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The Zoological Museum ... : Mr. Seaman, (as manager for a society of gentlemen, to whom this collection belongs) begs to inform the ladies and gentlemen of this town, that he has just arrived with that extensive and valuable Museum, containing many thousands of natural curiosities ...

A chemist's laboratory, with the apparatus numbered for a key. Engraving, 1748.

Five types of lizard, including the large spotted ground lizard and brown lizard. Engraving, ca. 1778.

Snake. Etching, 18--?.

A witch placing a scorpion into a pot in order to make a potion. Etching by F. Landerer after M. Schmidt.

Two snakes: a rattlesnake and a boa. Engraving, ca. 1778.

Saint Patrick banishing reptiles from Ireland. Coloured woodcut (?).

Six snakes of the cobra family, including a rhomboidal and diamondbacked species. Engraving, ca. 1778.

Two species of rattlesnake and the rattle of one of them. Engraving, ca. 1778.

Three types of lizard and a crocodile. Engraving, ca. 1778.

Our reptiles and batrachians : a plain and easy account of the lizards, snakes, newts, toads, frogs and tortoises indigenous to Great Britain / by M.C. Cooke ... with original figures of every species and numerous woodcuts.

Descriptive catalogue of the reptiles of British India / by William Theobald.

Snake anatomy: ventral view of snake with scales; ventral view of internal organs; view of open mouth. Engraving, ca. 1778.

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Three types of lizard and a crocodile. Engraving, ca. 1778.

Our reptiles and batrachians : a plain and easy account of the lizards, snakes, newts, toads, frogs and tortoises indigenous to Great Britain / by M.C. Cooke ... with original figures of every species and numerous woodcuts.

Descriptive catalogue of the reptiles of British India / by William Theobald.

Six snakes of the cobra family, including a rhomboidal and diamondbacked species. Engraving, ca. 1778.

Snake anatomy: ventral view of snake with scales; ventral view of internal organs; view of open mouth. Engraving, ca. 1778.