From the book The Royal Natural History, Volume 3 by Richard Lydekker, 1893From the book The Royal Natural History, Volume 3 by Richard Lydekker, 1893Illustration by Louis A. Sargent from The Wild Beasts of the World, Volume Two by Frank Finn, 1909From the book Marvels of Animal Life by Charles Frederick Holder, 1885 Chameleon by Ustad Mansur, ca. 1612
These are just aesthetically pleasing to me:
Frontispiece of the book Mostly Mammals: zoological essays by Richard Lydekker, 1903Badger illustration by Wilhelm Kuhnert from the book Wild life of the world: a descriptive survey of the geographical distribution of animals by Richard Lydekker, 1916 A very fine wombat illustration from the book The Mammals of Australia: Illustrated by Miss Harriett Scott, and Mrs. Helena Forde, by Gerard Krefft, 1871