Matthäus Merian the Elder

Lobster

1650

MATTHAUS MERIAN, the Elder (1593-1650) MATTHAUS MERIAN, the Younger (1621 – 1687) Theatrum universale omnium Animalium. Frankfurt, 1650. Engraving with Later Hand-Color. 14.75” ...

Diana Thorne’s Dogs: An Album of Drawings. Diana Thorne. Julian Messner, Inc. New York, 1944. 24 Drawings in Lithography. “In drawing them,” she writes, “I have tried to ma...

ANIMATE CREATION “Our Living World” Reverend J. G. Wood Chromolithograph Louis Prang, Publisher Boston, Massachusetts 1885 9” x 12.5” An all-encompassing work, Wood’s encyclopedia illustrated birds and animals from around the world. Exotics from Africa, Asia and South America hold rank with cattle and sheep. This is one of the most complete collection of species then known to man. Each is rendered with complete scientific accuracy. Wood was in the company of the great illustrators of the nineteenth century. The natural history illustrations...

Beautifully hand-colored lithograph illustrating farm animals.

Framed to museum specifications using acid-free matting, backing, and hinging. Suede mat has wooden bevel. Glazed with ultra-violet filtering Plexiglas to inhibit fading.

ANIMATE CREATION “Our Living World” Reverend J. G. Wood Chromolithograph Louis Prang, Publisher Boston, Massachusetts 1885 9” x 12.5” An all-encompassing work, Wood’s encyclopedia illustrated birds and animals from around the world. Exotics from Africa, Asia and South America hold rank with cattle and sheep. This is one of the most complete collection of species then known to man. Each is rendered with complete scientific accuracy. Wood was in the company of the great illustrators of the nineteenth century. The natural history illustrations...

L’ADMIRAL, Jacob. Group of Six Insects. [Amsterdam, Johannes Sluyter, 1774]. Group of six copper engravings with fine original colour, showing the metamorphosis of butterflies, m...

L’ADMIRAL, Jacob. Group of Six Insects. Johannes Sluyter [Amsterdam 1774]. Group of six insects, copper engraved plates with fine original colour, showing the metamorphosis of bu...

Etching, drypoint, and roulette on watermarked Hallines cream laid paper, 3 3/4 x 5 7/8 inches (95 x 148 mm), full margins. A very good impression of this charming image, with all of...

Walter Rogalski White Claw, 1952 Engraving on antique-white laid Homere paper Hand signed, numbered 6/25, dated and titled on lower front ; affixed to original matting Publisher The ...

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 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 5 book volume "Storia Naturale Degli Uccelli (The Natural History of Birds)", (1767-1776), which consists of 600 hand-colored prints, miniature and life-size prints, made from engraved plates. 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...

Artist: Charles Waltner (French, 1846-1925) Title: "Le Divin Berger (The Divine Shepherd)" Portfolio: Gazette des Beaux-Arts Year: 1875 Medium: Original Etching and Drypoint on cream...