Turtles and other wild looking creatures. From 1853 but looking about the same. Taken from the first edition of “Histoire naturelle de Lacépède, comprenant les cétacés, les quadrupèdes ovipares, les serpents et les poissons.” The Lacépède refers to French naturalist and active freemason Bernard-Germâin-Étienne Delayville, Comte La Cépède (1756-1825). Published in Brussels, Belgium.

La Tortue Géométrique – La Tortue Jaune (upper images); La Tortue Franche (lower image). Page 176 from Histoire naturelle de Lacépède, comprenant les cétacés, les quadrupèdes ovipares, les serpents et les poissons. An 1853 edition of a ca. 1804 work with notes and a new classification by A.-G. Desmarest. Adolphe Deros and Company, Éditeurs, Brussels. Collections of the Marine Biological Laboratory and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/histoirenaturell01lac/page/n174/mode/1up

Le Basilic – La tête fourchue (upper images); Le Dragon – Le Seps (lower images). Page 211 from Histoire naturelle de Lacépède, comprenant les cétacés, les quadrupèdes ovipares, les serpents et les poissons. An 1853 edition of a ca. 1804 work with notes and a new classification by A.-G. Desmarest. Adolphe Deros and Company, Éditeurs, Brussels. Collections of the Marine Biological Laboratory and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/histoirenaturell01lac/page/n211/mode/1up

Le Lézard Verte (upper image); Le Porte-Crée (lower image). Page 219 from Histoire naturelle de Lacépède, comprenant les cétacés, les quadrupèdes ovipares, les serpents et les poissons. An 1853 edition of a ca. 1804 work with notes and a new classification by A.-G. Desmarest. Adolphe Deros and Company, Éditeurs, Brussels. Collections of the Marine Biological Laboratory and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/histoirenaturell01lac/page/n219/mode/1up

La Grenouille – La Raine Verte (upper image); La Crapaud (lower image). Page 274 from Histoire naturelle de Lacépède, comprenant les cétacés, les quadrupèdes ovipares, les serpents et les poissons. An 1853 edition of a ca. 1804 work with notes and a new classification by A.-G. Desmarest. Adolphe Deros and Company, Éditeurs, Brussels. Collections of the Marine Biological Laboratory and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/histoirenaturell01lac/page/n274/mode/1up

La Vipère Commune (upper image); Le Céraste (lower image). Page 363 from Histoire naturelle de Lacépède, comprenant les cétacés, les quadrupèdes ovipares, les serpents et les poissons. An 1853 edition of a ca. 1804 work with notes and a new classification by A.-G. Desmarest. Adolphe Deros and Company, Éditeurs, Brussels. Collections of the Marine Biological Laboratory and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via

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