'The Gerbua' [Greater Egyptian jerboa] field marshal From the endpapers of Cocordatia

From the endpapers of Cocordatia astronomie cu theologia

and figures watch from the waterside as firemen direct at hose at the flames

'Study for the Opening of the Royal Exchange by Queen Victoria'

Punch disapproved generally of women moving into traditional male professions

'The Gerbua' [Greater Egyptian jerboa] field marshal From the endpapers of CocordatiaZoological study of a Greater Egyptian jerboa (Jaculus orientalis). The desert rodent is shown against a landscape of pyramids and antiquities. Behind are two other jerboas, one in the act of jumping, the other eating an ear of grain. Plate 219 from chapter 9 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c, by George Edwards, volume 1 (London, for the author, 1758). The plate is variously inscribed,