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A collection of vintage illustrations, taken from books published between the 18th century and the first quarter of the 20th century. 
White-throated monitor (Varanus albigularis albigularis) (?)
From Bilder-Atlas zur wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Wirbelthiere (Picture atlas of the scientific and popular natural history of vertebrates), by Leopold Fitzinger, Vienna, 1864.
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Boa constrictor.
From Bilder-Atlas zur wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Wirbelthiere (Picture atlas of the scientific and popular natural history of vertebrates), by Leopold Fitzinger, Vienna, 1864.
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Common basilisk (Basiliscus basiliscus).
From Bilder-Atlas zur wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Wirbelthiere (Picture atlas of the scientific and popular natural history of vertebrates), by Leopold Fitzinger, Vienna, 1864.
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Indian Chameleon (Chamaeleo zeylanicus)
From Bilder-Atlas zur wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Wirbelthiere (Picture atlas of the scientific and popular natural history of vertebrates), by Leopold Fitzinger, Vienna, 1864.
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“It’s only the fools,” did he use to say, “who die of starvation.”
J-J. Grandville, from Vie privée et publique des animaux (Public and Private Life of Animals), under the direction of P. J. Stahl, Paris, 1867.
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Dwarf crocodile.
W. Heubach, from Brehms Tierleben (Brehm’s animal life) vol. 1, by Alfred Edmund Brehm, Leipzig, Vienna, 1920.
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American water turtles.
Joseph Fleischmann, from Brehms Tierleben (Brehm’s animal life) vol. 1, by Alfred Edmund Brehm, Leipzig, Vienna, 1920.
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Anatomy of a female grass snake.
From Brehms Tierleben (Brehm’s animal life) vol. 1, by Alfred Edmund Brehm, Leipzig, Vienna, 1920.
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