In 1733, French illustrator Bernard Picart pro... ...Tempel, (Temple of the Muses) with 60 copperplate engravings , mostly illustrating stories from Ovid's Metamorp... ...hows Hercules fighting the Hydra. See 16 of those engravings at BibliOdyssey. Link
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/10/11/the-temple-of-muses/
This lovely engraved hard hat of unknown origin is up for sale on eBay. It's decorated with images of offshore oil drilling work:
Hello, up for auction is a vintage/antique B.F. McDonald engraved/hand hammered hard ha...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/06/19/engraved-hard-hat/
Doctor and naturalist René Primevère Lesson collected zoological specimens while he served in the French Navy in the 1820s. He is particularly remembered for his books on hummingbirds, featuring beautiful engraved...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/09/hummingbirds/