Discover antique prints of insects.
Many people loved to collect and study insects in the 18th and 19th centuries.
It was a fashionable and educational hobby. Many of these naturalists illustrated insects. Their illustrations were often printed as engravings and lithographs.
Choose from thousands of our antique prints of insects. They are genuine antique prints.
27 x 21 cm (10.5 x 8.5 inches).Water BeetlesThis rare antique engraving was made in the 1850s and is from Genera des Coléoptères d' Europe by Pierre Nicolas Jacquelin Du Val and Jules Migneaux. Du Val and Migneaux were members of the Entomological Society of France. The hand painted coloring is top ..
US$50.00
42 x 24.5 cm (16.5 x 9.75 inches)This large antique copper plate engraving is by George Selby Howard he was a distinguished English scientist and lawyer. It was made in 1788 for "The New Royal Cyclopaedia and Encyclopaedia". The engraving is printed on chain-linked paper with strong plate marks and ..
US$60.00
35 x 27cm (13.8 x 10.5 inches).This engraving is from a wonderful work on beetles by Thomas Martyn (1735-1825), and was made in London in 1793. The set it is from was titled "The English Entomologist, exhibiting all the Coleopterous Insects found in England" and featured the first illustrations of m..
US$100.00
27 x 21 cm (10.5 x 8.5 inches).Colorful beetlesThis rare antique engraving was made in the 1850s and is from Genera des Coléoptères d' Europe by Pierre Nicolas Jacquelin Du Val and Jules Migneaux. Du Val and Migneaux were members of the Entomological Society of France. The hand painted coloring is t..
US$60.00
27 x 21 cm (10.5 x 8.5 inches).Large Carabides beetlesThis rare antique engraving was made in the 1850s and is from Genera des Coléoptères d' Europe by Pierre Nicolas Jacquelin Du Val and Jules Migneaux. Du Val and Migneaux were members of the Entomological Society of France. The hand painted colori..
US$60.00
16 x 10cm (6.5 x 4 inches).This antique lithograph was made in London in the 1850s by the famous Sowerby family, well known for their high quality illustrations of the natural world. They were made to educate the general population in natural history. The Victorians were very interested in natural h..
US$45.00
35 x 27cm (13.8 x 10.5 inches).This engraving is from a wonderful work on beetles by Thomas Martyn (1735-1825), and was made in London in 1793. The set it is from was titled "The English Entomologist, exhibiting all the Coleopterous Insects found in England" and featured the first illustrations of m..
US$80.00
16.5 x 9 cm (6 x 3.5 inches).This original antique engraving was made in 1732 for a work by Noel-Antoine Pluche, "Spectacle De La Nature". This included hand made engravings about natural history, the heavens and science. The engravings we are offering are from the rare first French edition. It was ..
US$30.00
27 x 21 cm (10.5 x 8.5 inches).Colorful Carabides beetlesThis rare antique engraving was made in the 1850s and is from Genera des Coléoptères d' Europe by Pierre Nicolas Jacquelin Du Val and Jules Migneaux. Du Val and Migneaux were members of the Entomological Society of France. The hand painted col..
US$60.00
35 x 27cm (13.8 x 10.5 inches).This engraving is from a wonderful work on beetles by Thomas Martyn (1735-1825), and was made in London in 1793. The set it is from was titled "The English Entomologist, exhibiting all the Coleopterous Insects found in England" and featured the first illustrations of m..
US$80.00
16 x 10cm (6.5 x 4 inches).This antique lithograph was made in London in the 1850s by the famous Sowerby family, well known for their high quality illustrations of the natural world. They were made to educate the general population in natural history. The Victorians were very interested in natural h..
US$45.00
27 x 21 cm (10.5 x 8.5 inches).Silphides BeetlesThis rare antique engraving was made in the 1850s and is from Genera des Coléoptères d' Europe by Pierre Nicolas Jacquelin Du Val and Jules Migneaux. Du Val and Migneaux were members of the Entomological Society of France. The hand painted coloring is ..
US$50.00
35 x 27cm (13.8 x 10.5 inches).This engraving is from a wonderful work on beetles by Thomas Martyn (1735-1825), and was made in London in 1793. The set it is from was titled "The English Entomologist, exhibiting all the Coleopterous Insects found in England" and featured the first illustrations of m..
US$80.00
16 x 10cm (6.5 x 4 inches).This antique lithograph was made in London in the 1850s by the famous Sowerby family, well known for their high quality illustrations of the natural world. They were made to educate the general population in natural history. The Victorians were very interested in natural h..
US$45.00
27 x 21 cm (10.5 x 8.5 inches).Silphides BeetlesThis rare antique engraving was made in the 1850s and is from Genera des Coléoptères d' Europe by Pierre Nicolas Jacquelin Du Val and Jules Migneaux. Du Val and Migneaux were members of the Entomological Society of France. The hand painted coloring is ..
US$50.00
35 x 27cm (13.8 x 10.5 inches).This engraving is from a wonderful work on beetles by Thomas Martyn (1735-1825), and was made in London in 1793. The set it is from was titled "The English Entomologist, exhibiting all the Coleopterous Insects found in England" and featured the first illustrations of m..
US$80.00
16 x 10cm (6.5 x 4 inches).This antique lithograph was made in London in the 1850s by the famous Sowerby family, well known for their high quality illustrations of the natural world. They were made to educate the general population in natural history. The Victorians were very interested in natural h..
US$45.00
27 x 21 cm (10.5 x 8.5 inches).Water BeetlesThis rare antique engraving was made in the 1850s and is from Genera des Coléoptères d' Europe by Pierre Nicolas Jacquelin Du Val and Jules Migneaux. Du Val and Migneaux were members of the Entomological Society of France. The hand painted coloring is top ..
US$50.00
16 x 10cm (6.5 x 4 inches).This antique lithograph was made in London in the 1850s by the famous Sowerby family, well known for their high quality illustrations of the natural world. They were made to educate the general population in natural history. The Victorians were very interested in natural h..
US$45.00
27 x 21 cm (10.5 x 8.5 inches).Water BeetlesThis rare antique engraving was made in the 1850s and is from Genera des Coléoptères d' Europe by Pierre Nicolas Jacquelin Du Val and Jules Migneaux. Du Val and Migneaux were members of the Entomological Society of France. The hand painted coloring is top ..
US$50.00
35 x 27cm (13.8 x 10.5 inches).This engraving is from a wonderful work on beetles by Thomas Martyn (1735-1825), and was made in London in 1793. The set it is from was titled "The English Entomologist, exhibiting all the Coleopterous Insects found in England" and featured the first illustrations of m..
US$80.00
Paper Size: 24 x 15 cm (9.5 x 6 inches)This exquisitely detailed copper plate engraving is from a rare set published in London by John Mason Good between 1806 and 1813 titled Pantologia. Many were by Sydenham Edwards, a multi-talented gentleman also well known for his superb botanical illustrations,..
US$40.00
27 x 21 cm (10.5 x 8.5 inches).Water BeetlesThis rare antique engraving was made in the 1850s and is from Genera des Coléoptères d' Europe by Pierre Nicolas Jacquelin Du Val and Jules Migneaux. Du Val and Migneaux were members of the Entomological Society of France. The hand painted coloring is top ..
US$50.00
35 x 27cm (13.8 x 10.5 inches).Small faint smudgeThis engraving is from a wonderful work on beetles by Thomas Martyn (1735-1825), and was made in London in 1793. The set it is from was titled "The English Entomologist, exhibiting all the Coleopterous Insects found in England" and featured the first ..
US$80.00
16 x 10cm (6.5 x 4 inches).This antique lithograph was made in London in the 1850s by the famous Sowerby family, well known for their high quality illustrations of the natural world. They were made to educate the general population in natural history. The Victorians were very interested in natural h..
US$45.00
27 x 21 cm (10.5 x 8.5 inches).Carabides beetlesThis rare antique engraving was made in the 1850s and is from Genera des Coléoptères d' Europe by Pierre Nicolas Jacquelin Du Val and Jules Migneaux. Du Val and Migneaux were members of the Entomological Society of France. The hand painted coloring is ..
US$40.00
35 x 27cm (13.8 x 10.5 inches).This engraving is from a wonderful work on beetles by Thomas Martyn (1735-1825), and was made in London in 1793. The set it is from was titled "The English Entomologist, exhibiting all the Coleopterous Insects found in England" and featured the first illustrations of m..
US$60.00
16 x 10cm (6.5 x 4 inches).This antique lithograph was made in London in the 1850s by the famous Sowerby family, well known for their high quality illustrations of the natural world. They were made to educate the general population in natural history. The Victorians were very interested in natural h..
US$45.00
27 x 21 cm (10.5 x 8.5 inches).Carabides beetlesThis rare antique engraving was made in the 1850s and is from Genera des Coléoptères d' Europe by Pierre Nicolas Jacquelin Du Val and Jules Migneaux. Du Val and Migneaux were members of the Entomological Society of France. The hand painted coloring is ..
US$50.00
35 x 27cm (13.8 x 10.5 inches).This engraving is from a wonderful work on beetles by Thomas Martyn (1735-1825), and was made in London in 1793. The set it is from was titled "The English Entomologist, exhibiting all the Coleopterous Insects found in England" and featured the first illustrations of m..
US$60.00