Mark Catesby – Lacertus Ominum Maximus – The Alligator and the Mangrove Tree

May 7, 2018May 12, 2018 WCL 182 Views alligator, mangrove, Mark Catesby, natural history

Lacertus omnium maximus, Crocodilus: The Alligator from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands “The Largeness, Strength,

18th Century Antique Prints Botanical Botanical / Plants Natural History

Mark Catesby – Lacertus Cauda Caerulia – Plate LXVII – The Guana

May 7, 2018May 12, 2018 WCL 129 Views Mark Catesby, natural history

Lacertus Indicus – The Guana – 18th Century Copperlate Engraving Original Hand-coloring Catesby described the Lizard thus: “This kind of

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Mark Catesby – Species from the Bahamas – Acacia Tree and Butterfly

May 7, 2018May 12, 2018 WCL 123 Views Bahama, Bahamas, Mark Catesby, natural history

Acacia foliis amplioribus; siliquis cincinnatis.- “In the Bahama Islands these Trees grow to about fifteen Inches in Thickness, and thirty

18th Century Antique Prints Botanical Botanical / Plants Natural History

Mark Catesby – Plate XCIII – Flowering Plants from the Bahamas

May 7, 2018May 12, 2018 WCL 146 Views Mark Catesby, natural history

18th Century copperplate engraving with original gand-coloring from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands Plate XCIII

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Mark Catesby – Plate XCVII – Anguis viridis (Green Snake) – Cassena Vera

May 7, 2018May 12, 2018 WCL 116 Views Mark Catesby, natural history

Anguis Viridis: The Green Snake – From Mark Catesby – The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands

18th Century Antique Prints Botanical Botanical / Plants Natural History

Mark Catesby – The Ribbon Snake and Winter’s Bark

May 7, 2018May 12, 2018 WCL 143 Views Mark Catesby, natural history

Anguis Gracilis Fuscus: The Ribbon-Snake 18th Century Copperlate Engraving by Mark Catesby with original Hand-coloring “This is a slender Snake,

18th Century Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History Ornithology

Francois Nicolas Martinet – Birds from Encyclopedie

May 6, 2018May 14, 2018 WCL 116 Views birds

Original 18th Century copperplate print after a drawing by Francois Nicolas Martinet – one of the most famous bird illustrators

Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History

Francois Nicolas Martinet

May 6, 2018May 14, 2018 WCL 114 Views birds

Original 18th Century copperplate print after a drawing by Francois Nicolas Martinet – one of the most famous bird illustrators

Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History

Saverio Manetti -18th Century Engraving of an Owl – Strige Maggiore

May 6, 2018May 16, 2018 WCL 114 Views birds

Saverio Manetti Owl – Plate LXXXIV – Strige Maggiori o Strige Allocco From Storia naturale degli uccelli (The Natural History

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Temminck’s Birds – Poule d’Eau by Jean Gabriel Pretre

May 6, 2018May 15, 2018 WCL 115 Views birds

Original hand-colored copperplate engraving from Temmnick’s Nouveau Receuil des Planches coloriees d’oiseau. (New Collection of Colored Plates of Birds) entitled

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Temminck’s Birds – Ortotome sepium by Jean Gabriel Pretre

May 6, 2018May 14, 2018 WCL 104 Views birds

Original handcolored copperplate engraving from Temmnick’s Nouveau Receuil des Planches coloriees d’oiseau. (New Collection of Colored Plates of Birds) Dimensions:

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Temminck’s Birds – Coucou geai by Nicolas Huet

May 6, 2018May 14, 2018 WCL 123 Views birds

Original handcolored copperplate engraving from Temmnick’s Nouveau Receuil des Planches coloriees d’oiseau. (New Collection of Colored Plates of Birds) Dimensions:

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Saverio Manetti -Canadian Owl – 18th Century – Civetta del Canada

May 6, 2018May 16, 2018 WCL 106 Views birds

Saverio Manetti Owl – Plate LXXX – Civetta del Canada. Noctua Canadensis From Storia naturale degli uccelli (The Natural History

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Temminck’s Birds – Gros-bec by Jean Gabriel Pretre

May 6, 2018May 14, 2018 WCL 141 Views birds

Original handcolored copperplate engrvings from Temmnick’s Nouveau Receuil des Planches coloriees d’oiseau. (New Collection of Colored Plates of Birds) Dimensions:

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Serresius Galeatus from Bonaparte’s Pigeons

May 6, 2018May 7, 2018 WCL 191 Views birds

Serresius Galeatus Rare Lithograph from Charles Lucien Bonaparte’s Iconographie des Pigeons Serresius Galeatus lithograph by F. Willy – Plate 33

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Osculatia Saphirina – Purple Quail Dove – from Bonaparte’s Pigeons

May 6, 2018May 7, 2018 WCL 145 Views birds

Osculatia Saphirina – Alternate common name(s): Purple Quail-Dove, Purple-crowned Quail-Dove, Indigo-crowned Quail-Dove Rare Lithograph from Charles Lucien Bonaparte’s Iconographie des Pigeons

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Ptilopus Roseicapillus from Bonaparte’s Pigeons

May 6, 2018May 7, 2018 WCL 126 Views birds

Ptilopus Roseicapillus Rare Lithograph from Charles Lucien Bonaparte’s Iconographie des Pigeons Ptilopus Roseicapillus by F. Willy – Plate 23 with

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Ptilopus Greyi from Bonaparte’s Pigeons

May 6, 2018May 7, 2018 WCL 136 Views birds

Ptilopus Greyi Rare Lithograph from Charles Lucien Bonaparte’s Iconographie des Pigeons Ptilopus Greyi Plate 25 After F. Willy with one

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Osmotreron Vernans from Bonaparte’s Pigeons

May 6, 2018May 7, 2018 WCL 143 Views birds

Plate 13 from Charles-Louis Bonaparte’s Iconographie des Pigeons Osmotreron Vernans – A tropical species of green pigeon found in Malaysia

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Phalacrotreron Delalandii from Bonaparte’s Pigeons

May 6, 2018May 7, 2018 WCL 118 Views birds

Charles-Louis Bonaparte – Phalacrotreron Delalandii Plate 1 from Charles-Louis Bonaparte’s Iconographie des Pigeons. Lithograph after Paul Louis Oudart with one

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Osmotreron Malabarica from Bonaparte’s Pigeons

May 6, 2018May 6, 2018 WCL 167 Views birds

Rare Lithograph from Charles Lucien Bonaparte’s Iconographie des Pigeons – Osmotreron Malabarica -Plate 12 By Paul Louis Oudart with one