Fox with Mask. Engraving by Aegidii Albertini Hirnschleiffer (1645). Found here (via ulvehund).
Renaissance Gang Sign. Hendrick Golzius’ right hand (1588).Found here.
Crab Claw. Found here.
Supposed Indian method of catching whales. (ca. 1595)Facsimile from Theodor de Bry. Found here.
Swordfish attacking a diver (1893).From La Science Française. Found here.
Creepy Crawly. Found here.
From Nautica Mediterranea by Bartolomeo Crescentio (Rome 1607). Found here.
Opera Omnia.Engraving by Jeremias Drexel (1662). Found here.
Bad luck 2. Previously: Bad luck 1.
Woodcut by Hans Baldung, dated 1544-1545 Found here.
Bad luck 1.
Flying Freaks. From De monstris Patavii, by Fortunio Liceti (1668). Found here.
Detail from a letterpress engraving made by Johann Hauer, Published in Nuremberg, Germany, 1627. Found at Kinzertorium.
From an early artists manual by Ludovico Mattiola, 1728 Found here.
Floor tiling pattern by John Carwitham, 1739.