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23 x 16 cm (9 x 6.5 inches)Laelia AncepsMexicoThis hand colored engraving was made in the 1830s by Sir Joseph Paxton, a hugely talented man. Paxton started as an assistant gardener with no education & rose to become the head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire. His design of the conservatory at Chats..

68.5 x 53.5 cm (26.7 x 21 inches)Inset of the Isthmus of PanamaThis large detailed colour map by George Philip was published in 1890 in London and Liverpool. 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 pape..

23.0 x 15.0 cm (9.2 x 4.8 inches).Vari guiochi de MessicaniMexicoThis 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 around the ..

23 x 15 cm (9 x 6 inches).Mexico, BarbaryThis antique engraving is over 200 years old. It's is from the first edition of one of George Shaw's works on zoology, published between 1801 and 1804. George Shaw (1751-1813) was a notable English botanist and zoologist. Shaw was a initially a medical practi..

15.8 x 9.8 cm (6.2 x 4.0 inches)Trochilus anaisThis finely detailed engraving was made in London in 1834.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 Edinbur..

15.8 x 9.8 cm (6.2 x 4.0 inches)Trochilus anaisThis finely detailed engraving was made in London in 1834.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 Edinbur..

15.8 x 9.8 cm (6.2 x 4.0 inches)Trochilus rivoliiThis finely detailed engraving was made in London in 1834.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 Edinb..

15.8 x 9.8 cm (6.2 x 4.0 inches)Trochilus coeligenaThis finely detailed engraving was made in London in 1834.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 Edi..

15.8 x 9.8 cm (6.2 x 4.0 inches)Trochilus cyanopagonThis finely detailed engraving was made in London in 1834.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..

15.8 x 9.8 cm (6.2 x 4.0 inches)Trochilus tricolorThis finely detailed engraving was made in London in 1834.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 Edin..

24.5 x 15.5 cm (9.5 x 6.3 inches)Marina, (La Malinche) was a Mexican woman involved in the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs, acting as an interpreter, advisor and lover to Cortés. She gave birth to his son, Martin, considered one of the first people of mixed European and indigenous American ancestry. ..

24 x 32cm (9.5 x 12.75 inches)Tigridia pavonia var speciosaThis 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 brin..

34.5 x 26.0 cm (13.5 x 10.5 inches).There is a central fold, as issued and shown in the picture.Yucca baccataUSA,Mexico,Mojave desertThis 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 peo..

15.8 x 9.8 cm (6.2 x 4.0 inches)Trochilus dupontiiMexicoThis finely detailed engraving was made in London in 1834.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 an..

23 x 16 cm (9 x 6.5 inches)Euphorbia FulgensMexicoThis hand colored engraving was made in the 1830s by Sir Joseph Paxton, a hugely talented man. Paxton started as an assistant gardener with no education & rose to become the head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire. His design of the conservatory at C..

21 x 13 cm (8.5 x 5.25 inches)MexicoThis is a hand colored engraving made in 1812. It is from the English edition of Comte de Buffon's work Histoire Naturelle. Buffon influenced the next two generations of naturalists, including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Georges Cuvier. It has been said that "Truly,..

21 x 13 cm (8.5 x 5.25 inches)This is a hand colored engraving made in 1812. It is from the English edition of Comte de Buffon's work Histoire Naturelle. Buffon influenced the next two generations of naturalists, including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Georges Cuvier. It has been said that "Truly, Buffo..

24.5 x 15.5 cm (9.5 x 6.3 inches)Metisses et Guerilleros du Mechcuacan. Women of mixed race and a guerrilla soldierMexicoThis 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 ..

26 x 17.5 cm (10.5 x 7.0 inches) Mexico,ColombiaThis 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 hopefully p..

23 x 16 cm (9 x 6.3 inches).Cultrides rufipennis - newly discovered speciesMexico,Venezuela,Brazil,Guyana,Colombia,AmazoniaThis hand colored lithograph is from an exceedingly rare set published by The Zoological Society of London in 1848 and 1849. The hand painted coloring on this print is outstandi..

16.5 x 10.0 cm (6.3 x 4.0 inches)Lyciscus cagottisMexico,North AmericaThis 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 ..

24.5 x 15.5 cm (9.5 x 6.3 inches)MexicoThis 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 antique, not a reproduction and i..

27 x 18 cm (10.5 x 7 inches).Oncidium tigrinum.MexicoThis 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 paper. Karl Alexander was an accomplished botanical illustrator. It is in ..

22.5 x 15.5 cm (9 x 6 inches).Russelia JunceaMexicoThis hand colored engraving was made in the 1830s by Sir Joseph Paxton, a hugely talented man. Paxton started as an assistant gardener with no education & rose to become the head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire. His design of the conservatory at ..

28 x 21 cm (11 x 8.5 inches). Phyllocactus anguliger Mexico This lithograph was made in the 1880s by Sir Joseph Paxton, a hugely talented man. Paxton started as an assistant gardener with no education & rose to become the head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire. His design of the conservatory at Cha..

19 x 12 cm (7.5 x 4.8 inches).Mexico,Central America,South AmericaThis original antique chromolithograph was made in 1894 by John Gerrard Keulemans (1842-1912). Keulemans was one of the greatest scientific illustrators of animals . His illustrations are exceptionally detailed, accurate and lifelike...

41 x 30 cm (16 x 11.75 inches).Trogon MexicanusMexicoJohn 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 himself ..

28 x 21 cm (11 x 8.5 inches).Penstemon gentianoides (Blind stamp just in corner of image)MexicoThis lithograph was made in the 1880s by Sir Joseph Paxton, a hugely talented man. Paxton started as an assistant gardener with no education & rose to become the head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire. Hi..