Wilkes,Bloch + Donovan etc Insects .
Phalaen Europ./ Tom V Tab XXVII
Phalaen Europ./ Tom III Tab LXVII
J.C. Bock copper-line engraving with original hand-colour of butterflies on hand made laid paper. From Eugenius Esper's "Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen Nach de Natur', published in Nuremberg from 1776 to 1807. Eugenius Esper (1742 – 1810) was a German entomologist who ran the department of natural history in Erlangen from 1805. Size 235mm by 180mm (platemark). £65 each inc delivery less is a quantity are required
Phalaen Europ./ Tom III Tab X
J.C. Bock copper-line engraving with original hand-colour of butterflies on hand made laid paper. From Eugenius Esper's "Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen Nach de Natur', published in Nuremberg from 1776 to 1807. Eugenius Esper (1742 – 1810) was a German entomologist who ran the department of natural history in Erlangen from 1805. Size 235mm by 180mm (platemark). £65 each inc delivery less is a quantity are required
Phalaen Europ./ Tom IV Tab LXXVIII
J.C. Bock copper-line engraving with original hand-colour of butterflies on hand made laid paper. From Eugenius Esper's "Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen Nach de Natur', published in Nuremberg from 1776 to 1807. Eugenius Esper (1742 – 1810) was a German entomologist who ran the department of natural history in Erlangen from 1805. Size 235mm by 180mm (platemark). £65 each inc delivery less is a quantity are required
Phalaen Europ./ Tom IV Tab CXII
J.C. Bock copper-line engraving with original hand-colour of butterflies on hand made laid paper. From Eugenius Esper's "Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen Nach de Natur', published in Nuremberg from 1776 to 1807. Eugenius Esper (1742 – 1810) was a German entomologist who ran the department of natural history in Erlangen from 1805. Size 235mm by 180mm (platemark). £65 each inc delivery less is a quantity are required
Phalaen Europ./ supplement XX Tab XLIV
J.C. Bock copper-line engraving with original hand-colour of butterflies on hand made laid paper. From Eugenius Esper's "Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen Nach de Natur', published in Nuremberg from 1776 to 1807. Eugenius Esper (1742 – 1810) was a German entomologist who ran the department of natural history in Erlangen from 1805. Size 235mm by 180mm (platemark). £55 each inc delivery less is a quantity are required Corner loss to edge of plate mark
Wilkes (1824 edition) Moths + Butterflies
Wilkes, was the author of The English Moths and Butterflies telling everyone that 'painting of History Pieces and Portraits in Oyl' was his profession. A friend invited him to a meeting of the Aurelian Society, dedicated to the study of insects and first saw specimens of butterflies and moths . Over the next ten years he spent his leisure time collecting, studying and drawing caterpillars, chrysalids and flies, greatly assisted by the well known naturalist Mr Joseph Dandridge to whose collection he had free access. This publication was the culmination of this work, a combination of artistic skill and specialist scientific observation with only a few errors.
The English Moths and
Butterflies was an ambitious work with colour plates showing
the complete life cycles of individual species plus their host
plants. The first edition was undated, probably produced
in 1749. Dedicated to the president, Council and fellows of
the Royal Society in London, it was popular enough to sell a
further two editions. The second edition - basically a reprint
of the first, with a different title-page - appeared in 1773;
although the original blocks were again used for the
illustrations of third edition of 1824, the type was
completely reset and the text updated to incorporate the new
system of Linnaean nomenclature.
PLATES OF ENGLISH LEPIDOPTERA. Wilkes' work illustrates
all three stages of each specimen's development, and each
plate is carefully designed with an artist's eye for layout,
and also shows each insect with its food plant. Indeed, both
the title and the text make it clear that this work is equally
about the flowers and plants on which the butterflies and
moths depend (etched by Wilkes after drawings by Ehret and van
Huysum), as it is about the insects themselves. 'Following an
invitation by a friend to a meeting of the Aurelian Society,
Wilkes became a member and proceeded to form his own
collection of English lepidoptera, making sketches of the
various stages in the life histories of many species as
possible. Encouraged by Mr. Joseph Dandridge, who was also a
patron of Albin, Wilkes decided to begin publication of the
notes on the native lepidoptera which he had compiled over a
period of ten years, illustrating these with his own drawings'
. The work was first published in 1747-1749 and reissued in
1773; with the last of which incorporated Linnaean
nomenclature and was published in 1824.
** These have the pics
taken with flash in bright daylight. This shows flaws within
the paper so the item you receive will look way better but
makes you aware of the age defects**
figure 80 moth plate vii 7 Tethea ocularis
By Benjamin Wilkes (died 1749) From English Moths and Butterflies London, 1749 (first edition), then 1773 (second edition) . These are from the 1824 Linnean edition Engravings with original hand-coloring on hand made rag paper . Sheet size: approx. 12 ½ x 10 ½”/ 315 x 270 mm. from the set of of 120 hand-coloured etched plates by Wilkes after Wilkes who drew the butterflies, moths, and larvae plus Georg Dionysius Ehret and Jacob van Huysum who did the the background plants £115 each inc delivery less is a quantity are required
Camberwell Beauty Butterfly / Plate CXIII / Plate 113 / Nymphalis antiopa
By Benjamin Wilkes (died 1749) From English Moths and Butterflies London, 1749 (first edition), then 1773 (second edition) . These are from the 1824 Linnean edition Engravings with original hand-coloring on hand made rag paper . Sheet size: approx. 12 ½ x 10 ½”/ 315 x 270 mm. from the set of of 120 hand-coloured etched plates by Wilkes after Wilkes who drew the butterflies, moths, and larvae plus Georg Dionysius Ehret and Jacob van Huysum who did the the background plants £115 each inc delivery less is a quantity are required
Pebble Prominent Moth (left). Iron Prominent (right) / Plate XXVIII / Plate 28 b/ From English Moths and Butterflies London, 1749 (first edition), then 1773 (second edition) . These are from the 1824 Linnean edition Engravings with original hand-coloring on hand made rag paper . Sheet size: approx. 12 ½ x 10 ½”/ 315 x 270 mm. from the set of of 120 hand-coloured etched plates by Wilkes after Wilkes who drew the butterflies, moths, and larvae plus Georg Dionysius Ehret and Jacob van Huysum who did the the background plants £115 each inc delivery less is a quantity are required
Poplar Hawk Moth / Plate XXV / Plate 25 / Laothoe populi
Swallow Tail Moth / Plate LXXVIII / Plate 78 / Ourapteryx sambucaria
Emperor Moth / Plate 33 / Saturnia pavonia
?? Noctoid Moth
Plate 1.IV COLYOPTERA / BEETLES
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy. Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. Jablonsky and Krüger of Berlin designed most of the plates. Jablonsky also began the first complete survey of coleoptera, an order of insects including beetles, borers, weevils and fireflies, a project also taken over by Herbst and published between 1785 and 1806. The engravers are the same people who worked onMarcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804 £75 each inc delivery less is a quantity are required
Plate 1.V class="aCOpRe">Coccinellida / Ladybirds
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy. Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. Jablonsky and Krüger of Berlin designed most of the plates. Jablonsky also began the first complete survey of coleoptera, an order of insects including beetles, borers, weevils and fireflies, a project also taken over by Herbst and published between 1785 and 1806. The engravers are the same people who worked onMarcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804 £75 each inc delivery less is a quantity are required
Plate 1.VI Coccinellida / Ladybirds
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy. Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. Jablonsky and Krüger of Berlin designed most of the plates. Jablonsky also began the first complete survey of coleoptera, an order of insects including beetles, borers, weevils and fireflies, a project also taken over by Herbst and published between 1785 and 1806. The engravers are the same people who worked onMarcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804 £75 each inc delivery less is a quantity are required
Plate 1.VII Coccinellida / Ladybirds
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy. Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. Jablonsky and Krüger of Berlin designed most of the plates. Jablonsky also began the first complete survey of coleoptera, an order of insects including beetles, borers, weevils and fireflies, a project also taken over by Herbst and published between 1785 and 1806. The engravers are the same people who worked onMarcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804 £75 each inc delivery less is a quantity are required
Plate 1.VIII Coccinellida / Ladybirds
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy. Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. Jablonsky and Krüger of Berlin designed most of the plates. Jablonsky also began the first complete survey of coleoptera, an order of insects including beetles, borers, weevils and fireflies, a project also taken over by Herbst and published between 1785 and 1806. The engravers are the same people who worked onMarcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804 £75 each inc delivery less is a quantity are required
Plate 1.IX Coccinellida / Ladybirds
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy. Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. Jablonsky and Krüger of Berlin designed most of the plates. Jablonsky also began the first complete survey of coleoptera, an order of insects including beetles, borers, weevils and fireflies, a project also taken over by Herbst and published between 1785 and 1806. The engravers are the same people who worked onMarcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804 £75 each inc delivery less is a quantity are required
PARTS Plate N
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy. Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. Jablonsky and Krüger of Berlin designed most of the plates. Jablonsky also began the first complete survey of coleoptera, an order of insects including beetles, borers, weevils and fireflies, a project also taken over by Herbst and published between 1785 and 1806. The engravers are the same people who worked onMarcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804 £45 each inc delivery less is a quantity are required
PARTS Plate M
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy. Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. Jablonsky and Krüger of Berlin designed most of the plates. Jablonsky also began the first complete survey of coleoptera, an order of insects including beetles, borers, weevils and fireflies, a project also taken over by Herbst and published between 1785 and 1806. The engravers are the same people who worked onMarcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804 £75 each inc delivery less is a quantity are required
PARTS Plate L
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy. Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. Jablonsky and Krüger of Berlin designed most of the plates. Jablonsky also began the first complete survey of coleoptera, an order of insects including beetles, borers, weevils and fireflies, a project also taken over by Herbst and published between 1785 and 1806. The engravers are the same people who worked onMarcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804 £45 each inc delivery less is a quantity are required
PARTS Plate K
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy. Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. Jablonsky and Krüger of Berlin designed most of the plates. Jablonsky also began the first complete survey of coleoptera, an order of insects including beetles, borers, weevils and fireflies, a project also taken over by Herbst and published between 1785 and 1806. The engravers are the same people who worked onMarcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804 £45 each inc delivery less is a quantity are required
PARTS Plate F
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy. Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. Jablonsky and Krüger of Berlin designed most of the plates. Jablonsky also began the first complete survey of coleoptera, an order of insects including beetles, borers, weevils and fireflies, a project also taken over by Herbst and published between 1785 and 1806. The engravers are the same people who worked onMarcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804 £45 each inc delivery less is a quantity are required crease top left corner
The Donovan images are larger to show the detail which is stunning for such tiny prints
Plate 208
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed
Butterfly and Moth prints are from Edward Donovan's
(1768-1837) Natural History of British Insects. Antique Fish
prints by Edward Donovan (1768–1837) who was an Anglo Irish
writer, natural history illustrator and amateur zoologist.
Born in Cork, Ireland, Donovan was an avid collector of
natural history specimens purchased mainly at auctions of
specimens from voyages of exploration. He was a Fellow of
the Linnean Society and the Wernerian Natural History
Society which gave him access to the best collections and
libraries in London. It was quite common for private
collectors to open small public museums, and in 1807 he
founded the London Museum and Institute of Natural History.
Donovan was, at first, the very successful author of a
number of natural history titles, including Natural History
of British Birds (1792-97), Natural History of British
Insects (1792-1813) , Natural History of British Fishes
(1802-08) and the two-volume Descriptive Excursions through
South Wales and Monmouthshire in the Year 1804, and the Four
Preceding Summers (1805) and the short-lived Botanical
Review, or the Beauties of Flora (London, 1789–90). He also
wrote articles on natural history in Rees's Cyclopædia and
undertook commissions for private albums of his botanical
artwork.
Plate 328
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed Butterfly and Moth prints are from Edward Donovan's (1768-1837) Natural History of British Insects. Antique Fish prints by Edward Donovan (1768–1837) who was an Anglo Irish writer, natural history illustrator and amateur zoologist. Born in Cork, Ireland, Donovan was an avid collector of natural history specimens purchased mainly at auctions of specimens from voyages of exploration. He was a Fellow of the Linnean Society and the Wernerian Natural History Society which gave him access to the best collections and libraries in London. It was quite common for private collectors to open small public museums, and in 1807 he founded the London Museum and Institute of Natural History. Donovan was, at first, the very successful author of a number of natural history titles, including Natural History of British Birds (1792-97), Natural History of British Insects (1792-1813) , Natural History of British Fishes (1802-08) and the two-volume Descriptive Excursions through South Wales and Monmouthshire in the Year 1804, and the Four Preceding Summers (1805) and the short-lived Botanical Review, or the Beauties of Flora (London, 1789–90). He also wrote articles on natural history in Rees's Cyclopædia and undertook commissions for private albums of his botanical artwork.
Plate 349
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed Butterfly and Moth prints are from Edward Donovan's (1768-1837) Natural History of British Insects. Antique Fish prints by Edward Donovan (1768–1837) who was an Anglo Irish writer, natural history illustrator and amateur zoologist. Born in Cork, Ireland, Donovan was an avid collector of natural history specimens purchased mainly at auctions of specimens from voyages of exploration. He was a Fellow of the Linnean Society and the Wernerian Natural History Society which gave him access to the best collections and libraries in London. It was quite common for private collectors to open small public museums, and in 1807 he founded the London Museum and Institute of Natural History. Donovan was, at first, the very successful author of a number of natural history titles, including Natural History of British Birds (1792-97), Natural History of British Insects (1792-1813) , Natural History of British Fishes (1802-08) and the two-volume Descriptive Excursions through South Wales and Monmouthshire in the Year 1804, and the Four Preceding Summers (1805) and the short-lived Botanical Review, or the Beauties of Flora (London, 1789–90). He also wrote articles on natural history in Rees's Cyclopædia and undertook commissions for private albums of his botanical artwork.
Plate 152
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed Butterfly and Moth prints are from Edward Donovan's (1768-1837) Natural History of British Insects. Antique Fish prints by Edward Donovan (1768–1837) who was an Anglo Irish writer, natural history illustrator and amateur zoologist. Born in Cork, Ireland, Donovan was an avid collector of natural history specimens purchased mainly at auctions of specimens from voyages of exploration. He was a Fellow of the Linnean Society and the Wernerian Natural History Society which gave him access to the best collections and libraries in London. It was quite common for private collectors to open small public museums, and in 1807 he founded the London Museum and Institute of Natural History. Donovan was, at first, the very successful author of a number of natural history titles, including Natural History of British Birds (1792-97), Natural History of British Insects (1792-1813) , Natural History of British Fishes (1802-08) and the two-volume Descriptive Excursions through South Wales and Monmouthshire in the Year 1804, and the Four Preceding Summers (1805) and the short-lived Botanical Review, or the Beauties of Flora (London, 1789–90). He also wrote articles on natural history in Rees's Cyclopædia and undertook commissions for private albums of his botanical artwork.
Plate 299
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed Butterfly and Moth prints are from Edward Donovan's (1768-1837) Natural History of British Insects. Antique Fish prints by Edward Donovan (1768–1837) who was an Anglo Irish writer, natural history illustrator and amateur zoologist. Born in Cork, Ireland, Donovan was an avid collector of natural history specimens purchased mainly at auctions of specimens from voyages of exploration. He was a Fellow of the Linnean Society and the Wernerian Natural History Society which gave him access to the best collections and libraries in London. It was quite common for private collectors to open small public museums, and in 1807 he founded the London Museum and Institute of Natural History. Donovan was, at first, the very successful author of a number of natural history titles, including Natural History of British Birds (1792-97), Natural History of British Insects (1792-1813) , Natural History of British Fishes (1802-08) and the two-volume Descriptive Excursions through South Wales and Monmouthshire in the Year 1804, and the Four Preceding Summers (1805) and the short-lived Botanical Review, or the Beauties of Flora (London, 1789–90). He also wrote articles on natural history in Rees's Cyclopædia and undertook commissions for private albums of his botanical artwork.
Plate 331
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed Butterfly and Moth prints are from Edward Donovan's (1768-1837) Natural History of British Insects. Antique Fish prints by Edward Donovan (1768–1837) who was an Anglo Irish writer, natural history illustrator and amateur zoologist. Born in Cork, Ireland, Donovan was an avid collector of natural history specimens purchased mainly at auctions of specimens from voyages of exploration. He was a Fellow of the Linnean Society and the Wernerian Natural History Society which gave him access to the best collections and libraries in London. It was quite common for private collectors to open small public museums, and in 1807 he founded the London Museum and Institute of Natural History. Donovan was, at first, the very successful author of a number of natural history titles, including Natural History of British Birds (1792-97), Natural History of British Insects (1792-1813) , Natural History of British Fishes (1802-08) and the two-volume Descriptive Excursions through South Wales and Monmouthshire in the Year 1804, and the Four Preceding Summers (1805) and the short-lived Botanical Review, or the Beauties of Flora (London, 1789–90). He also wrote articles on natural history in Rees's Cyclopædia and undertook commissions for private albums of his botanical artwork.
Plate 79
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed Butterfly and Moth prints are from Edward Donovan's (1768-1837) Natural History of British Insects. Antique Fish prints by Edward Donovan (1768–1837) who was an Anglo Irish writer, natural history illustrator and amateur zoologist. Born in Cork, Ireland, Donovan was an avid collector of natural history specimens purchased mainly at auctions of specimens from voyages of exploration. He was a Fellow of the Linnean Society and the Wernerian Natural History Society which gave him access to the best collections and libraries in London. It was quite common for private collectors to open small public museums, and in 1807 he founded the London Museum and Institute of Natural History. Donovan was, at first, the very successful author of a number of natural history titles, including Natural History of British Birds (1792-97), Natural History of British Insects (1792-1813) , Natural History of British Fishes (1802-08) and the two-volume Descriptive Excursions through South Wales and Monmouthshire in the Year 1804, and the Four Preceding Summers (1805) and the short-lived Botanical Review, or the Beauties of Flora (London, 1789–90). He also wrote articles on natural history in Rees's Cyclopædia and undertook commissions for private albums of his botanical artwork.
Plate 35
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed Butterfly and Moth prints are from Edward Donovan's (1768-1837) Natural History of British Insects. Antique Fish prints by Edward Donovan (1768–1837) who was an Anglo Irish writer, natural history illustrator and amateur zoologist. Born in Cork, Ireland, Donovan was an avid collector of natural history specimens purchased mainly at auctions of specimens from voyages of exploration. He was a Fellow of the Linnean Society and the Wernerian Natural History Society which gave him access to the best collections and libraries in London. It was quite common for private collectors to open small public museums, and in 1807 he founded the London Museum and Institute of Natural History. Donovan was, at first, the very successful author of a number of natural history titles, including Natural History of British Birds (1792-97), Natural History of British Insects (1792-1813) , Natural History of British Fishes (1802-08) and the two-volume Descriptive Excursions through South Wales and Monmouthshire in the Year 1804, and the Four Preceding Summers (1805) and the short-lived Botanical Review, or the Beauties of Flora (London, 1789–90). He also wrote articles on natural history in Rees's Cyclopædia and undertook commissions for private albums of his botanical artwork.
Plate 251
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed Butterfly and Moth prints are from Edward Donovan's (1768-1837) Natural History of British Insects. Antique Fish prints by Edward Donovan (1768–1837) who was an Anglo Irish writer, natural history illustrator and amateur zoologist. Born in Cork, Ireland, Donovan was an avid collector of natural history specimens purchased mainly at auctions of specimens from voyages of exploration. He was a Fellow of the Linnean Society and the Wernerian Natural History Society which gave him access to the best collections and libraries in London. It was quite common for private collectors to open small public museums, and in 1807 he founded the London Museum and Institute of Natural History. Donovan was, at first, the very successful author of a number of natural history titles, including Natural History of British Birds (1792-97), Natural History of British Insects (1792-1813) , Natural History of British Fishes (1802-08) and the two-volume Descriptive Excursions through South Wales and Monmouthshire in the Year 1804, and the Four Preceding Summers (1805) and the short-lived Botanical Review, or the Beauties of Flora (London, 1789–90). He also wrote articles on natural history in Rees's Cyclopædia and undertook commissions for private albums of his botanical artwork.
Plate 45
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed Butterfly and Moth prints are from Edward Donovan's (1768-1837) Natural History of British Insects. Antique Fish prints by Edward Donovan (1768–1837) who was an Anglo Irish writer, natural history illustrator and amateur zoologist. Born in Cork, Ireland, Donovan was an avid collector of natural history specimens purchased mainly at auctions of specimens from voyages of exploration. He was a Fellow of the Linnean Society and the Wernerian Natural History Society which gave him access to the best collections and libraries in London. It was quite common for private collectors to open small public museums, and in 1807 he founded the London Museum and Institute of Natural History. Donovan was, at first, the very successful author of a number of natural history titles, including Natural History of British Birds (1792-97), Natural History of British Insects (1792-1813) , Natural History of British Fishes (1802-08) and the two-volume Descriptive Excursions through South Wales and Monmouthshire in the Year 1804, and the Four Preceding Summers (1805) and the short-lived Botanical Review, or the Beauties of Flora (London, 1789–90). He also wrote articles on natural history in Rees's Cyclopædia and undertook commissions for private albums of his botanical artwork.
Plate 275
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed Butterfly and Moth prints are from Edward Donovan's (1768-1837) Natural History of British Insects. Antique Fish prints by Edward Donovan (1768–1837) who was an Anglo Irish writer, natural history illustrator and amateur zoologist. Born in Cork, Ireland, Donovan was an avid collector of natural history specimens purchased mainly at auctions of specimens from voyages of exploration. He was a Fellow of the Linnean Society and the Wernerian Natural History Society which gave him access to the best collections and libraries in London. It was quite common for private collectors to open small public museums, and in 1807 he founded the London Museum and Institute of Natural History. Donovan was, at first, the very successful author of a number of natural history titles, including Natural History of British Birds (1792-97), Natural History of British Insects (1792-1813) , Natural History of British Fishes (1802-08) and the two-volume Descriptive Excursions through South Wales and Monmouthshire in the Year 1804, and the Four Preceding Summers (1805) and the short-lived Botanical Review, or the Beauties of Flora (London, 1789–90). He also wrote articles on natural history in Rees's Cyclopædia and undertook commissions for private albums of his botanical artwork.
Plate 1
Antique original exceptionally rare butterfly & moth prints from Johann Christiaan Sepp / Jan Christiaan Sepp (Dutch 1739-1811) “Beschouwing der wonderen Gods, in de minst geachte schepzelen” 1762-1836. The quality of the engravings and original hand colouring is precise & intricate .These are mainly from Volume 2 - 1786 - Entomology. Jan Christiaan Sepp (1739-1811) was part of a dynasty of collectors, publishers & print dealers founded by his father Christian Sepp (c. 1700-1775), in Goslar, Germany. Christian established himself in Amsterdam and was an avid collector of butterflies & insects. Christian’s son, Jan Christiaan Sepp joined his father's business and succeeded him on his death. The Sepp publishing house produced some of the finest Dutch natural history colour-plate books of the 18th &19th centuries. £20 each unmounted
Plate 3
Antique original exceptionally rare butterfly & moth prints from Johann Christiaan Sepp / Jan Christiaan Sepp (Dutch 1739-1811) “Beschouwing der wonderen Gods, in de minst geachte schepzelen” 1762-1836. The quality of the engravings and original hand colouring is precise & intricate .These are mainly from Volume 2 - 1786 - Entomology. Jan Christiaan Sepp (1739-1811) was part of a dynasty of collectors, publishers & print dealers founded by his father Christian Sepp (c. 1700-1775), in Goslar, Germany. Christian established himself in Amsterdam and was an avid collector of butterflies & insects. Christian’s son, Jan Christiaan Sepp joined his father's business and succeeded him on his death. The Sepp publishing house produced some of the finest Dutch natural history colour-plate books of the 18th &19th centuries. £20 each unmounted
Plate 8
Antique original exceptionally rare butterfly & moth prints from Johann Christiaan Sepp / Jan Christiaan Sepp (Dutch 1739-1811) “Beschouwing der wonderen Gods, in de minst geachte schepzelen” 1762-1836. The quality of the engravings and original hand colouring is precise & intricate .These are mainly from Volume 2 - 1786 - Entomology. Jan Christiaan Sepp (1739-1811) was part of a dynasty of collectors, publishers & print dealers founded by his father Christian Sepp (c. 1700-1775), in Goslar, Germany. Christian established himself in Amsterdam and was an avid collector of butterflies & insects. Christian’s son, Jan Christiaan Sepp joined his father's business and succeeded him on his death. The Sepp publishing house produced some of the finest Dutch natural history colour-plate books of the 18th &19th centuries. £20 each unmounted
Plate 10
Antique original exceptionally rare butterfly & moth prints from Johann Christiaan Sepp / Jan Christiaan Sepp (Dutch 1739-1811) “Beschouwing der wonderen Gods, in de minst geachte schepzelen” 1762-1836. The quality of the engravings and original hand colouring is precise & intricate .These are mainly from Volume 2 - 1786 - Entomology. Jan Christiaan Sepp (1739-1811) was part of a dynasty of collectors, publishers & print dealers founded by his father Christian Sepp (c. 1700-1775), in Goslar, Germany. Christian established himself in Amsterdam and was an avid collector of butterflies & insects. Christian’s son, Jan Christiaan Sepp joined his father's business and succeeded him on his death. The Sepp publishing house produced some of the finest Dutch natural history colour-plate books of the 18th &19th centuries. £20 each unmounted
Plate 12
Antique original
exceptionally rare butterfly & moth prints from Johann
Christiaan Sepp / Jan Christiaan Sepp (Dutch
1739-1811) “Beschouwing der wonderen Gods, in de minst
geachte schepzelen” 1762-1836. The quality of the engravings
and original hand colouring is precise & intricate
.These are mainly from Volume 2 - 1786 -
Entomology. Jan Christiaan Sepp (1739-1811) was part of a
dynasty of collectors, publishers & print dealers
founded by his father Christian Sepp (c. 1700-1775), in
Goslar, Germany. Christian established himself in Amsterdam
and was an avid collector of butterflies & insects.
Christian’s son, Jan Christiaan Sepp joined his father's
business and succeeded him on his death. The Sepp publishing
house produced some of the finest Dutch natural history
colour-plate books of the 18th &19th centuries.
£20 each unmounted
Moths Plate 3
from The Reverend Frances Orpen Morris from the History of British Butterflies & The History of British Moths Each of his prints from his work on butterflies features one species of butterfly. The print was published by John Nimmo, King William Street, Strand, London. or by Groombridge & Sons, of London Lithograph with original hand colour, printed on stiff paper.26.5 x 18 cm £12 ea unmounted
Phalaena Furcula
Original Watercoloured stipple engravings c 1790/1810 of Butterflies, Moths and larval stages unsigned double mounted lined edge etc labelled by hand is spidery script so spelling may be wrong
PhalaenaChoercampa Celesid
Original Watercoloured stipple engravings c 1790/1810 of Butterflies, Moths and larval stages unsigned double mounted lined edge etc labelled by hand is spidery script so spelling may be wrong £25
Caterpillar & Chrysalis os Sphinx
Original Watercoloured stipple engravings c 1790/1810 of Butterflies, Moths and larval stages unsigned double mounted lined edge etc labelled by hand is spidery script so spelling may be wrong
Lepidoptera
Published as the Act directs, 1814, by Longman, Hurst , Rees, Orme and Brown Paternoster Row from 'Encyclopaedia Londinensis; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature, Comprehending compiled by John Wilkes(1750-1810, of Milland House, Sussex) and issued in 24 volumes .The majority of the engravings were produced by J. Pass and J. Chapman. Published by Longman ,Hurst Rees orme & Brown, Paternoster Row London . Page size 21 x 27 cm mounted some soiling so £10 ea
The Sea Hermit Crab
from Natural History of England, by Benjamin Martin included within issues of : The General Magazine of Arts and Sciences, 1755&endash;65. Published for W. Owen at Temple Bar 1758. Size, Pl. 13 cm x 20.MEGA RARE £15 engraved and drawn by Benjamin Martin
Hemiptera
Published as the Act directs, 1814, by Longman, Hurst , Rees, Orme and Brown Paternoster Row from 'Encyclopaedia Londinensis; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature, Comprehending compiled by John Wilkes(1750-1810, of Milland House, Sussex) and issued in 24 volumes .The majority of the engravings were produced by J. Pass and J. Chapman. Published by Longman ,Hurst Rees orme & Brown, Paternoster Row London . Page size 21 x 27 cm mounted some soiling so £10 ea
Plate XIX. HORIA MACULATA. ;MELOE VARIEGATUS - Female. ;CANTHARIS VESICATORIA, or BLISTER BEETLE. . CANTHARIS NUTTALLI.
from The Natural History of Beetles drawn By JAMES DUNCAN published EDINBURGH: William Home Lizars (Edinburgh, 1788 - 1859) ; S. Highley, 32 Fleet Street, London; and W. Curry, Jun. and Co. Dublin. 1835.hand coloured steel engraving from 'The Naturalist Library' 1840.The engravings were always coloured by artists before publication ie colured as originally sold. Mounted etc £10 each
Moths Plate 4
from The Reverend Frances Orpen Morris from the History of British Butterflies & The History of British Moths Each of his prints from his work on butterflies features one species of butterfly. The print was published by John Nimmo, King William Street, Strand, London. or by Groombridge & Sons, of London Lithograph with original hand colour, printed on stiff paper.26.5 x 18 cm £12 ea unmounted
Phalaena Grandis Phalaena Spinnea
Original Watercoloured stipple engravings c 1790/1810 of Butterflies, Moths and larval stages unsigned double mounted lined edge etc labelled by hand is spidery script so spelling may be wrong £25
Phalaena Dives PhalaenaTumacula Phalaena Flavicornis
Original Watercoloured stipple engravings c 1790/1810 of Butterflies, Moths and larval stages unsigned double mounted lined edge etc labelled by hand is spidery script so spelling may be wrong
Phalaena Trepsida, Phalaena Compressa , Notodonta Trepida
Original Watercoloured stipple engravings c 1790/1810 of Butterflies, Moths and larval stages unsigned double mounted lined edge etc labelled by hand is spidery script so spelling may be wrong £25
Coleoptera Gollathus
Published as the Act directs, 1814, by Longman, Hurst , Rees, Orme and Brown Paternoster Row from 'Encyclopaedia Londinensis; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature, Comprehending compiled by John Wilkes(1750-1810, of Milland House, Sussex) and issued in 24 volumes .The majority of the engravings were produced by J. Pass and J. Chapman. Published by Longman ,Hurst Rees orme & Brown, Paternoster Row London . Page size 21 x 27 cm mounted some soiling so £10 ea
Hemiptera Mantis
Published as the Act directs, 1814, by Longman, Hurst , Rees, Orme and Brown Paternoster Row from 'Encyclopaedia Londinensis; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature, Comprehending compiled by John Wilkes(1750-1810, of Milland House, Sussex) and issued in 24 volumes .The majority of the engravings were produced by J. Pass and J. Chapman. Published by Longman ,Hurst Rees orme & Brown, Paternoster Row London . Page size 21 x 27 cm mounted some soiling so £10 ea
Diptera
Published as the Act directs, 1814, by Longman, Hurst , Rees, Orme and Brown Paternoster Row from 'Encyclopaedia Londinensis; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature, Comprehending compiled by John Wilkes(1750-1810, of Milland House, Sussex) and issued in 24 volumes .The majority of the engravings were produced by J. Pass and J. Chapman. Published by Longman ,Hurst Rees orme & Brown, Paternoster Row London . Page size 21 x 27 cm mounted some soiling so £10 ea
Hymenoptera
Published as the Act directs, 1814, by Longman, Hurst , Rees, Orme and Brown Paternoster Row from 'Encyclopaedia Londinensis; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature, Comprehending compiled by John Wilkes(1750-1810, of Milland House, Sussex) and issued in 24 volumes .The majority of the engravings were produced by J. Pass and J. Chapman. Published by Longman ,Hurst Rees orme & Brown, Paternoster Row London . Page size 21 x 27 cm mounted some soiling so £10 ea
Cicindela Auralenta, Procerus Toricus, Anthia Decemguttata, Carabus Hispanus
from The Natural History of Beetles drawn By JAMES DUNCAN published EDINBURGH: William Home Lizars (Edinburgh, 1788 - 1859) ; S. Highley, 32 Fleet Street, London; and W. Curry, Jun. and Co. Dublin. 1835.hand coloured steel engraving from 'The Naturalist Library' 1840.The engravings were always coloured by artists before publication ie colured as originally sold. Mounted etc £10 each .