Antique Natural HistoryOriginal plates from the naturalists' books, 1600s to 1900s

Antique Bird Prints

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Original bird plates from the great ornithological books, from hand-coloured copper engravings of the 1700s to the lithographed folios of the Victorian age. Every print here is a period original, not a reproduction.

60 prints

Period

Before 1700 918th century 247Early 19th century 310Late 19th century 28120th century 452

Artist or book

The von Wright brothers 321Nozeman and Sepp 180John Gould 60Buffon 50Bertuch 42Naumann 17Mark Catesby 9Hector Giacomelli 8Levaillant 8Temminck 6Sir William Jardine 5Goldsmith 5Martinet 4Maria Sibylla Merian 4J. G. Keulemans 3F. O. Morris 3
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  1. Original Old Hand-Colored Print of the Australian Queensland Bower Bird, ca.1880
    Pl. 49Original Old Hand-Colored Print of the Australian Queensland Bower Bird, ca.1880 1880$895
  2. Expertly Original Hand-Coloured Bird Print of the Black Francolin, 1832
    Pl. 50Expertly Original Hand-Coloured Bird Print of the Black Francolin, 1832 1832$1,240
  3. Beautiful Antique Hand-Colored Bird Print of the Common Quail by Gould, 1832
    Pl. 51Beautiful Antique Hand-Colored Bird Print of the Common Quail by Gould, 1832 1832$1,240
  4. Antique Bird Print of the White-Billed Wood-Shrike of Papua by Gould, ca.1880
    Pl. 52Antique Bird Print of the White-Billed Wood-Shrike of Papua by Gould, ca.1880 1880$1,095
  5. Old Bird Print Depicting the Little Auk by Gould, 1832
    Pl. 53Old Bird Print Depicting the Little Auk by Gould, 1832 1832$745
  6. Old Bird Print of the Fork-Tailed Storm-Petrel and Common Storm-Petrel, 1832
    Pl. 54Old Bird Print of the Fork-Tailed Storm-Petrel and Common Storm-Petrel, 1832 1832$925
  7. Old Bird Print Depicting the Dotterel Bird by Gould, 1832
    Pl. 55Old Bird Print Depicting the Dotterel Bird by Gould, 1832 1832$720
  8. Antique Bird Print of the Tooth-Billed Bower-Bird by J. Gould, circa 1875
    Pl. 56Antique Bird Print of the Tooth-Billed Bower-Bird by J. Gould, circa 1875 1875$750
  9. Antique Bird Print of the Yellow-Eyed Cuckooshrike by J. Gould, circa 1875
    Pl. 57Antique Bird Print of the Yellow-Eyed Cuckooshrike by J. Gould, circa 1875 1875$460
  10. Antique Bird Print of the Buff-Breasted Sandpipe by J. Gould, circa 1870
    Pl. 58Antique Bird Print of the Buff-Breasted Sandpipe by J. Gould, circa 1870 1870$635
  11. Antique Bird Print of the Grey-faced Cuckoo-Shrike by J. Gould, circa 1875
    Pl. 59Antique Bird Print of the Grey-faced Cuckoo-Shrike by J. Gould, circa 1875 1875$605
  12. Antique Bird Print of the Aru-Island Wood-Shrike by J. Gould, circa 1875
    Pl. 60Antique Bird Print of the Aru-Island Wood-Shrike by J. Gould, circa 1875 1875$715