Antique Botany Engraving of Linum Catharticum, circa 1817

Antique botany print titled 'Galium Verum'. Hand colored engraving of galium verum, a herbaceous perennial plant of the family Rubiaceae. This print originates from 'Flora Londinensi...

Antique botany print titled 'Datura Stramonium'. Hand colored engraving of datura stramonium, known by the common names thorn apple, jimsonweed (jimson weed...

Antique botany print titled 'Cypripedium Calceolus'. Hand colored engraving of cypripedium calceolus, a ladies-slipper orchid, and the type species of the genus Cypripedium. It is na...

Antique botany print titled 'Datura Stramonium'. Hand colored engraving of Datura Stramonium also known as thorn apple, jimsonweed (jimson weed) or devil's...

Antique botany print titled 'Saxifraga Tridactylites'. Hand colored engraving of saxifraga tridactylites, also known as the rue-leaved saxifrage or "nailwort". This print originates ...

Antique botany print titled 'Achillea Millefolium'. Hand colored engraving of achillea millefolium, commonly known as yarrow or common yarrow. This print originates from 'Flora Londi...

Great image of an Arab Sheikh Copper-plate engraving by T.Clerk Published by Mackenzie And Dent. 1817 Unframed.

Selection of Modern Engravings, from a limited edition published in the December 1938 issue of the ground breaking modern art magazine XXe. They are framed in clean lined black lacquered wood gallery frames. They are priced at $550 each. From left to right, top to bottom, they are: 1) Henri Matisse 2) Henri Laurens 3) Juan Miro...

Wonderful ethnographical print. Showing a warrior from New Caledonia Copper-plate engraving. Artist unknown. Published by Mackenzie And Dent. 1...

Madam Knipp engraving of pigeon, From Les pigeons par Madame Knip, ne´e Pauline de Courcelles ; le texte par C.J. Themminck, Paris France, 1809-1811. A remarkable large engraving of a pigeon- The Colombe Ramier or Columba Cenea or Wood Pigeon floating within a gilt frame and white matte and with UV Tru-view Clear UV Glass. From a large collection of framed...

Antique engraving of a Tucano Mangiapepe, by Saverio Manetti Circa 1776 A fine hand colored engraving of a Tuscan Magpie by the Italian artist Saverio Manetti. Manetti drew his work predominantly from real specimens. The work was one of the largest ornithology undertakings to that point in time. Dimensions: 25 inches high x 22 inches wide x 1 1/4 inches deep. (frame); (63.5cm high x 55.88cm). 18 x 14 in. (sheet) Reference: Wikipedia Manetti was born in Brozzi to Giovanni Bernardo and Maria Teresa Nesiscolt of Prague. His early studies were in Florence and later at Pisa where he studied botany under Pier Antonio Micheli. He graduated in medicine in 1745 and worked in Florence. In 1758 he joined the National Medical College where he studied anatomy under Antonio Cocchi (1695–1758), conducting the autopsy of Cocchi. Manetti was Professor of Botany of the "Società Botanica Fiorentina", a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, a Fellow of the Royal Society, learned societies in Göttingen and Montpellier, an Accademico dell'Istituto di Bologna and he maintained scientific contacts with the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus and with the main scientific circles of the second half of the 18th century. He was supervisor of the Orto Botanico di Firenze in Florence from 1749 to 1782 succeeding to Giovanni Targioni Tozzetti and Secretary of the Accademia dei Georgofili. With remarkable organizational effort, he secured the publication of Storia naturale degli uccelli, Natural History of the birds, a monumental work in five volumes illustrated with 600 hand-coloured engravings based on watercolor paintings. The book was commissioned by Maria Luisa, Grand duchess of Tuscany and the first volume was dedicated to Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo. The third volume was dedicated to Ferdinando di Brobone and the fourth to Giorgio Nassau Clavering. The engravings were made by Tuscan abbot and engraver Lorenzo Lorenzi and Violante Vanni who had studied under British engraver Robert Strange...

Francis Grose entered the army early in life and served in the cavalry, infantry, and militia.He had a profound knowledge of antiquities and spent the greater part of his life collec...