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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
La Panthere - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
La Panthere is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du R...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
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Etching
$185 Sale Price
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Ancient Roman Statue of a Horse - Original Etching by Carlo Nolli - 1700s
By Carlo Nolli
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman statue of a horse, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Carol Nolli in the 18th ce...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
Le Chat Sauvage - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Chat Sauvage is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Legrand (1723-1807).
The Artwork is depicted through confident strokes in aa well balanced composition.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$142 Sale Price
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Le Chat d
Angora - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Chat d'Angora is an etching realized in 1771 by ` (1723-1807).
It belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du Roi".
Arti...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
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Etching
$154 Sale Price
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Le Loup - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Loup is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771.
It belongs to the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon".
The Artist's signature is engraved low...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$231 Sale Price
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Birds - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Birds is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Legrand.
The Artwork is depicted through confident strokes in aa well balanced composition.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$114 Sale Price
40% Off
Le Rhinoceros - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Rhinoceros is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771.
It belongs to the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon".
The Artist's signature is engraved lower right.
Good c...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$231 Sale Price
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Le Coq - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Coq is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Legrand (1723-1807).
Titled and Signed on the plate.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière a...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$142 Sale Price
40% Off
Le Cerf De Corse - Etching by Buvée l
Américain - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Cerf De Corse is an artwork realized by Buvée l'Américain in 1771.
Etching B./W. print on ivory paper.
The artwork belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et par...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
L
Axis Male - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
L'Axis Male is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du R...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$142 Sale Price
40% Off
Anatomy of Animals - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy of Animals is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Legrand (1723-1807).
It belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet ...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$166 Sale Price
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L
Elephant - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
L'elephant is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771.
It belongs to the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon".
The Artist's signature ...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$231 Sale Price
35% Off
L
once - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
L'once is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du Roi". ...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$171 Sale Price
40% Off
Le Chameau - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Chameau is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771.
It belongs to the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon".
The Artist's signature is engrav...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$231 Sale Price
35% Off
Composition with Angels - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Composition with Angels is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Legrand (1723-1807).
The Artwork is depicted through confident strokes in aa well balanced composition.
Good conditi...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$114 Sale Price
40% Off
L
Axis Femelle - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
L'Axis Femelle is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet d...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$142 Sale Price
40% Off
Le Serval - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Serval is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du Roi...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$142 Sale Price
40% Off
Skeleton - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy of Animals is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Legrand (1723-1807).
It belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet ...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$166 Sale Price
30% Off
Composition with Angels - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Composition with Animals is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Legrand (1723-1807).
The Artwork is depicted through confident strokes in aa well balanced composition.
Good condit...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$152 Sale Price
20% Off
Skeleton - Etching by Jean Moitte - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Skeleton is an etching realized by Jean Gullaume Moitte in 1771.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du Roi...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$142 Sale Price
40% Off
Eagle /// Antique Ornithology Bird Saverio Manetti Italian Watercolor Engraving
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Saverio Manetti (Italian, 1723-1785)
Title: "Eagle" (Plate V - 5)
Portfolio: Storia Naturale Degli Uccelli (The Natural History of Birds)
Year: 1767-1776
Medium: Original Hand-Colored Engraving on watermarked laid paper
Limited edition: Unknown
Printer: Unknown
Publisher: heirs of Francesco Mouck (Vols. I-III), Gaetano Cambiagi (Vol. IV), Giuseppe Vanni (Vol. V), Florence, Italy
Reference: Ayer/Zimmer page 241; Fine Bird Books page 120; McGill/Wood, page 450; Nissen IVB No. 588
Sheet size: 16.75" x 14.5"
Platemark size: 13.63" x 10.88"
Condition: Some minor surface marks mainly in margins. In excellent condition with strong colors
Rare
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Haarlem, Netherlands. Engraved and hand-colored by Italian artists Lorenzo Lorenzi (Active: 1750-1780) and Violante Vanni (1732-1776). Latin and Italian texts by Saverio Manetti. Comes from Manetti's monumental five volume "Storia Naturale Degli Uccelli (The Natural History of Birds)", (1767-1776), which consists of 600 hand-colored engravings. Unidentified watermark in very center of sheet. Comes with its accompanying information sheet.
Eagle is the common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related. Most of the 60 species of eagle are from Eurasia and Africa.
Manetti's extraordinary "Storia Naturale Degli Uccelli (The Natural History of Birds)", 1767-1776 was commissioned by Maria Luisa, the Grand Duchess of Tuscany. It is a massive 5 book volume set...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Intaglio
Papion - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Papion is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Legrand (1723-1807).
Titled and Signed on the plate.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière a...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$142 Sale Price
40% Off
Composition with Angels - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Composition with Angels is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Legrand (1723-1807).
The Artwork is depicted through confident strokes in aa well balanced composition.
Good conditi...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$123 Sale Price
35% Off
Le Furet - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Furet is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Legrand (1723-1807).
Titled and Signed on the plate.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$142 Sale Price
40% Off
Curlew Bird and Charleston, SC: Original 1st Ed. Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original rare and extremely collectible first edition John James Audubon hand colored lithograph entitled "Long-billed Curlew", No. 71, Plate 355, from Audubon's "Birds of America. It was lithographed, printed and colored by J. T. Bowen and published in Philadelphia between 1840-1844. It depicts a male and a female Long-billed Curlew standing on a grassy mound with water and the skyline of the city of Charleston...
Category
Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Ancient Roman Fresco - Original Etching by Niccolò Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized from a design by Deangelig after Nicolò Vanni in the 18th century.
Signe...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
George Edwards: c18th Engravings of Birds in Decalcomania Frames
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: "A History of Uncommon Birds", 1749-1761.
A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural Histo...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
Corvus, Cornix (Hooded Crow) /// Dutch Ornithology Bird Animal Engraving Print
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Cornelius Nozeman (Dutch, 1720-1786)
Title: "Corvus, Cornix (Hooded Crow)" (Plate 106)
Portfolio: Nederlandsche Vogelen (Dutch Birds)
Year: 1770-1829
Medium: Original Hand-Co...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio
Captain Mazin Rides, and the Marquis Gives the Lesson /// Equestrian Horse Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: William Cavendish (English, 1593-1676)
Title: "Captain Mazin Rides, and the Marquis Gives the Lesson" (Plate 17, Page 76)
Portfolio: Methode et Invention Nouvelle de Dresser ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching, Intaglio
Petit Papion - Etching by Jacques Baron - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Petit Papion is an etching realized by Jacques Baron in 1771.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du Roi". ...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$142 Sale Price
40% Off
Le Lapin D
Angora - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Lapin D'angora is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec ...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$142 Sale Price
40% Off
Le Moufflon - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Moufflon is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du R...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$142 Sale Price
40% Off
Le Saimiri - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Saimiri is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du Ro...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$142 Sale Price
40% Off
Colorful Parrot: An 18th Century Hand-colored Bird Engraving by Martinet
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored engraving of a parrot bird entitled "La Perruche-Ara, de Cayenne (Parrot)" by Francois Nicolas Martinet, plate 864 from 'Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux' in ass...
Category
Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
George Edwards: 18th Century Engravings of Ducks And Wading Birds
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761.
A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural Hi...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
George Edwards: c18th Engravings of Birds in Decalcomania Frames
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: "A History of Uncommon Birds", 1749-1761.
A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural Histo...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
Canada Goose: an Original 1st Edition Hand Colored Audubon Bird Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This original first edition hand-colored lithograph entitled "Canada Goose" was produced by J. T. Bowen after a drawing by John James Audubon. It was published in Audubon's first octavo edition of Birds of America in Philadelphia in 1840. It depicts two Canada geese, a male and a female.
This Audubon bird lithograph is in excellent condition other than tiny foci (1-2 mm) of discoloration at the edge of the upper margin of the sheet and some wrinkling along the left edge related to the book binding. The print is otherwise in very good condition. The original descriptive text from Audubon's publication is included with the purchase of this beautiful and striking lithograph. The sheet measures 10.13' x 6.75".
John James Audubon (1785-1851) was a naturalist and artist. He was initially unsuccessful financially prior to the publication of his famous work “The Birds of America”, spending time in debtor’s prison...
Category
Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Putorius
Pseudo Phalangium (The Pole-Cat) (Skunk) /// Mark Catesby Animal Art
By Mark Catesby
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Mark Catesby (English, 1638-1749)
Title: "Putorius & Pseudo Phalangium (The Pole-Cat) (Skunk)" (Plate/Tab 62)
Portfolio: Natural History of Carolina, Florida & the Bahama Isl...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Etching, Intaglio
Hand Coloured 18th Century Copper engraving from "Small Riding School" No 26
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 18th century hand coloured copper plate engraving of an equestrian subject by Johann Elias Ridinger. Initial signed 'in the plate' bottom right. Presented in a fine gilt wood fra...
Category
Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
John Gould - Trogon Personatus from
Birds of Great Britain
C. 1862
By John Gould
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Trogon Personatus - John Gould lithograph with hand-colored
size 54 cm X 36 cm
This remarkable ornithology lithograph with hand-finished color i...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$864 Sale Price
20% Off
Le Paon - Etching after Jacques De seve - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized in 1771.
It belongs to the first edition of the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon".
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$185 Sale Price
35% Off
4 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars
their Strange Diet..
Located in Middletown, NY
Four plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars and their Strange Diet of Flowers. “Wolfsmelk Rupsen;" “Wolfsmilch, Raupe und Schmetterling" Amsterdam: J F Bernard, 1730. Each an engraving with hand coloring in watercolor and gouache printed on one sheet of watermarked Honig cream laid paper, each measures 6 1/4 x 5 inches (157 x 121 mm), sheet measures 20 5/8 x 14 inches (522 x 355 mm), full margins. With handling creases in the lower right sheet quadrant, as well as minor, loose cockling, otherwise in very good condition. The colors are superb with exceptionally fresh and bright saturation. Engraved between 1679 and 1683, printed 1730. Plates included: LIV, LV, LVI, & LVII.
MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN was one of the most highly respected entomologists of the 17th century, and remains today one of the field's most significant figures. A German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, she reared herself on the study of caterpillars, and made tremendous contributions to the knowledge of the life cycles of numerous species. Until her detailed and careful study of the process of metamorphosis it was thought that insects were "born of mud," through spontaneous generation.
Trained as a miniature painter by her stepfather, she published her first book of illustrations in 1675, at the age of 28. In 1679, Merian published the first volume of the two-volume series on caterpillars, The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars and their Strange Diet of Flowers; the second volume followed in 1683. Each volume contained 50 plates that she engraved and etched. In 1699, Merian traveled to Dutch Guiana...
Category
Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
White Stork "Storch Ciconia": An 18th Century Hand-colored Frisch Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a rare 18th Century hand-colored copperplate engraving entitled "Der Storch Ciconia" (White Stork) by Johann Leonhard Frisch is plate 19...
Category
Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
John Gould - Ciconia Nigra from
Birds of Great Britain
C. 1862
By John Gould
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Ciconia Nigra - John Gould lithograph with hand-coloured
size 54 cm X 36 cm
This remarkable ornithology lithograph with hand-finished colour is ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$944 Sale Price
20% Off
Le Renard - Etching by Jean C. Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771.
It belongs to the first edition of the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon".
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$154 Sale Price
35% Off
4 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars
their Strange Diet..
Located in Middletown, NY
Four plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars and their Strange Diet of Flowers. “Wolfsmelk Rupsen;" “Wolfsmilch, Raupe und Schmetterling" Amsterdam: J F Bernard, 1730. Each an engraving with hand coloring in watercolor and gouache printed on one sheet of watermarked Honig cream laid paper, each measures 6 1/4 x 5 inches (157 x 121 mm), sheet measures 20 5/8 x 14 inches (522 x 355 mm), full margins. With handling creases in the lower right sheet quadrant, as well as minor, loose cockling, otherwise in very good condition. The colors are superb with exceptionally fresh and bright saturation. Engraved between 1679 and 1683, printed 1730. Plates included: No.1:I; No. 2:1; II & III.
MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN was one of the most highly respected entomologists of the 17th century, and remains today one of the field's most significant figures. A German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, she reared herself on the study of caterpillars, and made tremendous contributions to the knowledge of the life cycles of numerous species. Until her detailed and careful study of the process of metamorphosis it was thought that insects were "born of mud," through spontaneous generation.
Trained as a miniature painter by her stepfather, she published her first book of illustrations in 1675, at the age of 28. In 1679, Merian published the first volume of the two-volume series on caterpillars, The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars and their Strange Diet of Flowers; the second volume followed in 1683. Each volume contained 50 plates that she engraved and etched. In 1699, Merian traveled to Dutch Guiana...
Category
Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Purple Martin Bien Ed. J.J. Audubon rare hand colored chromolithograph
Located in Paonia, CO
Two adult Purple Martins are feeding their two fledglings at the nest. This chromolithograph is from The Birds of America by John James Audubon and is ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Horn - Etching by Jean C. Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771.
It belongs to the first edition of the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon".
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$139 Sale Price
35% Off
Eagle: A 16th/17th Century Hand-colored Engraving by Aldrovandi
Located in Alamo, CA
This very rare, first edition, folio hand-colored engraving of an eagle is plate K2 from Ulisse Aldrovandi’s 'Opera Omnia', published between 1599 an...
Category
Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Le Millouinan /// Ornithology Martinet Bird Animal Art Duck Natural History
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: François-Nicolas Martinet (French, 1731-1800)
Title: "Le Millouinan" (Plate 1002)
Portfolio: Histoire Naturelle Des Oiseaux
*Signed by Martinet in the plate (printed signatur...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio
Le Brebis des Indes - Etching by Jean C. Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771.
It belongs to the first edition of the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon".
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$154 Sale Price
35% Off
4 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars
their Strange Diet..
Located in Middletown, NY
Four plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars and their Strange Diet of Flowers. “Wolfsmelk Rupsen;" “Wolfsmilch, Raupe und Schmetterling" Amsterdam: J F Bernard, 1730. Each an engraving with hand coloring in watercolor and gouache printed on one sheet of watermarked Honig cream laid paper, each measures 6 1/4 x 5 inches (157 x 121 mm), sheet measures 20 5/8 x 14 inches (522 x 355 mm), full margins. With one 1.5 inch inch tear across the area of the top-left corner, well outside of image area. Handling creases in the lower right sheet quadrant, as well as minor, loose cockling, otherwise in very good condition. The colors are superb with exceptionally fresh and bright saturation. Engraved between 1679 and 1683, printed 1730. Plates included: CXXI, CXXII, CXXIII, & CXXIV.
MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN was one of the most highly respected entomologists of the 17th century, and remains today one of the field's most significant figures. A German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, she reared herself on the study of caterpillars, and made tremendous contributions to the knowledge of the life cycles of numerous species. Until her detailed and careful study of the process of metamorphosis it was thought that insects were "born of mud," through spontaneous generation.
Trained as a miniature painter by her stepfather, she published her first book of illustrations in 1675, at the age of 28. In 1679, Merian published the first volume of the two-volume series on caterpillars, The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars and their Strange Diet of Flowers; the second volume followed in 1683. Each volume contained 50 plates that she engraved and etched. In 1699, Merian traveled to Dutch Guiana...
Category
Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Le Bouquetin - Etching by Jean C. Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771.
It belongs to the first edition of the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon".
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$139 Sale Price
35% Off
Le Brebis des Indes - Etching by Jean C. Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771.
It belongs to the first edition of the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon".
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$139 Sale Price
35% Off
Le Morse - Etching by Antoine Defehrt - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized in 1771.
It belongs to the first edition of the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon".
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$139 Sale Price
35% Off
Het leeuwendeel (The Lion
s Share) /// Old Masters Animals Landscape Dog Leopard
By Dirk Stoop
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dirk Stoop (Dutch, c.1615-1686)
Title: "Het leeuwendeel (The Lion's Share)"
Portfolio: The Fables of Aesop
Year: 1665 (an earlier state of unknown states)
Medium: Original Et...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Prints
Materials
Gesso, Laid Paper, Etching, Intaglio
[ Bird of Paradise] La Pie de paradise, vue par derriere, No.21
Located in Paonia, CO
[ Bird of Paradise] La Pie de paradise, vue par derriere , No.21, Paris 1801-1806 [Astrapia nigra]. Color-printed engraving with hand-coloring. French botanical and zoological illustrator Jacques Barraband (1767-1809) was known as one of the finest ornithological artists of his time .He is best known for his watercolors and engravings that were commissioned by François LeVaillant, French explorer, naturalist, zoological collector , noted ornithologist and author. Levaillant’s Histoire naturelle des perroquets (1801-05) and his Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis (Birds of Paradise, 1801-06), both of which Barraband contributed to, are still considered some of the most beautiful bird books of all times because of their exceptional scientific accuracy, rich color and detail. The Astrapia nigra is a Bird of Paradise that inhabits the Vogelkop Peninsula of West Papua...
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Le Tapir - Etching by Juste Chevillet - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Tapir is an etching realized by Juste Chevillet in 1771.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du Roi". Pa...
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Bird of Prey: A 16th/17th Century Hand-colored Engraving by Aldrovandi
Located in Alamo, CA
This very rare, first edition, folio hand-colored woodcut engraving of a bird of prey is plate 219 from Ulisse Aldrovandi’s 'Opera Omnia', published ...
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Girls and Pigs - Etching by William Ward After George Morland - 1797
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 38.2 x 45.7 cm.
Girl and Pigs is an original etching, hand-colored, d'après George Morland.
Interesting artist's proof by William Ward ...
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