Antique Insect and Butterfly Prints
Insecta
Butterflies, moths, beetles and their life cycles, from early entomological engravings to the colour-printed plates of the later 19th century.
303 prints
- Pl. 1Heliconia with Insects, 19th-Century Lithograph after Merian’s Plate 54 (1705)
- Pl. 2Set of 3 Antique Prints of a Lantern Fly, Cicada and the Eastern Dobsonfly
- Pl. 3Antique Print of Various Insects Including a Grasshopper
- Pl. 4Butterfly Life Cycle on Flowering Plant, Albin Hand-Colored Engraving, ca.1720
- Pl. 5Papaya and Insects, 19th-Century Hand-Coloured Lithograph after Merian Plate 45
- Pl. 6Goliath Bird-Eating Spider and Scorpions: Hand-Colored Engraving, 1792
- Pl. 71867 Hand-Colored Lithograph of South American Butterflies and Passionflower
- Pl. 8Set of 7 Antique Prints of a Grasshopper and other Insects
- Pl. 9Antique Print of the Black Tunnelweb Spider and Spitting Spider
- Pl. 10Set of Five Antique Prints of Flies and Hymenoptera Insects, 1861
- Pl. 11Set of 4 Antique Prints of Various Insects Including the Human Flea and Others
- Pl. 12Hercules Beetle and Lantern Fly, Antique Bertuch Print, Vienna, circa 1805
- Pl. 13Owl Butterfly from Suriname, Antique Bertuch Print, Vienna, circa 1805
- Pl. 14Atlas Moth on a Flowering Branch, Antique Bertuch Print, Vienna, circa 1805
- Pl. 15Exotic Butterfly with Wing Details, Antique Bertuch Print, Vienna, circa 1812
- Pl. 16Walking Leaf and Chinese Lantern Fly, Antique Bertuch Print, Vienna, circa 1805
- Pl. 17Garden Tiger Moth and Emperor Moth, Antique Bertuch Print, Vienna, circa 1805
- Pl. 18Exotic Butterflies and Saturniid Moth, Antique Bertuch Print, Vienna, circa 1815
- Pl. 19Two Large Exotic Moths, Antique Bertuch Print, circa 1815
- Pl. 20Moth Life Cycles with Caterpillars, Antique Bertuch Print, circa 1815
- Pl. 21Elephant Hawk Moth and Hawk Moth Caterpillars, Antique Bertuch Print, circa 1805
- Pl. 22Underwing and Tiger Moths with Caterpillars, Antique Bertuch Print, circa 1805
- Pl. 23Garden Spider with Magnified Fangs, Antique Bertuch Print, circa 1805
- Pl. 24Magnified Insect Larvae and Small Moths, Antique Bertuch Print, circa 1805
- Pl. 25Whip Scorpion, Tarantula and Red Mite, Antique Bertuch Print, circa 1820
- Pl. 26Centipede, Dung Beetle and Ant Lion, Antique Bertuch Print, circa 1805
- Pl. 27Gnat with Magnified Feathered Head, Antique Bertuch Print, circa 1805
- Pl. 28Termites and Termite Mound with Swollen Queen, Antique Bertuch Print, circa 1805
- Pl. 29Flea and Louse Under the Microscope, Antique Bertuch Print, circa 1805
- Pl. 30Diving Beetles and Water Beetles with Larva, Antique Bertuch Print, circa 1815
- Pl. 31Fruit Moths with Caterpillar in a Cut Apple, Antique Bertuch Print, circa 1815
- Pl. 32Eleven Flies and Hover Flies, Antique Bertuch Print, circa 1815
- Pl. 33Grain Weevil Magnified Under the Microscope, Antique Bertuch Print, circa 1815
- Pl. 34House Fly and Compound Eye Magnified, Antique Bertuch Print, circa 1805
- Pl. 35Insect Pit Traps in Sand, Antique Bertuch Print, circa 1805
- Pl. 36Spider Webs with Hatching Spiderlings, Antique Bertuch Print, circa 1805
- Pl. 37Hammerhead Shark with Pipefish and Sea Moths, Antique Bertuch Print, circa 1820
- Pl. 38Lionfish, Chimaera, Scorpionfish and Boxfish, Antique Bertuch Print, circa 1805
- Pl. 39Angelfish, Butterflyfish and Moorish Idol, Antique Bertuch Print, circa 1805
- Pl. 40Antique Animal Print of a Moth, Caterpillar and Pupa by C. Hoffmann, 1847
- Pl. 41Antique Animal Print of various Insects 'Moth, Caterpillar', 1847
- Pl. 42Antique Animal Print of various Insects 'Grasshopper' by C. Hoffmann, 1847
- Pl. 43Antique Animal Print of Various Beetles by C. Hoffmann, 1847
- Pl. 44Set of 2 Antique Butterfly Prints 'Pl. 138' by Cramer, Published in 1779
- Pl. 45Set of 4 Antique Prints of Various Butterflies and Moths by Ramann, circa 1870
- Pl. 46Set of 7 Antique Prints of Various Butterflies and Moths by Ramann 'circa 1870'
- Pl. 47Set of 6 Antique Prints of Various Butterflies and Moths by Ramann, circa 1870
- Pl. 48Set of 5 Antique Prints of Various Butterflies and Moths by Ramann, circa 1870
