Natural History Prints

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[Elch Moose]

One Latin text page with on recto a wood cut illustration of an Elch Moose (11,5 x 16 cm). From Münster's Cosmographia Universalis.The Cosmographia by Sebastian Münster...

$15 / ≈ €14

Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basle, ca. 1564
Selling price: $15
Sold in 2018

[River horse]

On verso a presentation of a river horse, a fantastic animal. From a French text edition of his Cosmographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge. In 1575 Seb...

$5 / ≈ €5

Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basle 1575 - 1580
Selling price: $5
Sold in 2015

Rhino. On verso elephant.

An early representation of a Rhino.VERSO: an early depiction of an elephant carrying people in a basket.From a French text edition of his Cosmographia , that great compen...

$125 / ≈ €117

Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER,S.
Place & Date: Basle 1580
Selling price: $125
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[Crocodile]

On recto a crocodile and on verso an early birds-eye Alexandria in Egypt.From a German text edition of his Geographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge.

$10 / ≈ €9

Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1590
Selling price: $10
Sold in 2015

Nigra Sylva olim pars Herciniae Sylvae.

On recto an early scene showing the Foret Noire with different animals (a wolf, dear, bear, etc. (Print : 77x150 mm).From a Latin text edition of his Geographia , that gr...

$25 / ≈ €23

Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER,S.
Place & Date: Basle 1550-1590
Selling price: $25
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'Crab and lobster'.

A copper engraving. Print showing 2 lovely crustaceans.

$50 / ≈ €47

Maker / Publisher: Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R.
Place & Date: English, ca 1650
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2020

'Lions'.

A copper engraving. Print showing lions in different poses.

$50 / ≈ €47

Maker / Publisher: Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R.
Place & Date: English, ca 1650
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2019

'Peacocks'.

A copper engraving. Print showing peacocks in different poses.

$50 / ≈ €47

Maker / Publisher: Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R.
Place & Date: English, ca 1650
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2020

L. Colivri / Pie Griesche.

A very fine and decorative representation of two birds, with flowers and insects. In the style of DeBry, but here by François Langlois, French (1589-1647).

Maker / Publisher: LANGLOIS, F.
Place & Date: Paris, c.1655
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2022

Utilis Piscis serram ad instar Picis habens. Delphinus prior, Delphin. . .

Decorative and early copper engraving showing a narwhale and four dolphins, from : Historiae Naturalis de Quadrupedibus libri.The re-edition of the edition of Frankfurt o...

$50 / ≈ €47

Maker / Publisher: JONSTON, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1657
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2020

Draco hipes apteros in Agro Bononiensi. . . .

Decorative and early copper engraving showing four dragons, from : Historiae Naturalis de Quadrupedibus libri.The re-edition of the edition of Frankfurt of 1650-53 illust...

$60 / ≈ €56

Maker / Publisher: JONSTON, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1657
Selling price: $60
Sold in 2020

Grijphus, Grijps, Hippopotanus. . .

Decorative and early copper engraving showing a griffin and two sorts of hippopotamus, from : Historiae Naturalis de Quadrupedibus libri.The re-edition of the edition of ...

$30 / ≈ €28

Maker / Publisher: JONSTON, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1657
Selling price: $30
Sold in 2020

(Three plates showing tigers, leopards, lion, etc, etc.)

Two pages from the first and only but very important Dutch edition of this curious and comprehensive zoological work, richly illustrated with excellent copper engravings,...

$96 / ≈ €90

Maker / Publisher: JONSTON, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1660
Selling price: $96
Sold in 2017

The Bass Island: Soland Goose; Heron; Sea Gull; Wild Duck; Curlew.

The Bass Island etching by Francis Barlow and engraved by Francis Place is from a work dedicated to Richard Maitland, 4th Earl of Lauderdale in 1686. On lined paper with ...

$260 / ≈ €243

Maker / Publisher: Francis Barlow – Francis Place.
Place & Date: London, 1686
Selling price: $260
Sold in 2017

[Snakes and Birds.]

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 ...

$200 / ≈ €187

Maker / Publisher: SEBA, Albertus.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1735
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2020

Histoire Naturelle, Phoques.

An interesting plate showing four types of seal. Probably from a work by Diderot named Encyclopedia oder Dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers.

$20 / ≈ €19

Maker / Publisher: BENARD, R.
Place & Date: Paris, ca 1756
Selling price: $20
Sold in 2019

La Brebis

Decorative copper engraving from "Histoire naturelle" by Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de BUFFON, this great naturalist (1707-88) spent the greater part of his l...

$30 / ≈ €28

Maker / Publisher: BUFFON,G
Place & Date: Paris 1758
Selling price: $30
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[Four butterflies on one sheet]

Beautifully hand-colored copper engraving of 4 butterflies on one sheet, from "Beyträge zur Natur- oder Insecten-Geschichte." By the engraver and publisher Chr...

$40 / ≈ €37

Maker / Publisher: KLEEMANN, F. C.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1761
Selling price: $40
Sold in 2019

Two Pythons, Scarlet Ibis and Shama.

Plate LXII from Albertus Seba's 'Thesaurus', displaying a pair of snakes, a scarlet Ibis and a small bird on a branch. Albertus Seba (1665-1736) was a Dutch apothecary, z...

$285 / ≈ €267

Maker / Publisher: SEBA, Albertus.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1734-1769
Selling price: $285
Sold in 2021

[Insects]

Decorative plate from Naauwkeurige waarneemingen omtrent de veranderingen van veele insekten of gekorvene diertjes. Engraved by Ludwig Schmidt after Jablonsky. Printed by...

$30 / ≈ €28

Maker / Publisher: L'ADMIRAL,J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1774
Selling price: $30
Sold in 2009

[Insects]

Decorative plate from Naauwkeurige waarneemingen omtrent de veranderingen van veele insekten of gekorvene diertjes. Engraved by Ludwig Schmidt after Jablonsky. Printed by...

$50 / ≈ €47

Maker / Publisher: L'ADMIRAL, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1774
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2013

[Insects] Plate XXI

Decorative plate from ''Naauwkeurige waarneemingen omtrent de veranderingen van veele insekten of gekorvene diertjes.'' Engraved by Ludwig Schmidt after Jablonsky. Printe...

$40 / ≈ €37

Maker / Publisher: L'ADMIRAL,J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1774
Selling price: $40
Sold in 2009

Anatra col collare dell'Isola di Terra Nuova.

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 i...

$250 / ≈ €234

Maker / Publisher: MANETTI, Saverio.
Place & Date: Florence, 1767-1776
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2020

Histoire Naturelle.Vers Testaces a Coquille Multivalve...

Complicated engraving depicting Barnacles.

$35 / ≈ €33

Maker / Publisher: Bernard Direxit
Place & Date: Paris, 1778
Selling price: $35
Sold in 2013

Spotted Brown Snake (No Title).

Striking large hand-colored, copper plate of a spotted snake. From Buchoz's book "Histoire Naturelle". Pierre-Joseph Buchoz (1731- 1807) was a French physician,...

$6 / ≈ €6

Maker / Publisher: BUCHOZ, P.
Place & Date: Paris, 1781
Selling price: $6
Sold in 2016