Paul D Stewart / Copperplate illustration of Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) by W. Read with later hand colouring . From 'Nature Displayed in the Heavens and on Earth' by Simeon Shaw 1823

Paul D Stewart / Copperplate illustration of Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) by W. Read with later hand colouring. From 'Nature Displayed in the Heavens and on Earth' by Simeon Shaw 1823

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of a Unicorn, antique woodcut published ca 1560 from the 'Cosmographia' by Sebastian Munster.

Paul D Stewart / Woodcut of Medditeranean Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) by Conrad Gesner Woodcut. From 'Icones Animalium' 1560.

Paul D Stewart / Woodblock illustration of Sea Hares from Ortus (Hortus) Sanitatis 1491 - translated from the Latin as 'Garden of Health'. During the middle ages all manner of land animals were thought to have their o...

Paul D Stewart / 1491 Woodblock illustration of from Ortus (Hortus) sanitatis - translated from the Latin as 'Garden of Health'. Shows an apothecary removing a toad stone bezoar from a large toad's 'third eye'. Toad s...

Paul D Stewart / 1491 Woodblock illustration of a from Ortus (Hortus) sanitatis - man taking a cure for snake bite. Hortus Sanitatis translates from the Latin as 'Garden of Health'. The Hortus was the first printed na...

Paul D Stewart / Woodblock illustration from Ortus (Hortus) sanitatis - translated from the Latin as 'Garden of Health'. Showing the snake Cerastes and the cyanocephalus dog headed man. The Hortus was the first printe...

Paul D Stewart / Woodblock illustration of a Phoenix in her nest of fire from Ortus (Hortus) Sanitatis 1491- translated from the Latin as 'Garden of Health'. The Hortus was the first printed natural history encyclopa...

Paul D Stewart / Woodblock illustration, the first printed image of a falconer with hawks, from Ortus (Hortus) Sanitatis 1491 - translated from the Latin as 'Garden of Helath'. The Hortus was the first printed natural...

Paul D Stewart / Woodblock illustration of Camels from Ortus (Hortus) Sanitatis 1491 - translated from the latin as 'Garden of Health'. This is the first printed illustration of a camel in literature. The Hortus was...

Paul D Stewart / Woodblock illustration of a camel from Ortus (Hortus) sanitatis 1491 - translated from the Latin as 'Garden of Health'. This is the first printed illustration of a camel in literature. The Hortus was...