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28.5 x 22cm (11.3 x 8.5 inches).Peacock,Ostrich,Turkey,Cassowary,Pheasant This high quality antique engraving about the animal kingdom is by Traugott Bromme, a German traveller who led an exciting life. Bromme published books, prints and maps on his travels and the natural history of the world. This..

21 x 16 cm (8.25 x 6.25 inches)This antique copper plate engraving is by Pierre Pomet, a Paris apothecary.Pomet became chief druggist to King Louis XIV and a purveyor of medicinal remedies from distant lands.It was made in 1725 for Pomet's " A Compleat History of Drugges ". This was the most complet..

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 naturalis..

20.5 x 11.5cm (8 x 4.5 inches) This is an original hand colored engraving made in 1808 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, has..

29 x 22 cm (11.5 x 8.5 inches).Laminaria cloustiniThis is an genuine antique chromolithograph from Kohler's Medicinal Plants which was published in 1890 by Hermann Kohler. In an era of travel and exploration, plants from around the world were being collected and bought back to Europe and eagerly stu..

45 x 34 cm (17.5 x 13.5 inches)Ostrich (Struthio camelus), Rhea (Struthio rhea), Cassowary (Casuarius emeu), Great Bustard (Otis tarda), Stone Curlew (Oedicnemus crepitans), Cream-coloured Courser (Cursorius europaeus), Northern Lapwing (Vanellus cristatus), Golden Plover (Charadrius auratus), Euras..

42 x 24.5 cm (16.5 x 9.75 inches)Hummingbirds, Jay, Cock of the Mountain, Grouse, Kingfisher, Bustard, Merula, Ring Ouzel, Atinga, Merlin, Merops, Crested Pheasant, Wrybill, Crossbill, Serinus, Oriole, OstrichThis large antique copper plate engraving is by George Selby Howard he was a distinguished ..

26.5 x 20 cm (10.5 x 8 inches)Gum Benjamin treeThis 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 ..

23 x 15 cm (9 x 6 inches).This 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 practitioner. He beca..

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..

30.5 x 23.3cm (12 x 9 inches).Shell, Rabbit, Shell, Wings, Peacock, Eagle, Eagle & Heron, Porcupine, Lion, Heron, Ostrich and Horse Sea Creature 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 br..

26 x 18cm (10.3 x 7 inches).StruzzoThis high quality antique lithograph is by Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert and was made in Italy in about 1895. 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 exc..

28.5 x 19 cm (11.3 x 7.5 inches).This is an original hand colored engraving from a large, fine quality French edition of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon,'s Natural History. The hand coloring is original, and the engraving is over 160 years old. It was made by copper plate engraving, has fine ..

29 x 21.5 (11.5 x 8.5)Struthio camelusAfricaThis vintage lithograph is from Wild Nature, made in the early 1930s in London and Australia. It is what's known as an instructive picture, a genre of antique prints created to educate people about the natural world. As such they usually show animals reali..