Musaeum Regalis Societatis. Or a catalogue & description of the natural and artificial rarities belonging to the Royal Society ... Whereunto is subjoyned the comparative anatomy of stomachs and guts.

The Copley medal of the Royal Society, as presented to Benjamin Franklin: left obverse, right reverse, with a decorative surround. Engraving, later than 1753.

Three leopards, lynxes or some other animal being rewarded by cherubim who bestow garlands on them and shake down fruit from a tree for them; representing the works of Marcello Malpighi being honoured by the Royal Society. Engraving by R. White, 1675.

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