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Arena: Anemone

Filippo ARENA

Anemone

Copper plate engraving with later hand colour, published in La Natura e Coltura dei Fiori Fisicamente Esposta in Palermo, Italy 1767.

£375

Unframed

 
Arena: Anemone & Aquilegia

Filippo ARENA

Anemone & Aquilegia

Copper plate engraving with later hand colour, published in La Natura e Coltura dei Fiori Fisicamente Esposta in Palermo, Italy 1767.

£375

Unframed

 
Arena: Narcissus

Filippo ARENA

Narcissus

Copper plate engraving with later hand colour, published in La Natura e Coltura dei Fiori Fisicamente Esposta in Palermo, Italy 1767.

£375

Unframed

 
Arena: Orchid

Filippo ARENA

Orchid Ornithogalium

Copper plate engraving with later hand colour, published in La Natura e Coltura dei Fiori Fisicamente Esposta in Palermo, Italy 1767.

£375

Unframed

 
Elliot: Golden Pheasant

Joseph WOLF after Daniel Giraud ELLIOT

Thaumalia Picta [Golden Pheasant]

A magnificent hand coloured lithograph by Wolf, Smit and Keulemans published as part of Elliot’s famous work, A Monograph of the Phasianidae or Family of the Pheasants, in New York in 1872.

£1250

Unframed

 
Hartinger: Orangutan

Hartinger's Wall Chart

The ORANGUTAN

A large chromolithographed plate of an adult orang-utan published in Vienna and Prague circa 1890.

£575

Unframed

 
Ottman: cattle

J. OTTMANN

Hereford Cattle. Sir Bartle Group of Yearling Grade Hereford Steers and their Sire

A hand coloured lithograph by J. Ottmann published in New York in 1886.

£950

Unframed


Elliot: Pheasants
Elliot: Pheasants

Daniel Giraud ELLIOT

  1. EUPLOCOMUS ALBO-CRISTATUS ~ White Crested Kaleege
  2. EUPLOCAMUS NOBILIS ~ Bornean Fire Back

A magnificent pair of hand coloured lithographs by Wolf, Smit and Keulemans published as part of Elliot’s famous work, A Monograph of the Phasianidae or Family of the Pheasants, in New York in 1872.

£1,800
each
Framed


Catesby: Red Curlew

Mark CATESBY

The Red Curlew

A copperplate etching, coloured by hand, published in the Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands in London between 1731 and 1743.

£975


Homann: Crocodile

Johann Baptiste HOMANN

The Crocodile

A copper plate engraving with original hand colour published by Homann in Germany in 1753.

£1,800


Selby: Bittern

Prideaux John SELBY

Bittern

A copper plate etching with original hand colour, by P. J. Selby and William Lizars after Selby’s original drawings, published in London in 1834.

£395


Selby: Goosander

Prideaux John SELBY

Goosander (male)

A copper plate etching with original hand colour, by P. J. Selby and William Lizars after Selby’s original drawings, published in London in 1834.

£975


A Selection from Dr. Robert Thornton's
TEMPLE OF FLORA


Dr. Robert Thornton was a lecturer on medical botany at both Guy's and St. Thomas's hospitals. He published many of his own works including the "New Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus" which culminated in the magnificent volume of colour plates entitled The Temple of Flora. Thornton devoted his modest fortune to this publication, which he vowed would be the most magnificent botanical work ever produced. The resultant plates are quite breathtaking: colour printed mezzotints and stipple engravings depicting both familiar and unusual plants set against romantic landscapes. Sadly, the expense involved in producing the Temple of Flora reduced Thornton to bankruptcy as he relied upon subscriptions that were not forthcoming. In an attempt to recoup some of his losses he published a smaller edition of the work and arranged a 'lottery' for 6th May 1813 at which the original paintings were offered as prizes. Unfortunately the lottery was also undersubscribed and, despite his affluent past, Thornton died penniless in 1837. He left behind what is arguably the finest botanical work ever to be printed in England.

The plates are mixed-method engravings, printed in colours and hand finished, separately issued in London by Thornton between 1799 and 1807, when the complete volume was issued.
Thornton: Passion Flower

G. WARNER after Henderson

The Winged Passion Flower

A magnificent, mixed method engraving by G. Warner after the drawing by Henderson published in London in 1802, then subsequently reissued in 1807 as part of Dr. Robert Thornton’s The Temple of Flora.

£2500

Framed

Thornton: Roses

Richard Earlom after Thornton.

Roses

The only plate drawn by Thornton. First State, published 1805.

SOLD

Thornton: Carnations

CALDWELL after Henderson.

A Group of Carnations

First state of two, published in 1803.

£4,200

Thornton: Hyacinths

WARNER after Edwards

Hyacinths

Published 1801

£3,500

Thornton: Aloe

Thomas MEDLAND after Reinagle

The Aloe

Published in 1798.

£2,200

 
George Edwards: Parrots

George EDWARDS

[Group of Six Parrots & Tropical Birds]

Six etchings in exceptional, original hand colour published in A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, in London between 1748 and 1764.

£2,800
Framed

 
Selby: Black Scooter

Prideaux John SELBY

Black Scooter. Male.

Copper plate etching with original hand colour, by P. J. Selby and William Lizars after Selby’s original drawings.18½ x 22¼".

£350

Severeyns: Camelias

G. SEVEREYNS

Nouvelle Iconographie des Camellias
6 x 8¾"
From a series of finely chromolithographed plates of camellias after the designs of Bernard Leon, published by Severeyns in Brussels between 1848 and 1857. Originally the work was intended as a catalogue of camellias for a nursery operated by the Verschaffelt family in Belgium but the plates were soon recognised as decorative pieces in their own right.

£265ea
Framed


Weinman: Carnations

Johannes WEINMANN

Carnations

A magnificent set of four copper plate engravings of carnations, published for Johannes Weinmann's famous botanical work, Phytanthoza Iconographia, in Germany between 1737 and 1745.

£3,250


Geroge Edwards: Monkeys

EDWARDS & DE SEVE

Set of eight copper engravings of monkeys, after George Edwards and de Seve, published in Germany c.1760.

£2,800
Framed


Barraband: Parrots

Jacques BARRABAND

Parrots

A series of colour printed stipple engraving by Jacques Barraband, published in Paris between 1801 and 1805.

From
£950

 
John GOULD
Four Ducks
A group of four lithographs in fine original hand colour. These prints are engraved by H. C. Richter after the drawings by John and Elizabeth Gould and published in John Gould’s The Birds of Europe between 1832 and 1837.

John Gould: Ducks
Golden Eye

John Gould: Ducks
Tufted Duck
John Gould: Ducks
Red Breasted Merganser
John Gould: Ducks
Gossander

John GOULD
Birds of Australia
Lithographs in original hand colour
These plates were drawn and lithographed by J. Gould and H. C. Richter and appeared in Gould's famous ornithological collection, The Birds of Australia, published in London between 1840 and 1869.

John Gould: Eagle

The Spotted Harrier [and] The Little Eagle

A pair depicting the Spotted Harrier (Circus Assimillis) and the Little Eagle (Aquila Morphnoides). Framed.

£1,900
Pair


John Gould: Owl

Athene? Strenua: Gould

The Powerful Owl with a very unfortunate koala bear. Framed.

£950


Marcus BLOCH

From a selection of copper plate engravings, watercoloured by hand and then heightened with silver leaf. Published in what has often been described as the most beautiful work on fish ever produced: Ichthyologie, ou Histoire Naturelle Générale et Particulière des Poissons, by the German physician, Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723-1799).

From
£350

Alexandre BIVORT


ANNALES DE POMOLOGIE BELGE ET ETRANGERE


One from a series of hand coloured lithographs of fruits by Alexandre Bivort, published in Brussels by F. Parent between 1853 and 1860.

From
£150