Inscription: Signed on recto: 'G.Godwin'. Plan for the proposed building for the photographic engraving studio at Kensal Green; the development did not take place.
Inscription: Printed on recto: 'Tab V Philosph. Transact No 331 page 242/ M.V. dr. Guchtfeuls'. A page from a publication showing a long stemmed plant by Michael Van der Gucht (1660-1725).
Inscription: Printed on recto: 'Aspidium Filix Mas', handwritten on verso: 'To W.H.F. Talbot Esq. / Lady Elizabeth Feilding'. An engraving of a fern, on the reverse there are remnants of a seal and inscribed in ink with, 'To W.H.F. Talbot Esq. / Lady Elizabeth Feilding'.
[Hand-coloured engraving of the botanical specimens: Diphyscium Foliosum and Buxbamia Aphylla.]
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Inscription: Printed on recto: 'Diphyscium foliosum/ Buxbamia aphylla/ Weddell. Sc.'. Hand-coloured engraving by Weddell of two North American botanical specimens.
Inscription: Inscribed on recto: 'W.H.F. Talbot's Patent No. 1046'. Handwritten on verso: 'Talbot's Duplicate'. Four hand-coloured diagrams depicting the machinery to Talbot's patent for obtaining motive power.
Inscription: Printed on recto: 'Tab V./ Zu Fraunhofer's Gesetze der Bengung des Lichtes Deutsch B.VII/ Fraunhofer del.'. Plate five from a publication showing an example of Fraunhofer's diffusion; it shows light patterns produced through a telescope.
Inscription: Printed on recto: 'Tab III./ Zu Fraunhofer's Gesetze der Bengung des Lichtes Deutsch B.VII/ Fraunhofer del.'. Plate three from a publication showing an example of Fraunhofer's diffusion; it shows light patterns produced through a telescope.