Five specimens of reptiles mb-code RS-9203 Side view of the snake

Side view of the snake with three details of the head and tail

'St John the Baptist preaching'

It is balanced on a bonfire made up of the weapons of war

and 'Populus nigra folio maximo gemmis balsamum odoratissimum fundentibus'

Five specimens of reptiles mb-code RS-9203 Side view of the snakeZoological studies of five types of lizards and snakes. Figure 1 'The Rattle Snake from the West Indies; taken from one of those preserv'd in the Museum of the Royal Society.' Figure 2 'A West Indian serpent; taken from the original in the same Museum.' Figure 3 'A Lizard from Sir Hans Sloane's Cabinet'. Figure 4 chameleon, 'The Camelion; from the Royal Society.' Figure 5 'A Flying Lizard from Amboina in the East Indies; from my own collection' [Ambon