Animals & Insects

"The White Tutledove" This original hand-colored engraving comes from the 18th century naturalist and philospher Georges-Louis Leclerc's "Histoire naturelle". Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte di Buffon, was an exponent of the scientific movement linked to...

The ocelot, Leopardus pardalis. Engraved by Thomas Landseer after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith. Hand-colored copperplate engraving from Edward Griffith's The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1825.Excellent condition for...

Mid 19th century (1850s) woodblock engraving of a Spotted Redshank from the London publication, "A History of British Birds", an ornithology study covering 6 volumes by Frances Orpen Morris.The print is in excellent condition with minimal toning. Great...

Mid 19th century (1850s) woodblock engraving of a Spotted Redshank from the London publication, "A History of British Birds", an ornithology study covering 6 volumes by Frances Orpen Morris.The print is in excellent condition with minimal toning. Great...

"Trochilus Mellivorus" - White-Collared Hummingbird This pretty little print was original published in "The Naturalist's Library - The Birds of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 1" in the U.K. The illustration was provided by Charles Hamilton Smith and...

"Trochilus Delalandrii" - HummingbirdThis pretty little print was original published in "The Naturalist's Library - The Birds of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 1" in the U.K. The illustration was provided by Charles Hamilton Smith and engraving by W.H...

This beautiful antique hand-colored engraving comes from the French publication "Tableau encyclopedique et methodique des trois regnes de la nature - Ornithologie.", published in 1790 by Charles-Joseph Panckoucke.  The encyclopedia the engraving is...

This beautiful antique hand-colored engraving comes from the French publication "Tableau encyclopedique et methodique des trois regnes de la nature - Ornithologie.", published in 1790 by Charles-Joseph Panckoucke.  The encyclopedia the engraving is...

This beautiful antique hand-colored engraving comes from the French publication "Tableau encyclopedique et methodique des trois regnes de la nature - Ornithologie.", published in 1790 by Charles-Joseph Panckoucke.  The encyclopedia the engraving is...

This beautiful antique hand-colored engraving comes from the French publication "Tableau encyclopedique et methodique des trois regnes de la nature - Ornithologie.", published in 1790 by Charles-Joseph Panckoucke.  The encyclopedia the engraving is...

This beautiful antique hand-colored engraving comes from the French publication "Tableau encyclopedique et methodique des trois regnes de la nature - Ornithologie.", published in 1790 by Charles-Joseph Panckoucke.  The encyclopedia the engraving is...

This beautiful antique hand-colored engraving comes from the French publication "Tableau encyclopedique et methodique des trois regnes de la nature - Ornithologie.", published in 1790 by Charles-Joseph Panckoucke.  The encyclopedia the engraving is...