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A wild turkey. Wood engraving by Pearson.

Victoria Hospital, Suez, Egypt: bird's eye view. Wood engraving by Pearson, 1868, after Colonel Collyer.

Zoological Society of London: a python swallowing a boa with the aid of an animal keeper. Wood engraving by Pearson.

A catalogue of several scarce and valuable libraries and parcels of books, lately purchased, with modern publications, which compose A great Variety of the most curious Books, in every Class of Learning and Branch of Literature; The Books in general are i

A catalogue of a very large and valuable collection of books, in the several branches of Science and Literature, and in ancient and modern languages. Containing The libraries of several gentlemen And various Parcels of Books lately purchased; also a catal

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A wild turkey. Wood engraving by Pearson.

A catalogue of several scarce and valuable libraries and parcels of books, lately purchased, with modern publications, which compose A great Variety of the most curious Books, in every Class of Learning and Branch of Literature; The Books in general are i

A catalogue of a very large and valuable collection of books, in the several branches of Science and Literature, and in ancient and modern languages. Containing The libraries of several gentlemen And various Parcels of Books lately purchased; also a catal

Zoological Society of London: a python swallowing a boa with the aid of an animal keeper. Wood engraving by Pearson.

Victoria Hospital, Suez, Egypt: bird's eye view. Wood engraving by Pearson, 1868, after Colonel Collyer.