1807 William Daniell, Kingfisher, Ornithology, Hand Coloured Aquatint

Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733); engraved by P.A. Kilian. Bible engraving, Noah’s Ark Folio. Dimensions: 38 x 24 cm. Hand coloured This fascinating folio engraving is from Johann Jakob Scheuchzer’s Physica Sacra. The work was published in Augsburg und Ulm between 1731 and 1735. Each engraving features highly decorative borders which feature biblical and scientific depictions. Physica Sacra combined theological and scientific practices in an attempt to reconcile biblical passages with the new sciences of the time. The work is an extraordinary illustrated natural history work, and a great example of the decorative nature of the 18th century copper engraving. Scheuchzer was a founder of paleobotany and European paleontology, as well as a professor of mathematics and physics. He believed the Old Testament was a factual account of the history of the world...

Redstart Fine large folio stipple engraving with hand colour. On Turkey Mills Wattman paper. Overall dimensions: 35.3 x 26 cm Issued in Brookshaw’s scarce monograph: Six ...

Goldfinch Fine large folio stipple engraving with hand colour. On Turkey Mills Wattman paper. Overall dimensions: 35.3 x 26 cm Issued in Brookshaw’s scarce monograph: Six...

EXQUISITE PANORAMA OF THE CITY OF ZURICH IN AQUATINT Heinrich Keller 8,2 x 139 cm (3,2 x 54,7 in) Zurich, 1810.  Fan-folded, partly hand coloured (grey and green tones) aquatint ...

This sumptuous and rare antique bird print, titled "Le Moucherolle altiloque," is a large, meticulously detailed illustration of the black-whiskered vireo (Vireo altiloquus). A treas...

Antique bird print titled 'Le Tyran pipiri'. Large old bird print of a tyrant flycatcher species. Exact species to be determined. This print originates from 'Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux de l'Amerique Septentrionale' by Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot published circa 1807. After J.G. Pretre by L. Bouquet, printed in colors by Langlois and finished by hand. The work contains descriptions of many North American birds. Vieillot was a pioneer in a new kind of ornithology in which birds were no longer assessed as specimens and skins but studied as living organisms within their environment. This handcolored print...

"London, E. Orme, (1813). Hand-Coloured Aquatint 'American Anecdote Wolves & Boy' by Dubourg, Merke & Howitt, from 'Foreign Field Sports'" Description: This detailed hand-coloured a...

Ornithology Print of Toucans, Woodpeckers, Thrushes and Kingfishers by T Bromme c1865 This original hand-colored lithograph, published circa 1865 by German geographer and scientific...