Pretre Collection (#5)

From "Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de Paradis" by R.-P. Lesson, 1835. Private Collection

Grand priest KA-APER, 4th-5th dynasty (sculpture)
8585760 Grand priest KA-APER, 4th-5th dynasty (sculpture) by Egyptian; Egyptian National Museum, Cairo, Egypt; (add.info.: High priest KA-APER (Sheikh el-Beled) in sycamore wood

Fossils of extinct ammonite species. Ammonite di Caen, Ammonite di Deslongchamps, Ammonite di Bayeux, Ammonite di Braikenridge

Yellow mombin or hog plum, Spondias monbin. Spondia di frutti rossi. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Peanut worms, Sipunculus nudus, etc
Peanut worms, Sipunculus nudus 1, Siphonosoma cumanense 4, etc. Sipunculo nudo, Sipunculo microrinco, Sipunculo macrorinco, Sipunculo commestible

Sea mice, Aphrodita aculeata and Laetmonice hystrix
Sea mouse, Aphrodita aculeata 1 and Laetmonice hystrix 2. Afrodita aculeata, Ermione ispida. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze

Fish leech and freshwater leeches: Branchiobdellida 1, Pontobdella spinosa 2, Whitmania laevis 3, Hirudo vittata 4, Piscicola geometra 5, Ichthyobdella geometra 5, Geobdella trochetii 6

Black leech, horse leech, etc
Common black leech, Hirudo verbana, var. nigra. 1, horse leech, Haemopis sanguisuga 2, Nile leech, Limnatis nilotica 3, medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis. 4

Medicinal leech species
European medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis species 1, 2. Hirudo verbana 3, Erpobdella octoculata 4, 5. Mignatta, Latrobdella medicinilais viridis, tessellata, L provincialis, L

Parasitic worms and tapeworms, Bothriocephalus coronatus 1, Bothriocephalus corolla 2, and pike tapeworm, Triaenophorus nodulosus 3. Bothriocefalo coronato, B. corolla, Trienoforo noduloso

Sombre hummingbird, Aphantochroa cirrochloris (Ornismya simplex, Trochilus cirrochloris), albino variety. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene

Electric eel, Asian swamp eel and banded knifefish
Electric eel, Electrophorus electricus, Asian swamp eel, Monopterus albus, and banded knifefish, Gymnotus carapo. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Dequevauviller after an illustration by

Geoffroy's rousette bat, Rousettus amplexicaudatus, and naked-backed fruit bat, Dobsonia peronii.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuvier's Dictionary of Natural

Monument to Pope Gregory XVI, 1831-46 (marble) (b/w photo)
1700710 Monument to Pope Gregory XVI, 1831-46 (marble) (b/w photo) by Amici, Luigi (1817-97); (add.info.: marble monument by Bartolome Alberto Cappeliari)

Letter A: Angel, Arabic, Abbe, Arbaletrier, Eagle. engraving in " Alphabet"
DUV4209743 Letter A: Angel, Arabic, Abbe, Arbaletrier, Eagle. engraving in " Alphabet". Finish printing on 15 November 1875 by Charles Unsinger for Alphonse Lemerre, bookseller-publisher

The Holy Parent. (Saint Anne, surrounded by her three successive husbands, Salome (blue tunic)
LSE4313983 The Holy Parent. (Saint Anne, surrounded by her three successive husbands, Salome (blue tunic, with pointed index finger), Cleophas (with red coat, father of Marie Cleophas) and Joachim

A Chouan priest. Royalist insurrection in Brittany. End of the 19th century (Engraving)
7343428 A Chouan priest. Royalist insurrection in Brittany. End of the 19th century (Engraving) by Ferdinandus, Alexandre (Avenet, Francois called) (1850-1888); (add.info.: A priest Chouan)

The baptism of Clovis (496) by Saint Remi, 1896 (illustration)
7304513 The baptism of Clovis (496) by Saint Remi, 1896 (illustration) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Siege of La Rochelle (1627-1628, 1896) (illustration)
7304517 The Siege of La Rochelle (1627-1628, 1896) (illustration) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931); Private Collection; (add.info)

Les Vestales: detail. 19th century (oil on canvas)
7299011 Les Vestales: detail. 19th century (oil on canvas) by Gamelin, Jacques (1738-1803); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Carcassonne

Cardinal Richelieu riding in the streets of Paris
LSE4095178 Cardinal Richelieu riding in the streets of Paris by Leloir, Maurice (1853-1940); Private Collection; (add.info)

Saint Lupus, Bishop of Troyes, saving Troyes from Attila the Hun (engraving)
1700527 Saint Lupus, Bishop of Troyes, saving Troyes from Attila the Hun (engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Saint Lupus (French: Loup, Leu, (Welsh: Bleiddian) (c. 383 - c)

Flemish Workshop, Illumination from Les Miracles de Notre-Dame by Jean Meliot, c. 1456 (vellum) (b/w photo)
1701199 Flemish Workshop, Illumination from Les Miracles de Notre-Dame by Jean Meliot, c.1456 (vellum) (b/w photo) by Flemish School; (add.info)

Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, future Pope John XXIII, 1904 (b / w photo)
1700576 Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, future Pope John XXIII, 1904 (b/w photo) by Italian Photographer, (20th century); (add.info)

Inauguration of the Statue of the Immaculate Conception, Lourdes (engraving)
1701149 Inauguration of the Statue of the Immaculate Conception, Lourdes (engraving) by French School; (add.info.: pilgrimage in Lourdes, France for inauguration of the statue of Immaculate Mary)

Miguel de Cervantes saved by the Fathers of the Redemption, 1580 (colour engraving)
1733951 Miguel de Cervantes saved by the Fathers of the Redemption, 1580 (colour engraving) by French School; (add.info.: Spanish writer Miguel Cervantes prisoner of Turkish pirates is bought by)

Vladika, or Prince Eveque, Montenegro (engraving)
1730208 Vladika, or Prince Eveque, Montenegro (engraving) by Lemaitre, Augustin Francois (1797-1870); (add.info.: Montenegro : Vladika (prince eveque), gravure par Lemaitre

Saint Ignatius of Loyola (colour engraving)
1730127 Saint Ignatius of Loyola (colour engraving) by French School; (add.info.: Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556) founder of Jesuit order in 1540.)

Saint Jean Baptiste Vianney (colour litho)
1730088 Saint Jean Baptiste Vianney (colour litho) by French School; (add.info.: Saint Jean Baptiste Vianney (1786-1859) priest in Ars (France))

Gregorio Luigi Barnaba Chiaramonti, Pope Pius VII (engraving)
1728979 Gregorio Luigi Barnaba Chiaramonti, Pope Pius VII (engraving) by Italian School, (19th century); (add.info.: Pope Pius VII)

French priest Noel-Antoine Pluche (engraving)
1728907 French priest Noel-Antoine Pluche (engraving) by French School; (add.info.: engraving by L.J. Cathelen after Blakey)

Jacques Denis Cochin (engraving)
1731196 Jacques Denis Cochin (engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Jacques Denis Cochin (1726-1783) was a French Roman Catholic priest, preacher and philanthropist

Irish people with their priests, Claremorris, County Mayo, 1881 (engraving)
1721746 Irish people with their priests, Claremorris, County Mayo, 1881 (engraving) by Irish School, (19th century); (add.info.: Irish people with their priests in 1881, Claremorris, county Mayo)

The mare of Compere Pierre. (engraving and watercolour, 1800)
FIA5379832 The mare of Compere Pierre. (engraving and watercolour, 1800) by Ramberg, Johann Heinrich (1763-1840); Private Collection; (add.info.: The mare of Compere Pierre)

Pope Pius V (coloured engraving)
1720951 Pope Pius V (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Pope Pius V (17 January 1504 - 1 May 1572), born Antonio Ghislieri (from 1518 called Michele Ghislieri, O.P.)

Coronation of French Queen Marie de Medicis on May 13, 1610 in St Denis abbey, France
1726624 Coronation of French Queen Marie de Medicis on May 13, 1610 in St Denis abbey, France, engraving by Leonard Gaultier and Le Clerc, 1610

Ecclesiastic costume of the Order of Benedictine, 17th century, after a painting of 1651 by Eustache Lesueur (1616-1655)
FLO4616704 Ecclesiastic costume of the Order of Benedictine, 17th century, after a painting of 1651 by Eustache Lesueur (1616-1655)

Mort du grand pretre Heli (engraving)
3625837 Mort du grand pretre Heli (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mort du grand pretre Heli)

Aardvark and giant armadillo
Aardvark, Orycteropus afer 1, and giant armadillo, Priodontes maximus 2. Oritteropo del Capo di Buona Speranza, Priodonte gigante

Yellow alder, Turnera ulmifolia
Ramgoat dashalong or yellow alder, Turnera ulmifolia, Turnera a foglie d Olmo. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Valerian, Valeriana dioica, Valeriane dioique. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence

Blue field madder, Sherardia arvensis, Sherarde des champs. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Neptune grass, Posidonia oceanica
Neptune grass or Mediterranean tapeweed, Posidonia oceanica. Caulinia oceanica, Zostera oceanica, Cauline de l ocean. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus

Fossils of extinct scallops. Spondylus spinosus 1, etc. Plagiostoma spinosa, Pachite punteggiato, Diancora marginata. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus

Fossils of extinct lamp shells. Kirkidium knightii 1, Araxilevis intermedius 2, Uncites grifoides 3. Pentamerus knightii, Productus martini, Uncite grifoide

Twin flowered agave, Agave geminiflora. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy

Porcelain crab, shrimp and extinct crustacean
Porcelain crab, Porcellana species 1, shrimp, Megalopa mutica 2, and fossil of extinct crustacean, Eryon cuvieri 3. Porcellana larga-chela, Megalopa mutica, Erio di Cuvier

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"Pretre: A Fascinating Array of Wildlife Encounters" The Great Bustard, Otis tarda, stands tall and proud in its vulnerable status, reminding us of the importance of conservation efforts. Amidst the wilderness, the Raven (Corvus corax) and Magpie (Pica pica) engage in a playful dance, showcasing their intelligence and adaptability. Meet Jacky Lashtail, the Amphibolurus muricatus lizard with its unique tail that mesmerizes onlookers with its intricate patterns. The Amboina Sailfin Lizard (Hydrosaurus amboinensis) gracefully glides through water like a mythical creature from another world. In a battle for survival, the Honey Badger (Mellivora capensis) and Grison exhibit their fierce determination to thrive against all odds. Witness the majestic Sawfish or Carpenter Shark (Pristis pristis), an ancient species that roams our oceans with elegance and grace. Delve into underwater wonders as Norway Lobster and Shrimp create a vibrant tapestry beneath the sea surface - nature's hidden treasures. Behold the resplendent Green-throated Carib (Eulampis holosericeus). Its male adult form showcases nature's artistic prowess through vivid colors. From African savannas to South America's vast landscapes, Warthog Phacochoerus africanus captivates hearts with its endearing appearance. Enter into enchanting forests where Capuchinbirds' melodious calls echo through trees - Perissocephalus tricolor truly embodies nature's symphony. With vibrant plumage contrasting against blue skies, Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus brings joy wherever it flies alongside Asian counterparts.