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Natural History Prints
Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R., 'Peacocks'., antique map, old maps Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R. - 'Peacocks'.
English, ca 1650, uncoloured. 290x190mm. On thin paper; old paper hinges on verso; some paper impurities; some soft creases.
A copper engraving. Print showing peacocks in different poses.... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 60 - 80)
Starting bid
$ 40
Condition:
Condition Rating: 4
Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R., 'Elephants'., antique map, old maps Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R. - 'Elephants'.
English, ca 1650, uncoloured. 290x190mm. On thin paper; old paper hinges on verso; some paper impurities.
A copper engraving. Print showing elephants in different poses.... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 60 - 80)
Starting bid
$ 40
Condition:
Condition Rating: 4
Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R., 'Goats'., antique map, old maps Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R. - 'Goats'.
English, ca 1650, uncoloured. 290x190mm. On thin paper; old paper hinges on verso; some paper impurities.
A copper engraving. Print showing goats in different poses.... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 60 - 80)
Starting bid
$ 40
Condition:
Condition Rating: 4
Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R., 'Leopards'., antique map, old maps Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R. - 'Leopards'.
English, ca 1650, uncoloured. 290x190mm. On thin paper; old paper hinges on verso; some paper impurities.
A copper engraving. Print showing leopards in different poses.... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 60 - 80)
Starting bid
$ 40
Condition:
Condition Rating: 4
Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R., 'Sheep'., antique map, old maps Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R. - 'Sheep'.
English, ca 1650, uncoloured. 290x190mm. On thin paper; old paper hinges on verso; some paper impurities.
A copper engraving. Print showing sheep in different poses.... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 60 - 80)
Starting bid
$ 40
Condition:
Condition Rating: 4
Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R., 'Dogs'., antique map, old maps Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R. - 'Dogs'.
English, ca 1650, uncoloured. 290x190mm. On thin paper; old paper hinges on verso; some paper impurities.
A copper engraving. Print showing dogs in different poses.... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 60 - 80)
Starting bid
$ 40
Condition:
Condition Rating: 4
Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R., 'Crab and lobster'., antique map, old maps Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R. - 'Crab and lobster'.
English, ca 1650, uncoloured. 290x190mm. On thin paper; old paper hinges on verso; some paper impurities; some soft creases; smudges in top left corner.
A copper engraving. Print showing 2 lovely crustaceans. ... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 60 - 80)
Bid received
$ 50
Condition:
Condition Rating: 4
Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R., 'Swans'., antique map, old maps Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R. - 'Swans'.
English, ca 1650, uncoloured. 290x190mm. On thin paper; old paper hinges on verso; some paper impurities.
A copper engraving. Print showing swans in different poses.... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 60 - 80)
Starting bid
$ 40
Condition:
Condition Rating: 4
Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R., 'Parrots'., antique map, old maps Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R. - 'Parrots'.
English, ca 1650, uncoloured. 290x190mm. On thin paper; old paper hinges on verso; some paper impurities; some soft creases; repaired tear in lower margin into image (see photos).
A copper engraving. Print showing parrots in different poses.... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 60 - 80)
Starting bid
$ 40
Condition:
Condition Rating: 4
Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R., 'Dogs'., antique map, old maps Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R. - 'Dogs'.
English, ca 1650, uncoloured. 290x190mm. On thin paper; old paper hinges on verso; some paper impurities; some soft creases.
A copper engraving. Print showing dogs in different poses.... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 60 - 80)
Starting bid
$ 40
Condition:
Condition Rating: 4
Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R., 'Rabbits'., antique map, old maps Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R. - 'Rabbits'.
English, ca 1650, uncoloured. 290x190mm. On thin paper; old paper hinges on verso; some paper impurities.
A copper engraving. Print showing rabbits in different poses.... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 60 - 80)
Starting bid
$ 40
Condition:
Condition Rating: 4
Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R., 'Camels'., antique map, old maps Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R. - 'Camels'.
English, ca 1650, uncoloured. 290x190mm. On thin paper; old paper hinges on verso; some paper impurities.
A copper engraving. Print showing camels in different poses.... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 60 - 80)
Starting bid
$ 40
Condition:
Condition Rating: 4
Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R., 'Turkeys'., antique map, old maps Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R. - 'Turkeys'.
English, ca 1650, uncoloured. 290x190mm. On thin paper; old paper hinges on verso; some paper impurities.
A copper engraving. Print showing turkeys in different poses.... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 60 - 80)
Starting bid
$ 40
Condition:
Condition Rating: 4
SEBA, Albertus / BAKKER, F. de, Mussels arranged in a Baroque style - de Derde Lade, de Vierde Lade., antique map, old maps SEBA, Albertus / BAKKER, F. de - Mussels arranged in a Baroque style - de Derde Lade, de Vierde Lade.
Amsterdam, 1735, Org. Colours. 430x547mm. In very good condition, full sheet (50,5 x 61 cm) with wide margins, on stiff laid paper with a watermark, centrefold as published, hand coloured, verso blank.
Plate XXXVI from Albertus Seba's 'Thesaurus'. Being a collection of shells and mussels, large and small, and other housings of shell-fish found in The Netherlands, to be found in a special arrangement in the drawers 3 and 4 of his Cabinet of Rarities.
The drawing for this print was made by 'F... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 360 - 430)
Starting bid
$ 250
Condition:
Condition Rating: 3
SEBA, Albertus., Reptiles: 5 species of Lizards., antique map, old maps SEBA, Albertus. - Reptiles: 5 species of Lizards.
Amsterdam, 1735, In original colouring.. 421x545mm. In very good condition, full sheet (50,5 x 61 cm) with wide margins, on stiff laid paper, centre- fold as published, hand coloured, verso blank.
Plate XCVII from Albertus Seba's 'Thesaurus'. A magnificent print showing five different lizards, found in 18th century Netherlands - beautifully coloured.
Albertus Seba (1665-1736) was a Dutch apothecary, zoölogist, author, collector and owner of a Cabinet of Rarities. In 1734 and 1735 he pub... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 360 - 430)
Starting bid
$ 250
Condition:
Condition Rating: 3
SEBA, Albertus / BAKKER, F. de, 50 helmet sea snail shells (Cassidea)., antique map, old maps SEBA, Albertus / BAKKER, F. de - 50 helmet sea snail shells (Cassidea).
Amsterdam, 1735, org. Colours. 423x545mm. In very good condition, full sheet (505 x 61 cm) with wide margins, on stiff laid paper with watermark, centrefold as published, hand coloured, verso blank.
Plate LXII from Albertus Seba's 'Thesaurus'. Showing 50 depictions of helmet shells, great and small, all found in 18th century Netherlands.
Probably as arranged in a single drawer in Seba's 'Cabinet of Rarities'. All individually numbered 1-50. The drawing for this print was made by 'F. de B... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 250 - 300)
Starting bid
$ 160
Condition:
Condition Rating: 3
SEBA, Albertus., Snakes and Birds., antique map, old maps SEBA, Albertus. - Snakes and Birds.
Amsterdam, 1735, Original colouring. 425x553mm. In very good condition, full sheet (505 x 61 cm) with wide margins, on stiff laid paper with watermark, centrefold as published, hand coloured, verso blank.
Print from Albertus Seba's 'Thesaurus', showing snakes and birds. Albertus Seba (1665-1736) was a Dutch apothecary, zoölogist, author, collector and owner of a 'Cabinet of Rarities'.
In 1734 and 1735 he published the first two volumes of a catalogue with engravings of his collection: 'Locuplet... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 250 - 300)
Bid received
$ 200
Condition:
Condition Rating: 4
KLEEMANN, F. C., [Three butterflies on one sheet], antique map, old maps KLEEMANN, F. C. - [Three butterflies on one sheet]
Nuremberg, 1761, In attractive strong original colours.. 172x130mm. Mint condition
Beautifully hand coloured copper engraving of 3 butter flies on one sheet, from "Beyträge zur Natur- oder Insecten-Geschichte". By the engraver and publisher Christian Friedrich Carl Kleemann.... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 50 - 60)
Starting bid
$ 30
Condition:
Condition Rating: 2
HAID, Johann Jacob / EHRET, C.D. / TREW, C., Guaiaba., antique map, old maps HAID, Johann Jacob / EHRET, C.D. / TREW, C. - Guaiaba.
Augsburg, ca. 1765, Org. Colours. 428x277mm. In good condition, full sheet (51 x 35,5 cm) with ample margins, on thick laid paper with some wrinkling, slight toning, a watermark: 'J Honig & Zoonen', handcoloured (by J.J. Haid), verso blank.
A rare print from probably the most beautiful German plant book: Christoph Jakob Trew (ed.) and Georg Dionysius Ehret (drawing): 'Plantae Selectae', Nuremberg, 1750-1765.
Being plate nr. XLIII: the guave, showing a blooming twig and a larger oner bearing two fruits. Also details of the flower ... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 425 - 500)
Starting bid
$ 280
Condition:
Condition Rating: 3
NOZEMAN, Cornelius / SEPP, Christiaan., Ardea, Nycticorax., antique map, old maps NOZEMAN, Cornelius / SEPP, Christiaan. - Ardea, Nycticorax.
Amsterdam, 1770, Orig. o/l colouring. 450x293mm. In very good condition, sheet (52 x 35.7 cm) with full wide margins, on fine laid paper with watermark crowned coat-of-arms Fleur-de-lis, hand coloured, verso blank.
A beautiful and rare print from the famous series of Dutch birds: 'Nederlandsche Vogelen, 1770. 'Nycticorax' is a genus of egret, or night heron. The name Nycticorax means "night raven" and derives from the ancient Greek nuktos "night" and korax, "raven".
It refers to the largely nocturnal fe... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 300 - 350)
Starting bid
$ 200
Condition:
Condition Rating: 3
NOZEMAN, Cornelius / SEPP, Christiaan., Haematopus Ostralegus., antique map, old maps NOZEMAN, Cornelius / SEPP, Christiaan. - Haematopus Ostralegus.
Amsterdam, 1770, Original o/l colouring. 405x275mm. In very good condition, sheet (537 x 379 mm) with ample margins, on fine laid paper with watermark crowned coat-of-arms with Fleur-de-lis and 'VR', hand coloured, verso blank.
A beautiful and rare print from the famous series of Dutch birds: 'Nederlandsche Vogelen, 1770. The Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) also known as the common pied oystercatcher, or palaearctic oystercatcher, or (in Europe) just oystercatcher, is a wader in the oystercatcher bird famil... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 250 - 300)
Starting bid
$ 160
Condition:
Condition Rating: 3
MANETTI, Saverio., Anatra col collare dell'Isola di Terra Nuova., antique map, old maps MANETTI, Saverio. - Anatra col collare dell'Isola di Terra Nuova.
Florence, 1767-1776, Org. Colours. 350x275mm. In very good condition, full sheet (45,5 x 35 cm) with full wide margins, on strong laid paper without watermark, hand coloured, verso blank. Old fixings visible in top corners.
A rare print of a Newfoundland duck, being plate DLXXV from the publication: 'Ornitologia methodice digesta atque iconibus aeneis ad vivum illumitatis ornata, latine et italice(…) Storia naturale degli uccelli trattata con metodo ed adornata di figure intagliate in rame e miniate al naturale' Saveri... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 300 - 350)
Bid received
$ 250
Condition:
Condition Rating: 3
DE SÈVE, After Jacques (active 1742-1788), Le Basset à jambes droites., antique map, old maps DE SÈVE, After Jacques (active 1742-1788) - Le Basset à jambes droites.
Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1749-1783, In attractive strong original colours.. 190x154mm. Engraving with original hand-colouring, printed on fine laid paper. Very good condition apart from some marginal light staining.
A charming plate from "Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière," Georges Louis Marie Leclerc, comte de Buffon's magnum opus and "the most celebrated treatise on animals ever produced" (Dibner).
Comprised of a total of 44 volumes, the encyclopedic Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particuliè... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 120 - 150)
Starting bid
$ 80
Condition:
Condition Rating: 3
DE SÈVE, After Jacques (active 1742-1788), Le Braque., antique map, old maps DE SÈVE, After Jacques (active 1742-1788) - Le Braque.
Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1749-1783, In attractive strong original colours.. 190x155mm. Engraving with original hand-colouring, printed on fine laid paper. Some light water staining.
A charming plate from "Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière," Georges Louis Marie Leclerc, comte de Buffon's magnum opus and "the most celebrated treatise on animals ever produced" (Dibner).
Comprised of a total of 44 volumes, the encyclopedic Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particuliè... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 120 - 150)
Starting bid
$ 80
Condition:
Condition Rating: 3
LATHAM, J.A., Red Flamingo., antique map, old maps LATHAM, J.A. - Red Flamingo.
London 1781-1785, In attractive original colours.. 240x184mm. Some age toning of the paper. Overall good condition.
Hand coloured copper engraving representing a Red Flamingo from General Synopsis of Birds by John A. Latham (1740?1837) who was the preminent ornithologist of his day.
Known as the Grandfather of Australian ornithology, he was the first to describe, and to name scientifically, a large num... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 180 - 200)
Starting bid
$ 80
Condition:
Condition Rating: 3
LATHAM, J.A., Bengal. Vulture, N.° 16., antique map, old maps LATHAM, J.A. - Bengal. Vulture, N.° 16.
London, 1781-1785, In attractive original colours.. 240x177mm. Some age toning of the paper. Repair of small tear in left hand part of print, underlaid. Minor foxing. Else good condition.
Hand coloured copper engraving representing a Bengal Vulture from General Synopsis of Birds by John A. Latham (1740?1837) who was the preminent ornithologist of his day.
Known as the Grandfather of Australian ornithology, he was the first to describe, and to name scientifically, a large n... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 75 - 90)
Starting bid
$ 20
Condition:
Condition Rating: 4
LATHAM, J., Green Partridge., antique map, old maps LATHAM, J. - Green Partridge.
London 1781?1785, In attractive original colours.. 241x184mm. Some age toning of the paper. Overall good condition.
Hand coloured copper engraving representing a Green Partridge from General Synopsis of Birds by John A. Latham (1740?1837) who was the pre?eminent ornithologist of his day.
?Known as the Grandfather of Australian ornithology, he was the first to describe, and to name scientifically, a lar... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 120 - 150)
Starting bid
$ 80
Condition:
Condition Rating: 3
LATHAM, J.A., Hackled Partridge., antique map, old maps LATHAM, J.A. - Hackled Partridge.
London, 1781-1785, In attractive original colours.. 241x184mm. Some age toning of the paper. Overall good condition.
Hand coloured copper engraving representing a Hackled Partridge from General Synopsis of Birds by John A. Latham (1740-1837) who was the pre?eminent ornithologist of his day.
Known as the Grandfather of Australian ornithology, he was the first to describe, and to name scientifically, a la... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 120 - 150)
Starting bid
$ 40
Condition:
Condition Rating: 3
LEVAILLANT, F., La Méesange Brune Male. La Méesange Grise. . ., antique map, old maps LEVAILLANT, F. - La Méesange Brune Male. La Méesange Grise. . .
Paris, 1801, In original colours.. 520x350mm. In very good condition. Size of leaf : 520x350mm.
Very decorative plate from Histoire naturelle des oiseaux d'Afrique, published by Delachaussée. Levaillant's interest in natural history led him to explore Africa as the least known continent. He arrived at the Cape of Good Hope in March 1781 and made two trips into the interior, undergoing many adv... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 120 - 150)
Starting bid
$ 80
Condition:
Condition Rating: 2
LEVAILLANT, F., L'Acoli., antique map, old maps LEVAILLANT, F. - L'Acoli.
Paris, 1801, In original colours.. 520x350mm. In very good condition. Size of paper sheet 520 x 350mm.
Very decorative plate from Histoire naturelle des oiseaux d'Afrique, published by Delachaussée. Levaillant's interest in natural history led him to explore Africa as the least known continent. He arrived at the Cape of Good Hope in March 1781 and made two trips into the interior, undergoing many adv... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 180 - 230)
Starting bid
$ 120
Condition:
Condition Rating: 2
AUDEBER, J.B. / VIEILLOT, L.J.P., L'Heoro-taire brun. Pl.65., antique map, old maps AUDEBER, J.B. / VIEILLOT, L.J.P. - L'Heoro-taire brun. Pl.65.
Paris, 1800-1802, In original colours.. 520x350mm. In very good condition. Legends printed in gold. From the folio edition, only printed in 200 copies. Small water stain in outer lower margin.
A very rare print of a humming bird from Histoire naturelle et générale des colibris, oiseaux-mouches, jacamars et promerops, by Jean Baptiste Audebert. Before his death Audebert only managed to complete the section on the colibris, after which the work was continued by Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot on... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 180 - 230)
Starting bid
$ 120
Condition:
Condition Rating: 2
AUDEBER, J.B. / VIEILLOT,L.J.P., Le G. G. Noir et Bleu., antique map, old maps AUDEBER, J.B. / VIEILLOT,L.J.P. - Le G. G. Noir et Bleu.
Paris, 1800-1802, In original colours.. 520x350mm. In very good condition. Legends printed in gold. From the folio edition, only printed in 200 copies.
A very rare print of a humming bird from Histoire naturelle et générale des colibris, oiseaux-mouches, jacamars et promerops, by Jean Baptiste Audebert. Before his death Audebert only managed to complete the section on the colibris, after which the work was continued by Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot on... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 180 - 230)
Starting bid
$ 120
Condition:
Condition Rating: 2
AUDEBERT, J,B./ VIEILLOT, L.J.P., Le Neghôbàrra. Pl.64, antique map, old maps AUDEBERT, J,B./ VIEILLOT, L.J.P. - Le Neghôbàrra. Pl.64
Paris, 1800-1802, In original colours.. 520x350mm. In very good condition. Legends printed in gold. From the folio edition, only printed in 200 copies. Small water stain in outer lower margin. Size of paper 520x350mm.
A very rare print of a bird from Histoire naturelle et générale des colibris, oiseaux-mouches, jacamars et promerops , by Jean Baptiste Audebert. Before his death Audebert only managed to complete the section on the colibris, after which the work was continued by Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot on th... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 180 - 230)
Starting bid
$ 120
Condition:
Condition Rating: 2
JABLONSKY, C.G., [Butterflies], antique map, old maps JABLONSKY, C.G. - [Butterflies]
Berlin, J. Pauli, 1785-1806, In attractive strong original colours.. 170x215mm. In mint condition.
Plate CLIX from Carl Gustav Jablonsky and J.F.W. Herbst: "Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insecten", engraved by Bodenehr.
Carl Gustav Jablonsky was private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. After Jablonsky's untimely death Herbst edited the work from volume 2 on. A great numb... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 250 - 300)
Starting bid
$ 150
Condition:
Condition Rating: 1
JABLONSKY, C.G., [Butterflies], antique map, old maps JABLONSKY, C.G. - [Butterflies]
Berlin, J. Pauli, 1785-1806, In attractive strong original colours.. 170x215mm. In mint condition.
Plate CXXIV from Carl Gustav Jablonsky and J.F.W. Herbst: "Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insecten", engraved by Bodenehr.
Carl Gustav Jablonsky was private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. After Jablonsky''s untimely death Herbst edited the work from volume 2 on. A great nu... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 240 - 300)
Starting bid
$ 150
Condition:
Condition Rating: 1
JABLONSKY, C.G., [Butterflies], antique map, old maps JABLONSKY, C.G. - [Butterflies]
Berlin, J. Pauli, 1785-1806, In attractive strong original colours.. 170x215mm. In mint condition.
Plate CLXXXIII from Carl Gustav Jablonsky and J.F.W. Herbst: "Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insecten", engraved by Bodenehr.
Carl Gustav Jablonsky was private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. After Jablonsky''s untimely death Herbst edited the work from volume 2 on. A great... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 120 - 150)
Starting bid
$ 100
Condition:
Condition Rating: 1
JABLONSKY, C.G., [Butterflies], antique map, old maps JABLONSKY, C.G. - [Butterflies]
Berlin, J. Pauli, 1785-1806, In attractive strong original colours.. 170x215mm. In mint condition.
Plate CXCVIII from Carl Gustav Jablonsky and J.F.W. Herbst: "Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insecten", engraved by Bodenehr.
Carl Gustav Jablonsky was private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. After Jablonsky''s untimely death Herbst edited the work from volume 2 on. A great ... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 120 - 150)
Starting bid
$ 100
Condition:
Condition Rating: 1
LEVAILLANT, F., La Chouette a Aigrette Blanche., antique map, old maps LEVAILLANT, F. - La Chouette a Aigrette Blanche.
Paris, 1796-1808, Original colours.. 530x340mm. In very attractive colours. In good condition.
Very decorative plate from Histoire naturelle des oiseaux d'Afrique , published by Delachaussée. Levaillant's interest in natural history led him to explore Africa as the least known continent. He arrived at the Cape of Good Hope in March 1781 and made two trips into the interior, undergoing ... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 100 - 120)
Starting bid
$ 60
Condition:
Condition Rating: 2
WILSON, Alexander., Ruffed Grous or Pheasant Plate no. 49. Drawn from Nature by A. Wilson. Engraved by J.G.Warnicke. - First edition., antique map, old maps WILSON, Alexander. - Ruffed Grous or Pheasant Plate no. 49. Drawn from Nature by A. Wilson. Engraved by J.G.Warnicke. - First edition.
Philadelphia, 1808, Original hand colouring. 270x345mm. In very good condition with good size margins. The sheet measures 375 x 295 mm.
An original hand-coloured engraving by artist Alexander Wilson, engraved by J G Warnicke. Engraving from ‘American Ornithology.’

An American engraving published in Philadelphia by Blandsford and Inskeep dated 1808, it is a first edition, plate number 49.
The first edition of Wilson'... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 375 - 525)
Starting bid
$ 250
Condition:
Condition Rating: 2
D'URVILLE, J.D., Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Oceanie.. [Planche 26]., antique map, old maps D'URVILLE, J.D. - Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Oceanie.. [Planche 26].
Paris, 1833, In original colours.. 552x358mm. Paper slightly age-toned. In good condition.
An attractive collection of shells. Dumont d'Urville, Jules-Sébastien-César, 1790-1842. Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les Corvettes L'Astrolabe et la Zélée. Atlas Pittoresque. First Volume. Paris: Gide et Cie, éditeurs, 1846. Dumont D'Urville (1790-1842) commanded the ship L'Astrolabe's 1... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 180 - 230)
Starting bid
$ 120
Condition:
Condition Rating: 3
D'URVILLE, J.D., Voyage de la Fregate la Venus.. [Planche 6]., antique map, old maps D'URVILLE, J.D. - Voyage de la Fregate la Venus.. [Planche 6].
Paris, 1833, In original colours.. 547x356mm. In very good condition.
An attractive collection of shells. From Jules-Sébastien-César Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842) Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les Corvettes L'Astrolabe et la Zélée . Printed in Paris by Gide et Cie.
Dumont D'Urville (1790-1842) commanded the ship L'Astrolabe's 1825 expedition in se... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 120 - 150)
Starting bid
$ 80
Condition:
Condition Rating: 3
BUFFON, C., 1) Le Kakatoës à Huppe Jaune. 2) Le Lori Tricolor. Le Perroquet Vert., antique map, old maps BUFFON, C. - 1) Le Kakatoës à Huppe Jaune. 2) Le Lori Tricolor. Le Perroquet Vert.
Paris, 1838 - 1839, In attractive strong original colours.. 258x165mm. Some age toning and marginal discolouration. Good condition.
Noteworthy bird print from 1839 Furne edition of the Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon.
Engraved by Fournier after Edouard de Traviès showing the birds in a natural context.... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 100 - 120)
Starting bid
$ 60
Condition:
Condition Rating: 3
BUFFON, C., 1) Le Maïpouri. 2) Le Couroucou à Ventre Rouge. ID - à Ventre Jaune., antique map, old maps BUFFON, C. - 1) Le Maïpouri. 2) Le Couroucou à Ventre Rouge. ID - à Ventre Jaune.
Paris, 1838 - 1839, In attractive strong original colours.. 258x165mm. Some age toning and marginal discolouration. Good condition.
Noteworthy bird print from 1839 Furne edition of the Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon.
Engraved by Fournier after Edouard de Traviès showing the birds in a natural context.... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 100 - 120)
Starting bid
$ 60
Condition:
Condition Rating: 3
FURNE ET CIE., La Ara Rouge. Le Ara Bleu., antique map, old maps FURNE ET CIE. - La Ara Rouge. Le Ara Bleu.
Paris, 1838 - 1839, In attractive strong original colours.. 164x258mm. Some age toning and marginal discolouration. Good condition.
Noteworthy bird print from 1839 Furne edition of the Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon.
Engraved by Pardinel after a drawing by Edouard Traviès showing the birds in a natural context.
Lower right Imp Delamain, 8r, Git-le-C?ur... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 120 - 150)
Starting bid
$ 80
Condition:
Condition Rating: 3
BUFFON, C., OISEAUX. 1. Le Perroquet vert - 2. Le Mascarin., antique map, old maps BUFFON, C. - OISEAUX. 1. Le Perroquet vert - 2. Le Mascarin.
Paris ca.1850, In attractive strong original colours.. 159x94mm. Some light marginal spotting. Good condition.
Noteworthy bird print engraved by Massard after a drawing by Vauthier.... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 50 - 80)
Starting bid
$ 40
Condition:
Condition Rating: 3
BUFFON, C., OISEAUX. 1. Le Kakatoes à huppe jaune - 2. Le Kakatoes à huppe rouge., antique map, old maps BUFFON, C. - OISEAUX. 1. Le Kakatoes à huppe jaune - 2. Le Kakatoes à huppe rouge.
Paris, ca.1850, In attractive strong original colours.. 153x89mm. Slight marginal spotting. Light brown spot in the centre of the engraving. Good condition.
Noteworthy bird print engraved by Aubert after a drawing by Vauthier.... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 120 - 150)
Starting bid
$ 80
Condition:
Condition Rating: 3
SELBY, Prideaux John (1788-1867)., Herring Gull, Old. Summer Plumage., antique map, old maps SELBY, Prideaux John (1788-1867). - Herring Gull, Old. Summer Plumage.
Edinburgh, Archibald Constable & Co. and Hurst, Robinson & Co., [1821-, Coloured.. 480x580mm. In very good condition.
A fine, large portrait of a gull from Selby's' Illustrations of British Ornithology'. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co. and Hurst, Robinson & Co., [1821-]1834. '[SELBY'S] GREATEST WORK WILL EVER BE DEEMED HIS CELEBRATED ILLUSTRATIONS OF BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY ... OUR ENGLISH EQUIVALENT OF AUDUBON'S ... (Click on title or image to go to item page)
Estimate
($ 260 - 300)
Starting bid
$ 200
Condition:
Condition Rating: 3

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