Mark Catesby – Plate LXXXIII
Antique engraving by Mark Catesby – Plate LXXXIII from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands Original
Botanical
Maria Sibylla Merian – Opossum “Rat de Forest” plate 66 of Merian’s “Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium”
The Seventeenth-century German artist and natural history illustrator Anna Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717) is best known for her travels and
Cereus Cactus Flower – Plantae Selectae
Tab XXXII – Cereus Original 18th Century engraving from Plantae Selectae. Condition: Very good. Some light spotting. The high light
Cereus – Night Blooming Cactus – Plantae Selectae Plate XIV
Plantae Selectae – Tab XIV – CEREUS – Night Blooming Cactus Condition: Very good. Some light spotting. The high light
Red Pineapple – Plate III – Ehret / Trew – Plantae Selectae
Plate III – Ananas folio fix ferato Original 18th Century engraving from one of the greatest botanical books ever published.
Pineapple – Ehret / Trew – Plantae Selectae
Plate II – Ananas (Hawaiian Pineapple) from Plantae Selectae Condition: Very good. Some light spotting and creasing. The high light
Camellia Countess of Derby – Van Houtte Flore des Serres et des Jardins
Camellia Countess of Derby from Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe Dimensions: 16.5 x 25 cm
Yellow Throated Warbler and Red Maple – J. M. Seligmann After Mark Catesby
Yellow Throated Warbler and Flowering Red Maple 1749 – J. M. SELIGMANN AFTER MARK CATESBY Finely handpainted copperplate print engraved
Seligmann after Catesby – Parus Uropygeo Luteo: The Yellow-Rump
Finely handpainted copperplate print engraved by Seligmann for his Sammlung verschiedener auslandischer und seltener Vogel based on the original plate
Mark Catesby – 18th Century Copperplate – The Hermit Crab
Cancellus Terrestris Bahamensis: The Hermit Crab; Manghala arbor Curassafica, foliis Salignis: Button-Wood; Frutex trifolius resinosus;…T.33. 18th Century Copperplate Engraving –
Mark Catesby – Lacertus Ominum Maximus – The Alligator and the Mangrove Tree
Lacertus omnium maximus, Crocodilus: The Alligator from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands “The Largeness, Strength,
Mark Catesby – Lacertus Cauda Caerulia – Plate LXVII – The Guana
Lacertus Indicus – The Guana – 18th Century Copperlate Engraving Original Hand-coloring Catesby described the Lizard thus: “This kind of
Mark Catesby – Species from the Bahamas – Acacia Tree and Butterfly
Acacia foliis amplioribus; siliquis cincinnatis.- “In the Bahama Islands these Trees grow to about fifteen Inches in Thickness, and thirty
Mark Catesby – Plate XCIII – Flowering Plants from the Bahamas
18th Century copperplate engraving with original gand-coloring from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands Plate XCIII
Mark Catesby – Plate XCVII – Anguis viridis (Green Snake) – Cassena Vera
Anguis Viridis: The Green Snake – From Mark Catesby – The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands
Mark Catesby – The Ribbon Snake and Winter’s Bark
Anguis Gracilis Fuscus: The Ribbon-Snake 18th Century Copperlate Engraving by Mark Catesby with original Hand-coloring “This is a slender Snake,
Daniel Rabel – 17th Century Botanical Engraving of Tulips
Daniel Rabel – Tulips Rare original hand-colored copper engraving from the botanical book “Theatrum Florae” published in Paris circa 1630.
Two Antique Botanical Engravings, Iris and other Flowers
Pair of hand-colored botanical engravings, french matted and beautifully framed in antique gilt frames. Early 19th Century. Pink Marguerite daisies
Daniel Rabel – Theatrum Florae – Three Tulips
Tulips pl. 11 Rare original hand-colored copper engraving from the botanical book “Theatrum Florae” published in Paris circa 1625. Daniel
Sir John Hill Antique Botanical Engraving from the 1757 Work “Eden” (Sold)
Botanical Engraving by Sir John Hill Handcolored Botanical Copperplate Engraving Plate 5 from “Eden: Or a Complete Body of Gardening”
Sir John Hill – Antique Botanical Engraving from the 1757 Work Eden (Sold)
Botanical Engraving by Sir John Hill Handcolored Botanical Copperplate Engraving Plate 4 from “Eden: Or a Complete Body of Gardening”