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The Physic Garden, Chelsea: a view showing the pair of cedar trees, and the statue of Sloane in the centre of the garden. Lithograph by H. Warren after J. Fuge.

Astronomy: the surface of the moon. Engraving.

A brown bear climbing up a tree. Etching by J. Tookey after J. C. Ibbetson.

Japanese maple (Acer palmatum): branch with leaves. Watercolour.

City of Oxford: view from the river. Etching by Letitia Byrne.

The shepherds observe the newly-born Jesus Christ. Etching by Annibale Carracci, ca. 1606.

Hyde Park, near Kensington Palace: ladies and children drinking from a spring and eating a picnic. Engraving by J. Godby, 1802, after Mary Spilsbury.

An incantatory ceremony in a village watched by men with spears. Watercolour by E. Alec-Tweedie, ca. 1920.

Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.

Old oak tree (Quercus species) in Windsor Forest. Charcoal drawing by G. B. (or B. G.), 1852.

Gardens: a gardener tying the trunks of young trees to support posts. Engraving.

Pittville Spa from the river and grounds, Cheltenham. Line engraving by W. Radclyffe after G. Dinsdale.

Jak tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus) with fruit in the Society Islands. Pen drawing.

A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.

Sylva, or a discourse of forest-trees, and the propagation of timber in His Majesty's dominions ... Together with an historical account of the sacredness and use of standing groves / By John Evelyn ... with notes by A. Hunter... To which is added the Terra. A philosophical discourse of earth. With the editor's last corrections and a short memoir of him.

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Gardens: a gardener tying the trunks of young trees to support posts. Engraving.

Pittville Spa from the river and grounds, Cheltenham. Line engraving by W. Radclyffe after G. Dinsdale.

Jak tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus) with fruit in the Society Islands. Pen drawing.

A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.