Prints and Photographs and Bookplates

Spotted Seal (Phoque de Choris) – Lesson – Paris 1838

Original hand coloured engraving drawn by Antoine Charles Vauthier and engraved by Smith. Good strong clean example.

Produced for Rene Primevere Lesson (1794-1849) for his extension of the great natural history work originally produced by Count Buffon. They were published in Paris in 1838. Interesting that Lesson himself originally classified this species.

The spotted seal inhabits the Arctic regions, at one time thought to be endangered but now seen in large numbers from Alaska right through Northern Siberia.

Very good condition, clean with bright colours and a sophisticated stipple technique. Strong thick paper.. 24cm by 17cm unframed … external dimensions when framed would be 36cm by 28cm a nice size for the study or hallway.

Lesson participated as doctor and naturalist in the Duperry voyage round the world on board La Coquille (1822-1825).

Price $90.00 unframed or $190.00 framed in Voyager Natural History style … enquire if you wish …

The spotted seal now quite often seen!

$90.00

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Mollusques – A Beautiful Shell Group – D’Orbigny – 1849

Hand engraved and hand coloured. Drawn by Natural History artist Meunier and engraved by Teillard. On thick wove paper with colouring nicely executed and heightened with gum arabic.

Published in Paris in 1849 as part of the Dictionnarie Universal d’Histoire Naturalle promoted by Charles Dessalines D’Orbigny a leading French naturalist of the time.

Price $80.00 unframed … 24cm by 16cm …very good clean condition … bright colours.

Price $180.00 framed in Voyager Natural History style … external frame dimensions 38cm by 30cm .. a beautiful item for the eclectic study.

Delightful shell group nicely coloured

$80.00

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Scarlet Mite (Autumnal Acarus) by Shaw & Nodder – 1790

Original copper engraved and hand coloured this engraving of the Scarlet Mite (Autumnal Acarus) was published on 1st September 1790 by Shaw & Nodder. The rather scary little guy likes apples and pears and in real life is rather tiny.

George Shaw was in charge of the Natural History Department at the British Museum. Nodder was a natural history artist and worked for Banks on his Florilegium.

Very good condition with a great plate impression …23cm by 14cm … framed nicely with external frame dimensions 29cm by c6cm …. a good one for the eclectic study.

Price $90.00 unframed or $220.00 framed in Voyager Natural History style ..

Unusual engraving from 1790 of the aptly named Scarlet Mite

$90.00

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Slow-paced Dwarf Lemur – by Shaw & Nodder -1790

An original copper engraved hand coloured engraving of the Slow-paced Lemur from Madagascar published in London in 1790 by Shaw & Nodder.

The Madagascan dwarf lemur …. bigger than the mouse lemur but still only 20cm long … and rather skinny when at full stretch … Surely one of the cutest of all mammals.

George Shaw was in charge of the Natural History Department at the British Museum. Nodder was a natural history artist and worked for Banks on his Florilegium.

Price $90.00 unframed or $190.00 farmed in Voyager Natural History style. Enquire if you wish.

Slow – paced Lemur – we love him!

$90.00

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South American Aguti and Paca – 1820

An original hand coloured engraving using the stipple technique published as part of the “Dictionniare des Sciences Naturelles” by Dumont de Saint-Croix published in Paris c1820’s. Engraved by Stranhi after an image by Pretre.

At the time the Aguti (Agouti) and Paca were thought to be of the same family group … not so now .. they have different toe arrangements etc.

They are however, both herbivorous rodents and among the largest in the world.

The Paca can achieve a weight of 14kg on a good diet and is the more attractive with its sides patterned with spots and stripes. There are two distinct types … the lowland variety cab be found all the way from Northern Argentina to Mexico. A smaller Paca lives in the northern Andes and the Paramo grasslands.

The Agouti is generally a smaller animal weighing in around 4 kgs. They are pretty shy compared with the Paca and pretty scared of humanoids. They prevail over much of the middle and north of South America and in the West Indies.

Price $160.00 framed in Voyager Natural History style ….

South American Rodents – rather cute – and large

$160.00

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Australian Natural History Trade Cards

A group of five natural history trade cards all from different sources two of which are circa 100 year old (Wills and Liebig).

Bright and clean the largest being Liebig’s Black Cockatoo which is 116mm by 70mm.

Two cards represents the Tasmanian Devil and the narrative on both sadly reflects an earlier period when their numbers were reduced as a result on attacks on poultry and sheep. The Platypus looks like the larger Tasmanian type and is curiously described as a Duckbill or Platypus. The Bennett’s Wallaby is shown feeding and carrying a joey.

Nice mixed group – Australian wildlife theme

$50.00

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Spotted Seal (Phoque de Choris) – Lesson – Paris 1838

Mollusques – A Beautiful Shell Group – D’Orbigny – 1849

Scarlet Mite (Autumnal Acarus) by Shaw & Nodder – 1790

Slow-paced Dwarf Lemur – by Shaw & Nodder -1790

South American Aguti and Paca – 1820

Australian Natural History Trade Cards

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