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25 x 15.5 cm (9.75 x 6 inches).This is an original hand colored wood engraving made for Charles Robert Bree in 1866. It is a genuine antique print, not a reproduction. It is in excellent condition. The paper and colors are virtually as fresh as they day the prints were created. Charles Robert Bree w..

20.5 x 11.5cm (8 x 4.5 inches) This is an original hand colored engraving made in ~1797 from "Barr's Buffon" English edition of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon,'s Natural History. The hand coloring is original, and the engraving is over 200 years old. It was made by copper plate engraving, ha..

~8.3 by 5.2 inches (21 by 12.8 cm). This superb antique engraving is over 230 years old. It's from "British Zoology" by Thomas Pennant, which was published in 1776 in Warrington, England. The illustrations in the early editions were so expensive to produce that he made little money and gave the pro..

18.5 x 12 cm (7.3 x 4.8 inches)This antique print was made by wood engraving in 1855. It is in in excellent condition and is an original antique by Reverend Francis Orpen Morris and was printed by Groombridge and Sons of London in 1887. The paper is good quality and blank on the reverse side. It is..

41 x 30 cm (16 x 11.75 inches).Geopelia tranquillaAustraliaJohn Gould was the enterprising genius behind the creation of 2999 different hand­colored lithographic plates of birds and animals. He was born in 1804 on the Dorset coast in England. Gould had no formal university training and considered hi..

18.5 x 12 cm (7.3 x 4.8 inches)This antique print was made by wood engraving in 1855. It is in in excellent condition and is an original antique by Reverend Francis Orpen Morris and was printed by Groombridge and Sons of London in 1887. The paper is good quality and blank on the reverse side. It is..

26 x 16 cm (10.3 x 6.25 inches)Red-necked Nightjar, Turtle Dove, Nightjar, Stock Dove, Ring Dove, Rock Dove, Sand Grouse, Passenger Pigeon and Sand GrouseThis original antique lithograph was made in the 1890s and is from Henry Seebohm's work on birds eggs, one of the best studies of birds eggs of th..

22 x 14cm (8.6 x 5.5 inches). This chromolithograph was made at the turn of the 19th century by Archibald Thorburn. The birds are rendered in attractive life-like portraits and set in their natural surrounding. It is a genuine antique print, not a reproduction and is in excellent condition. These pr..

30.5 x 23.3cm (12 x 9 inches).Lion, Lion on a Crown, Lion, Merlion, Ship, Fish, Peacock, Soldier, Lion, Dove, Lady and Fox Head This antique engraving of heraldry was made in the 1840s by Thomas Jack. Heraldry is a system of visual identification - think of it as an early form of branding ! Noble fa..

30.5 x 23.3cm (12 x 9 inches).Griffin, Crocodile, Eagle, Duck, Eagle and Snake, Dragon, Monkey, Swan, Beaver, Ram, Boar and Dog This antique engraving of heraldry was made in the 1840s by Thomas Jack. Heraldry is a system of visual identification - think of it as an early form of branding ! Noble fa..

19 x 11 cm (7.5 x 4.5 inches).This is an antique chromolithograph from a work by Richard Bowdler-Sharpe (1847 - 1909), an English zoologist in the Zoological Department of the British Museum. He founded the British Ornithologists' Club in 1892. His work on birds was scientific, yet popular and conta..

28 x 21 cm (11 x 8.5 inches).The Passenger Pigeon is now extinctNorth AmericaThis antique illustration is from a work by Thomas Sadler Roberts about North American birds. This is an original antique from the 1930s, not a reproduction. It is in superb condition. There is text on the back that does no..