Christopher Saxton: Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, from Atlas of the counties of England and Wales (London, 1579) © Inner Temple

Christopher Saxton: Cornwall, from Atlas of the counties of England and Wales (London, 1579) © Ian Jones

Christopher Saxton: Cheshire, from Atlas of the counties of England and Wales (London, 1579) © Ian Jones

John Seller: England, from Atlas Maritimus, or The Sea-atlas (London, 1675) © Ian Jones

Seller's Sea Atlas, 1678. Image copyright © Ian Jones

Jamaica, from Atlas Maritimus or The Sea-atlas (1675) © Ian Jones

Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon: Tourterelle à Cravate noire, du Cap de Bonne Espérance, from Histoire Naturelle Des Oiseaux (Paris, 1770-1786) © Inner Temple

Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon: Geai du Pérou, from Histoire Naturelle Des Oiseaux (Paris, 1770-1786) © Inner Temple

Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon: La Piette mâle, from Histoire Naturelle Des Oiseaux (Paris, 1770-1786) © Inner Temple

Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon: Faisan couronné des Indes, from Histoire Naturelle Des Oiseaux (Paris, 1770-1786) © Inner Temple