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38.5 x 23 cm (15.2 x 9 inches)This large antique copper plate engraving is by John Jonston. He was a scholar, renowned physician and distinguished naturalist. It was made in 1657 for "Historiae naturalis" and engraved by Matthaus Merian, the great German engraver. The engraving is printed on chain-l..

38.5 x 23 cm (15.2 x 9 inches)This large antique copper plate engraving is by John Jonston. He was a scholar, renowned physician and distinguished naturalist. It was made in 1657 for "Historiae naturalis" and engraved by Matthaus Merian, the great German engraver. The engraving is printed on chain-l..

45 x 34 cm (17.5 x 13.5 inches)Loss of image on the bottom of the centre-foldThis large antique lithograph is by Emil Hanselmann of Stuttgart in Germany and was made in about 1870. The original hand coloring and detail is superb. Antique prints by Hanselmann are rare and sought after due to their la..

25.5 x 16.5 cm (10 x 6.5 inches)This vintage lithograph is by Friederich Wilhelm Kuhnert, and was made in1894 in London. Kuhnert (1865-1926) was a German artist who specialised in wildlife. He was especially good at portraying animals in natural settings. The image area is in excellent condition. Th..

21 x 12.5 cm (8.5 x 5 inches)This original aquatint engraving by William Daniell is superbly detailed and fascinating. Daniell (1769-1837) was an excellent English print maker and painter. He illustrated his subjects with delightful backgrounds and landscapes, inspiring the style of later naturalist..

21 x 13 cm (8.5 x 5.25 inches)This is a hand colored engraving made in 1812 from the Comte de Buffon's English edition of Natural History. Buffon's works influenced the next two generations of naturalists, including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Georges Cuvier. It has been said that "Truly, Buffon was t..

15.8 x 9.8 cm (6.2 x 4.0 inches)Carparisoned for huntingIndiaThis finely detailed engraving was made in London in the 1840s.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..

27.5 x 18.5 cm (10.75 x 7.2 inches)This is a black and white engraving by Robert Montgomery Martin and was published in 1857. It is a genuine antique, not a reproduction and is in very good condition...

15.8 x 9.8 cm (6.2 x 4.0 inches)IndiaThis finely detailed engraving was made in London in the 1840s.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 Edinburgh, m..

16.5 x 25.5cm (6.5 x 10 inches). This is an original black and white steel engraving showing fascinating scenes in India in the 19th century, from a work by James Sprent Virtue. It is a genuine antique print, not a reproduction and apart from a small water stain on the right margin, is in good condi..

30.5 x 23.3cm (12 x 9 inches).Wolf, Elephant, Weasel, Castle, Leopard, Hand, Locust, Sea Monsters, Dove, Ram, Wolf and AntelopeThis 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 fam..

26.5 x 20 cm (10.5 x 8 inches)This detailed engraving is from the first edition of the rare "English Encyclopedia", made for George Kearsley in London in 1802. Its full title was "The English Encyclopedia being a collection of treatises and a dictionary of terms illustrative of the arts and sciences..

27 x 19 cm (10.6 x 7.4 inches).MastodonPrehistoric mammals related to elephants. Inhabited North and Central America up to their extinction about 11,000 years ago.This antique lithograph was made in about 1910 and is in excellent condition. It is from a rare set of collecting cards about dinosaurs, ..