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27.5 x 20 cm (10.5 x 8 inches).Shows Russia, India, Tibet, Persia, Arabia, China, Japan. Borneo, New Guinea, Java etc.Mapmaker: George Kearsley. Date: 1802. Map made before Hong Kong existedThis beautiful antique map is from a the first edition of the rare "English Encyclopedia", made for George Kea..

24 x 16cm (9.5 x 6.5 inches)Amygdalus persica var sinesisThis beautiful lithograph with original hand coloring was made in 1854-1855 and comes from Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe by Louis van Houtte, a famous nineteenth century Belgian horticulturalist. He employed plant collectors to b..

24 x 16cm (9.5 x 6.5 inches)Amaryllis belladonnaThis beautiful lithograph with original hand coloring was made in 1851 and comes from Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe by Louis van Houtte, a famous nineteenth century Belgian horticulturalist. He employed plant collectors to bring back attr..

49 x 37 cm (19 x 14.5 inches)This detailed colour map by William and Keith Johnston was published at the end of the 19th century in London and Edinburgh. It is a genuine antique, not a reproduction and is in very good condition.This is a double page lithograph, on medium weight creamy toned paper. T..

32 x 19.5 cm (12.5 x 7.75 inches).ChinaThis original antique lithograph was made in the 1860s by Edmonston and Douglas in England and is from a set of prints, The Instructive Picture Book, created to educate children of wealthy families. They are some of the most attractive antique prints of animals..

26 x 17.5 cm (10.5 x 7.0 inches).Primula sinesisChinaThis lithograph is from L'Illustration Horticole by Jean Jules Linden, one of the finest botanical periodicals first published in Belgium in 1854. It aimed educate people about the fascinating plants being gathered from around the world and hopefu..

56 x 47 cm (22.5 x 18.5 inches).Foldout mapThis beautiful, large map is from the last decorative hand colored atlas from England, The The Royal Illustrated Atlas Of Modern Geography, which was published in 27 parts from 1854-62 by A. Fullarton and Company of London and Edinburgh. It was printed via ..

26 x 18 cm (10.5 x 7 inches)Ithaginis corientes or Ithaginis CruentusBhutan,Nepal,China,IndiaA beautifully colored and illustrated chromolithograph made by Cassell and Company in ~1870 for Thomas Rymer Jones, Professor of Natural History and Comparative Anatomy in King's College, London. This is an ..

23.0 x 15.0 cm (9.2 x 4.8 inches).Dio della volutta, dell immortalitaChinaThis exquisitely detailed hand finished engraving is from a set titled il Costume Antico e Moderno by Dr Giulo Ferrario (1767-1847)and was made in the 1820s. Ferrario's work documented and compared clothes and costumes from ar..

24.5 x 15.5 cm (9.5 x 6.3 inches)L'Empereur Allant A La PagodeChinaThis finely detailed original hand coloured engraving was made in Paris in 1843 for a work by Captain Gabriel-Pierre Lafond and illustrates people from remote and exotic lands in an era of travel and exploration.It is a genuine antiq..

34.5 x 22.3 cm (13.5 x 8.8 inches).ChinaThis original antique engraving was made in 1778. It is from a "A New and Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels" by John Hamilton Moore, and was printed by Alexander Hogg in London. Moore described some of the most interesting discoveries and adventures s..

23.0 x 15.0 cm (9.2 x 4.8 inches).Divinita Chinesi divise in re classiChinaThis exquisitely detailed hand finished engraving is from a set titled il Costume Antico e Moderno by Dr Giulo Ferrario (1767-1847)and was made in the 1820s. Ferrario's work documented and compared clothes and costumes from a..

26 x 21 cm (10.25 x 8.25 inches).ChinaThis original antique engraving is from a work by George Alexander Cooke, Universal Geography, which described voyages, travels and discoveries of great explorers of the era such as Captain James Cook, Furneaux, Magellan, Drake, Anson, Dampier and Wallis. It was..

26 x 21 cm (10.25 x 8.25 inches).ChinaThis original antique engraving is from a work by George Alexander Cooke, Universal Geography, which described voyages, travels and discoveries of great explorers of the era such as Captain James Cook, Furneaux, Magellan, Drake, Anson, Dampier and Wallis. It was..

23.5 x 14.5cm (9.25x 5.5 inches). Argynnis idalia butterfly from Jamaica and Central and Northern America. Argynnis niphe butterfly from China. This rare antique engraving is from "Histoire Naturelle des Lepidopteres Exotiques" by Pierre-Hippolyte Lucas. It was made in Paris in 1834, has superb orig..

23.5 x 14.5cm (9.25x 5.5 inches). Cethosia penthesilea butterfly from Java in Indonesia. Cethosia cydippe butterfly from China.This rare antique engraving is from "Histoire Naturelle des Lepidopteres Exotiques" by Pierre-Hippolyte Lucas. It was made in Paris in 1834, has superb original hand painted..

26 x 17.5 cm (10.5 x 7.0 inches).Primeveres nouvellesChinaThis lithograph is from L'Illustration Horticole by Jean Jules Linden, one of the finest botanical periodicals first published in Belgium in 1854. It aimed educate people about the fascinating plants being gathered from around the world and h..

26 x 17.5 cm (10.5 x 7.0 inches).Primula sinesisChinaThis lithograph is from L'Illustration Horticole by Jean Jules Linden, one of the finest botanical periodicals first published in Belgium in 1854. It aimed educate people about the fascinating plants being gathered from around the world and hopefu..

16.2 x 10.2 cm (6.5 x 4.0 inches)Phasianus veneratusThis finely detailed engraving was made in London in 1843.It is a genuine antique, not a reproduction and is in very good condition. The original hand colouring and engraving is excellent. The publishing company William Home Lizars of London and Ed..

16.2 x 10.2 cm (6.5 x 4.0 inches)Euplocomus ignitus – maleThis finely detailed engraving was made in London in 1843.It is a genuine antique, not a reproduction and is in very good condition. The original hand colouring and engraving is excellent. The publishing company William Home Lizars of London ..

16.2 x 10.2 cm (6.5 x 4.0 inches)Euplocomus ignitus – femaleThis finely detailed engraving was made in London in 1843.It is a genuine antique, not a reproduction and is in very good condition. The original hand colouring and engraving is excellent. The publishing company William Home Lizars of Londo..

32 x 25.5cm (12.5 x 10 inches). This is an original sepia toned steel engraved map from a work by James Sprent Virtue and was made in 1858. It is a genuine antique print, not a reproduction and is in good condition. This a double page map so has a fold line down the centre...

Myrtus tomentosaChina9.5 x 6 inches (24 x 15½ cm). 1790sThis original antique engraving is from The Botanical Magazine by William Curtis.It was made in the 1790s, has original hand colouring and is in very good condition.The Botanical Magazine was one of the first British horticultural journals and ..

27 x 18 cm (10.5 x 7 inches).Dendrobium fimbriatum var. oculatum.India, Nepal,Bhutan,Bangladesh,China,Thailand,Malaysia,BhutanThis vintage lithograph was made from the original water colour drawing by Karl Alexander in the 1950s, using top quality 8 colour litho-offset printing and thick cartridge p..

44 x 33 cm (17 x 13 inches)Arabian Dhow, trader in the middle eastThis lithograph was made in the early 1960s and is in excellent condition. It is an original vintage lithograph, not a reproduction. The paper is light creamy white and blank on the reverse side. This print is one of a collection whic..

23 x 14 cm (9.5 x 5.5 inches).Leonurus sibiricusEast India,China,SiberiaThis antique botanical print is from James Edward Smith's work "Exotic Botany" and was made in 1806. The engravings were based on drawings by a renowned illustrator of natural history works about botany, conchology and fossils. ..