbled Electric Ray with Other Skates or Rays, Shells, and a Mollusk in Its Shell
Plate 30: Four Rays
Plate 29: Homelyn Ray and Four Other Rays or Skates
Plate 2: Sperm Whale, Sturgeon, Shark, and Other Fish
Plate 28: Sea Bream(?) and Other Fish
Plate 27: Blennies, Scorpion Fish, and Other Fish
Plate 26: Gurnards, Dragonets, and Other Fish
Plate 25: Mediterranean Rainbow Wrasse, Other Wrasse, a Swallowtail Sea Perch(?), Several "Anthiae," and Other Fish
Plate 24: Flying Swallow Gurnard, Male Lumpsucker, Longspine Snipefish, and Other Fish
Plate 23: Bream(?) and Other Fish
Plate 22: Mullet, Flying Fish, Eels, and Other Fish
Plate 21: Cod(?) and Other Fish
Plate 20: Sea Bream, Dentex, Sargo, and Other Fish
Plate 19: A Damselfish and Other Fish, Including Two "Coracinis"
Plate 1: Two Loggerhead or Green Sea Turtles, a Muskrat, and Shells
Plate 18: Boarfish, Razorfish, Butterfish, a John Dory, and Other Fish
Plate 17: A Cod, Weever Fish, Eels, and Other Fish
Plate 16: Eels, Pipefish, and Needlefish
Plate 15: Six "Asellorum" Fish (Cod?)
Plate 14: A "Sea Ape," Two Scorpion Fish, and Two Other Fish
Plate 13: Two Stingrays, an Anglerfish, a Monkfish(?) and an Angel Shark
Plate 12: A Swordfish and Three Other Fish
Plate 11: Four Fish and Shells
Plate 10: Nine Sharks
Plate 9: A Great White(?) Shark, Two Seals, and Two Fish
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Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva)
Plate 8: A Cow
Plate 7: A Bull and a Horned Animal
Plate 71: Empty Oval
Plate 70: Worm, Centipede, Millipede, and Other Long Creatures
Plate 69: Emperor Moth Caterpillar with a Second Caterpillar on a Branch
Plate 6: A Variety of Oxen with a Ram and a Water Buffalo(?) by a Plane Tree
Plate 68: Leafy Spurge Hawkmoth Caterpillar, Mullein Moth Caterpillar, and Other Caterpillars
Plate 67: Large White and Small White Butterfly Caterpillars, Hornworm Caterpillar, Broom Moth Caterpillar, and Others
Plate 66: Lackey Moth Caterpillar, Figure of Eight Caterpillar, Grey Dagger Caterpillar, and Other Caterpillars
Plate 60: Leafy Spurge Hawkmoth Caterpillar, Gray Dagger Caterpillar, and Pupae
Plate 64: Leopard Slug, Ground Beetle Larva, a Rat-tailed Maggot, and Other Creatures
Plate 63: Seven Snails
Plate 62: A Slug with Snails
Plate 61: Four Snails
Plate 60: Four Small Snakes
Plate 59: Snakes and a Lizard
Plate 5: An Ox and a Camel
Plate 58: Asps and Vipers
Plate 57: A Snake, a Fire Salamander, and a Snakelike Creature with Two Legs
Plate 56: Two Heads of Cabbage
Plate 55: A Hermann's or Greek Tortoise, Two European Pond Turtles, and Two Fritillaria
Plate 54: Frogs, Lizards, and Salamanders(?) in a Landscape
Plate 53: Two Common or Mediterranean Chameleons above San Sebastián, Spain
Plate 52: Two Sand Lizards
Plate 51: Two Sand Lizards, a Common Parsley Frog(?), and a Caterpillar
Plate 50: A Crocodile, a Hippopotomus, a Land Crocodile or Tegu Lizard(?), and a Crocodile or Spiny-Tailed Lizard with a Papyrus Plant
Plate 49: Marmot, Hamsters, Rat, Field Mouse, Shrew, and a Coatimundi
Plate 4: Llama and Moose
Plate 48: Guinea Pig and Hedgehogs with Melon and Cobnuts
Plate 47: A Hare, "Jackalope," a Rabbit, and a Spotted Squirrel
Plate 46: Stone Marten, Chipmunk, and Moles with a Marigold and Lettuce
Plate 45: Weasels, a Ferret, and a "Nut Mouse"
Plate 44: Polecat, Mink, and Ermine
Plate 43: Mongoose and Badger with Fruit Trees
Plate 42: Two Genets or Civet Cats with Tulips
Plate 41: Two Types of Armadillos with a Marmoset, a Coconut Palm, and a Pepper Plant
Plate 40: Two Otters and a Beaver
Plate 39: Three Puppies with a Crate and a Bunch of Grapes
Plate 3: Camel, Ibex, and Goat
Plate 38: Two Small Dogs with a Crown Imperial
Plate 37: Two Spaniels with a Gourd
Plate 36: Two Spotted Hounds
Plate 35: A Hound and a Water Spaniel
Plate 34: Three Dogs, Including a "Mimick"
Plate 33: A "Simivulpa" (Opossum?) and an Ibex
Plate 32: Two Monkeys on a Table
Plate 30: Two Monkeys
Plate 29: Two Monkeys, an "Arctopithecus"(Sloth?) and Fruit
Plate 2: Two Giraffes with an Attendant
Plate 28: A "Tartarine" (Barbary Macaque?) with Fruit and a Snail
Plate 27: A Cross Fox, a Hyena/Baboon, a "Sea Wolf," and a Gulon (Wolverine?)
Plate 26: A Red Fox and a Wolf
Plate 25: Two Wild Goats
Plate 24: A Wild Goat and a Barbary Sheep(?)
Plate 23: A Fat-Tailed Sheep, a Sheep with a Long Tail, a "Cassia purgatrix,"and Other Plants
Plate 22: Blackhead Persian Sheep and a Sheep with a Long Tail, with a Cactus
Plate 21: Reindeer with Melons
Plate 20: Three Types of Stags with a Dormouse(?)
Plate 19: Four Types of Stags
Plate 1: Elephant with Insects
Plate 18: A Pig with Acorns
Plate 17: Old World Porcupine (Hystrix) and Wild Pig
Plate 16: Wild Boar
Plate 15: A Bear and a Lynx(?)
Plate 14: A Civet, a Lynx, and a Hyena Eating a Dog
Plate 13: A Tiger, a Lynx, and a Jaguar(?)
Plate 12: A Cheetah(?) and a Wild Sheep
Plate 11: A Lioness with Two Lions in the Background
Plate 10: A Lion and a Civet Cat
Plate 9: A Donkey and a Mule
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Animalia Qvadrvpedia et Reptilia (Terra)
Plate 8: Orange Tip, Painted Lady, Southern Small White, and Small Tortoiseshell Butterflies
Plate 80: Purple and Yellow Viola
Plate 79: Twelve Insects, Including Shield Bugs
Plate 7: Swallowtail Butterfly
Plate 78: Ten Insects, Including a Blue Fly
Plate 77: Dotted Bee Fly with a White Flower, a Mayfly, a Blue Weevil, and Other Insects
Plate 76: Insects with a Pink and Cream Columbine
Plate 75: A Fly and Other Insects with an Iris
Plate 74: Insects with White Daffodils
Plate 73: Ten Insects
Plate 72: Shield Bug, Cinnamon Bug, Wasp, and Other Insects
Plate 71: Two Wasps and a Pill Bug
Plate 70: A Roach Surrounded by Insects
Plate 69: Nine Bees and Other Insects
Plate 6: Two Views of a Mourning Cloak (Camberwell Beauty) Butterfly with a Comma Butterfly
Plate 68: Seven Bees and Flies
Plate 67: Seven Insects, Including a White Butterfly and a Bee
Plate 66: Two Oil Beetles, a Longhorn Beetle, and Four Other Insects
Plate 65: A Cricket Surrounded by Insects, Including a Ruby-Tailed Wasp
Plate 64: Eleven Insects, Including a Dragonfly and Longhorn Beetle
Plate 63: A Dragonfly, a Spotted Longhorn, a Sexton Beetle, and Other Insects with a Blue and White Columbine
Plate 62: Ten Insects
Plate 61: Seven Insects, Including Flies
Plate 60: Flies and Other Insects
Plate 59: Seven Insects, Including a Hawthorn Shield Bug, Crane Flies, and a Hoverfly
Plate 5: Stag Beetle
Plate 58: A Bee and Five Other Insects
Plate 57: A Ladybug, a Fly, and Four Other Insects
Plate 56: A Rosebud and a Disintegrating Pink Rose
Plate 55: Three Green Damselflies with Brown Wings (Beautiful Desmoiselles?)
Plate 54: Hairy Dragonfly and Two Darters
Plate 53: Southern Hawker Dragonfly
Plate 52: Four Grasshoppers
Plate 51: Grasshoppers and a Caterpillar with a Four O'Clock Flower
Plate 50: Grasshoppers, a Caterpillar, and a Scale Insect with a Four O'Clock Flower
Plate 49: A Grasshopper, a Caterpillar, a Butterfly, a Moth, and Other Insects
Plate 4: Empty Oval
Plate 47: A Dragonfly (Banded Darter?), Grasshopper, Houseflies, a Carrion Beetle, a Flower Longhorn Beetle, and Other Insects
Plate 46: Three Grasshoppers
Plate 45: Two Long-Headed Grasshoppers(?)
Plate 44: Mantis, Mayfly, and a Fictional Locust
Plate 43: Musk Beetle, Oil Beetle, Tansy Beetle(?), Cockroach, Leaf-Footed Bug, and Other Insects
Plate 42: Jewel Beetle with a Rosary Pea and a Flower (Oleander?)
Plate 41: Yellow Spider Surrounded by Eight Spiders
Plate 40: Eight Spiders, Including a Cross Spider, with an Egg Sac
Plate 39: Eight Spiders
Plate 3: Empty Oval
Plate 38: Seven Spiders
Plate 37: Seven Spiders and an Insect
Plate 36: Three Large Spiders and One Small Spider
Plate 35: A Tarantula Wolf Spider(?) and Three Other Spiders
Plate 34: Two Moths with a Spider, a Caterpillar, a Damselfly, and Other Insects
Plate 33: Moth and Butterfly with other Insects and a Columbine Flower
Plate 32: Six Moths
Plate 31: Seven Moths
Plate 30: Seven Moths
Plate 29: Pink Rose and Rosebud
Plate 2: Maddalena and Enrico, the Children of Pedro González (Petrus Gonsalvus)
Plate 28: Eight Moths, Including a Large Yellow Underwing and Grey Dagger
Plate 27: An Eyed Hawk-Moth, Two Chyrsalides, and Other Insects
Plate 26: Two Hawk Moths
Blue Underwing Moth and Spurge Hawk Moth (plate 25 from Ignis)
Plate 24: Pink Rose
Plate 23: Hummingbird Hawk Moth, Butterflies, and Other Insects around a Snowberry Sprig
Plate 22: A Cinnabar Moth and a Cockchafer with Butterflies, other Insects, and a Snapdragon
Plate 21: A Butterfly with a Dragonfly, a Ladybug, and Five other Insects
Plate 20: Three Butterflies, a Caterpillar, a Bee, Two Chrysalides, and Three Weevils
Plate 19: Two Butterflies with Five Other Insects
Plate 1: Pedro González (Petrus Gonsalvus) and His Wife, Catherine
Plate 18: Two Butterflies and a Moth with a Damselfly, Two Ants, and Four Other Insects
Plate 17: Brimstone and Meadow Brown(?) Butterflies, a Blue Chaser, and Two Small Insects
Plate 16: Black-Veined White, Clouded Yellow, Black Hairstreak(?), Geranium Argus(?), and Common Blue Butterflies with Two Chrysalides
Plate 15: Grayling Butterfly, Magpie Moth, and Two Chrysalides
Plate 14: Common Brimstone, Painted Lady, and Clouded Yellow Butterflies
Plate 13: Yellow Swallowtail and Red Admiral Butterflies with a Dragonfly (Broad-Bodied Chaser?)
Plate 12: Two Views of a Silver-Bordered Fritillary and a Mole Cricket
Plate 11: Small Tortoiseshell and Red Admiral Butterflies with a Mole Cricket
Plate 10: Brown Hairstreak, Silver-Washed Fritillary, and Clouded Yellow Butterflies on a Four-o'-Clock Flower
Plate 9: Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Clouded Yellow, and Bath White Butterflies
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Animalia Rationalia et Insecta (Ignis)
Forum Vulcani: The Hot Springs at Pozzuoli