Giuseppe Valentino Vianelli. Line engraving by I. Rosaspina after A.F. Adrien.

A flowering queen-flower (Lagerstroemia speciosa) with five glow-worms (Lampyris species) and a snake (Langaya species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1812.

Cloning kittens.

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Cloning kittens.

Giuseppe Valentino Vianelli. Line engraving by I. Rosaspina after A.F. Adrien.

A flowering queen-flower (Lagerstroemia speciosa) with five glow-worms (Lampyris species) and a snake (Langaya species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1812.