Antique Hand Colored Engraving of Various Cats and Dogs

Original antique print of various snakes. Fig. 1. Die gelbgesprenkelte Natter. (Coluber flavo-punctatus.) Fig. 2. Die thonblaue Natter. (Coluber argillaceo-caeruleus.) Fig. 3. Die Do...

Antique decorative print titled 'Graues Eichhorn (.) - Masken Eichhorn (.)'. Original antique print of squirrel species. This print originate...

Untitled antique print of various dogs. Source unknown, to be determined. No signature. Published circa 1720.

Original antique print of opossums. Originates from Bertuch's 'Bilderbuch für Kinder'. In 1790 Friedrich Justin Bertuch started his biggest book-project ever. Issued in 12 volumes it...

Antique print titled 'la petite Beccassine'. Hand colored engraving of a small snipe. This print originates from 'Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux' by Francois Nicolas Martinet, one of France’s foremost bird illustrators of the 18th century. Published in Paris from 1770 to 1786. It was a monumental effort to catalog 1035 known ornithological species of birds. A staff of 70 people, feverishly worked for an astounding 13 years to complete this amazing work by Francois Martinet and George LeClerc...

A beautiful hand-colored engraving from Johann Michael Seligmann's collection, which was based on the earlier works of George Edwards. The text on this image is in German, Latin, a...

Three 18th century hand colored engravings of parrot specimens as depicted by Peter Brown, an artist and naturalist, working in London England. Originally published in 1776 in a foli...

Pair of hand colored botanical engravings of flowers.

An antique hand colored engraving showing the port of Rotterdam. Inscribed in Latin and Italian “Prospectus portæ veteris roterodamensis / vista de la puerta vieja a roterdam” which translates to ‘View of the old gate...

Striking 19th century engraving of a toucan hand colored by artist and naturalist Jacques Barraband (1767-1809 ) first published in Paris 1801. Presented under glass in a lacquered w...

A hand colored copper engraving print of an American steamship published by President Ackermann & Co, London, 1840 in a later frame under glass.  

Beautifully hand-colored engravings, very subtle but the coloring is elegant-clear and impressive. These are quite exquisite and for those who appreciate very Fine work, or love the architecture of these Gothic cathedrals, these are very appealing. Very interesting views. The floor plan is shown in the final thumbnail and is an item of interest. These prints are all French matted by hand, on plain ivory mat-board and framed in gold wood frames. Each is 12 x 16" on the wall, so the grouping will fill a generous space. We have six other cathedral sets...