Vintage Scientific Illustrations

Engravings of geological and biological subjects, including ancient organisms and anatomical structures, displaying historical science.

Human ear, anatomical illustration

Unit of fruiting lacrymans Merulius, vintage engraved illustration.

Issues organizations Bilobites ancient seas, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man a 1886.

Scolytus multistriatus, egg gallery and larval galleries in the sapwood of elm, vintage engraved illustration.

Scolytus geoffroyi, vintage engraving. Scolytus geoffroyi, vintage engraved illustration. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10647986

Human ear, anatomical illustration

Nutritious viscera of a Squale of the genus Roussette, vintage engraved illustration. Zoology Elements from Paul Gervais.

Longitudinal cutting apple branches with wounds due to canker, vintage engraving. Longitudinal cutting apple branches with wounds due to canker, vintage engraved illustration. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10647909

Fossil trees has found 217 meters deep Anzin mines, vintage en Fossil trees has found 217 meters deep Anzin mines, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10647834

The Tree of Common Law; Black and White Illustration from William Hone's Everyday Book

Organic unity and kinship of beings, Seal, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man a 1886.

Quadridens, vintage engraved illustration.

An engraving depicting budding roses: bud prepared for grafting in to stock. Dated 20th century

Latomeandra Davidsoni, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man a 1886.

Ammonites inflatus, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man a 1886.

Other coprolite the same land, containing undigested bones of a small ichthyosaur, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1844.

Nest of the rock shell, Lima hians, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Perichondritis with laryngeal ulceration, vintage engraved illustration.

Strophomena, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man a 1886.

An engraving depicting Leeuwenhoek's observation of spermatozoa of a dog. From Anton van Leeuwenhoek's 'Ontledigen en Ondekkingen; 1686

Mysis Vulgaris

Productus Martini, Spirify glaber, Bellerophon costatus, Goniatites evolutus, vintage engraved illustration. From Natural Creation and Living Beings.

Small viper coiled on itself egg shaped such that it is in the body of the female, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1844.

Lead chamber for production of sulphuric acid also known as Oil of Vitriol or H2S04, 1866. It was one of the most important industrial chemicals. The vapor is seen passing under and over lead curtains. Sulphur is being burned in open hearth at O. B is boiler supplying chamber with steam. From 'Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts' by Charles Tomlinson. (London, 1866). Engraving.

Paloeocomia Fustembergii, vintage engraved illustration. From Natural Creation and Living Beings.

Human kidneys. Sectional view and main vessels. From Bartolommeo Eustachi Tabulae Anatomicae, second edition, Amsterdam, 1722. Eustachius was a contemporary of Vesalius but his drawings remain unpublished for about 150 years.

Descartes's drawing of the human brain. From Rene Descartes Opera Philosophica, Frankfurt-am-Main 1692

Fig. 3 - Whip grafting or Tongue grafting on the Collar vintage engraving.Old engraved illustration of propagation by whip grafting.

RETICULAR DISPOSITION OF THE PROTOPLASM OF THE NERVOUS BRANCHES OF THE ADULT RABBIT - SCIENTIFIC DRAWING. Author: SANTIAGO RAMON Y CAJAL. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION.

Group Hippurites Toucasianus at different ages, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man a 1886.

An engraving depicting a mass of caterpillars trapped on the grease-band on a fruit tree. Dated 20th century

The Plates from the Fifth Book of the De Humani Corporis Fabrica by Andreas Vesalius, (1514-1564) Plate 55 - The sixth figure of the fifth book follows the third in the sequence of dissection and shows the liver, stomach and intestines in their true positions.

Fossil collections, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man a 1886.

Types of extinct corals from the Paleozoic era, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Diagram of the circulation of blood as understood after William Harvey's work, showing blood leaving the left ventricle of the heart by the aorta and returning to the heart via the vena cava at the right auricle: it has now completed the Greater Circulation. It next passes to the right ventricle and out into the Pulmonary Artery and undertakes the Lesser Circulation (Pulmonary Circulation) and returns to the heart at the left auricle. William Harvey (1578-1657) an English physician who made seminal contributions in anatomy and physiology. Dated 20th century

An engraving depicting a stalk, ear and grain of Barley. Engraving published Paris 1875

Leptopenus discus, species of cnidarian, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Cactus, Pilocereus senilis, illustration from 1890, historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

The Plates from the Fifth Book of the De Humani Corporis Fabrica by Andreas Vesalius, (1514-1564) Plate 60 - In this figure the trunk of the female body is represented lying on the ground. The peritoneum, together with the abdominal muscles has been opened and has been pulled to the sides.

Engraving depicting an incandescent lamp by St. George Lane-Fox (c. 1878)

Illustration from 'Micrographia' 1665; by Robert Hooke, 1635-1703. Hooke's observations through various lenses, inspiring a wide public interest in the new science of microscopy.

Wood attack by Stereum frustulosum, vintage engraving. Wood attack by Stereum frustulosum, vintage engraved illustration. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10647812

Human Louse, a wingless parasitic insect. Engraving from Robert Hooke 'Micrographia' London 1665. Now known to be vector for Epidemic typhus.

Historical illustration of a house fly (Musca domestica), detail of lip, pseudo trachea and tip, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Transverse section of compact tissue of humerus, magnified about 150 times, vintage engraving. Transverse section of compact tissue of humerus, magnified about 150 times, vintage engraved illustration. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656592

Galls Aleppo pine, vintage engraved illustration.

Acanthocinus rex, an encrine of the Lower Devonian rhenan, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

The first fish, Devonian period, Cephalaspis lloydii and Pteraspis rostratus, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man a 1886.

Wood attack by Stereum frustulosum, vintage engraved illustration.

Recovery by healing a stretch of dead and rotten branch, vintage engraving. Recovery by healing a stretch of dead and rotten branch, vintage engraved illustration. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10647936

Horn carved by an Indian, vintage engraving. Horn carved by an Indian, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1845. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660464

blandin's director for resections, medical equipment, surgical instrument, history of medicine

Shell drawn in view of the old prints on a white background

Paternoster fishing, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1876.

Mycelium with the features loops, Mycelium with lime oxalate crystals, vintage engraved illustration.

Caterpillar of Vanesse lo, vintage engraving. Caterpillar of Vanesse lo, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1870. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679169

Historic illustration, tablet 4, title Diatomea, name Triceratium, Navicula excavata, Ernst Haeckel, Kunstformen der Natur, "Art Forms in Nature"

Historic illustration, tablet 14, title Peridinea, name Peridinium, 4/ Goniodoma acuminatum, Ernst Haeckel, Artforms of Nature

Vertical section of the head and the man's trunk, vintage engraved illustration.

Orthoceras regulare, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man a 1886.

Shows termination of nerve in muscle.

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Damage, plants, mushroom, plate mushrooms, hymenium. undated

Monograptus, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man a 1886.

Old Germanic burial, earth burial with jewellery, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known, ...

Woodcut engraving depicting a paper reed used to make papyrus.

Fossil branch astrophyllite equisetisformis, vintage engraving. Fossil branch astrophyllite equisetisformis, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man 1886. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10647701

Female butterfly, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1845.

Ammonites Triassic, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man a 1886.

Conidia form, Chlamydospores and germination, vintage engraved illustration.

Alchemical symbol of transmutation of base metal (Earth at bottom) into Gold (Sun) and Silver (Moon) through the agency of the dragon (Mercury - volatility). From 'Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum' Elias Ashmole (London 1652). Woodcut.

Nervous System in Chaffer-Beetle and Larva

Segment of a human molar tooth, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Brain of the turkey and cranial nerves, Seen above, vintage engraved illustration. from Zoology Elements from Paul Gervais.

ligature, medical equipment, surgical instrument, history of medicine

Human Louse, a wingless parasitic insect. Engraving from Robert Hooke Micrographia London 1665. Now known to be vector for Epidemic typhus

Fan of a cycadaceae of the mesozoic age of the earth, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Split galleries, vintage engraved illustration.

A worm found in the left ventricle

Ligaments attached to the sternum and the cartilages of the ribs: anterior view (above) and posterior view (below). Line engraving by A. Bell after J. Weitbrecht, 1798.

Earthenware pot containing the mummy, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1852.

The calcareous test of the Urchin, below which is seen the dental apparatus called lantern of Aristotle, vintage engraved illustration. Zoology Elements from Paul Gervais.

White fir strain that continues to vegetate, vintage engraving. White fir strain that continues to vegetate, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1844. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660687

Alchemical symbol representing the transmutation of base metal into silver and gold, 1652. Artist: Unknown

Petrified trunk of Cycads microphyllus forest of the island of Portland, vintage engraving. Petrified trunk of Cycads microphyllus forest of the island of Portland, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1844. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660463

Napoleon I (1769-1821). Exile on Saint Helena Island. Emperor in Lognwood House. 1815-1821.

Botanical drawing of sweet potato plant: From John Parkinson; Theatrum Botanieum or The Theatre of Plantes; 1640;

The Plates from the Fifth Book of the De Humani Corporis Fabrica by Andreas Vesalius, (1514-1564) Plate 53 - In the present figure only so much of the human body is drawn as is sufficient to show the peritoneum.

Bones of the hand.

Ammonites bifrons, vintage engraved illustration. From Natural Creation and Living Beings.

Comet of 684 (Halley). From Hartmann Schedel 'Liber chronicarum mundi' (Nuremberg Chronicle) 1493. Woodcut.

Polyporus fomentarius, vintage engraving. Polyporus fomentarius, vintage engraved illustration. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10648107

The Cell, the elementary egg of all organized beings, vintage engraved illustration. From Natural Creation and Living Beings.

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Damage, plants, fungi, yeast. undated

Cactus, Echinocactus horizonthalonius, Illustration from 1890, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Descartes' diagram of the human brain and eye. From Rene Descartes 'Opera Philiosophica', Frankfurt-am-Main, 1692. Woodcut

Kidneys: One shown whole and the other as a network of blood vessels. Also shown are the Aorta, the Inferior Vena Cava and the Uterus. From Bartolommeo Eustachi Tabulae Anatomicae, second edition, Amsterdam, 1722. Eustachius was a contemporary of Vesalius but his drawings remain unpublished for about 150 years.

Rastrite peregrinus, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man a 1886.

Section of lung showing chalicosis, vintage engraved illustration.

An engraving depicting examples of Kimmeridge coal 'money'. Dated 19th century

Hildegard of Bingen's first scheme of the universe. This drawing is simplified version of a figure in the Wiesbaden Codex. Dated 12th century

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