Grosvenor Prints

[Grouse in winter plumage.]
Orosháza fi Tzetter inta s. mettzitte Betzven 1792.
Scarce coloured engraving. 250 x 190mm (9¾ x 7½").
A white grouse in a rocky landscape. It was engraved by the Hungarian Samuel Czetter in the style of George Edwards. Czetter (or Tzetter, 1769-1829) worked in Vienna and Moscow, primarily engraving portraits but also a series of illustrations of the defences of Vienna.
[Ref: 38424] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Habitants of our Shores. 14.
R: Ansdell R.A.
[London, 1872.]
Etching. Plate 178 x 248. 7 x 9¾".
A bird returning to the nest at twilight; other birds flock. Plate 14 from "Etchings for The Art-Union of London By The Etching Club, 1872".
[Ref: 19383] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

1. Astur Francesii. 2. A. Morelli.
Keulemans pinx.t. Imp. Bequet, Paris.
[Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale, c.1876.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet 325 x 250mm (12½ x 9¾"), large margins.
An illustration of two Madagascan hawks, painted by John Gerrard Keulemans for the 'Histoire naturelle des oiseaux', in turn Volumes 12-15 of Alfred Grandidier's 'Histoire Physique, Naturelle et Politique de Madagascar'.
[Ref: 45740] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

1. Circus maillardi typicus, jeune ?. _ 2. C. Maillardi, var macroseles ?.
Keulemans pinx.t. Imp. Bequet, Paris.
[Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale, c.1876.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet 325 x 250mm (12½ x 9¾") large margins.
Two variant Reunion Harriers, painted by John Gerrard Keulemans for the 'Histoire naturelle des oiseaux', in turn Volumes 12-15 of Alfred Grandidier's 'Histoire Physique, Naturelle et Politique de Madagascar'.
[Ref: 45742] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Circus maillardi.
Keulemans pinx.t. Imp. Bequet, Paris.
[Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale, c.1876.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet 325 x 250mm (12½ x 9¾"), large margins.
The Reunion Harrier, painted by John Gerrard Keulemans for the 'Histoire naturelle des oiseaux', in turn Volumes 12-15 of Alfred Grandidier's 'Histoire Physique, Naturelle et Politique de Madagascar'.
[Ref: 45741] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

The Fire-Backed Pheasant of Java.
S. Edwards del. W. Skelton, sculp.
London, Published April 12, 1796, by G.Nicol.
Engraving, title in open letters. 355 x 300mm, 14 x 11¾". Waterstain to lower margin; a fine impression on a full sheet.
This appears to be the Crested Fireback, Lophura ignita, a forest pheasant with a peacock-like dark crest, bluish black plumage, reddish brown rump, black outer tail feathers, red iris and bare blue facial skin. From Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China', describing the expedition of Lord Macartney (1737 - 1806) as the first British ambassador to China.
[Ref: 18734] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Kings Burds.
F. Barlow pinx.
I. Smith ex.
Very fine mezzotint, 235 x 175mm (9¼ x 6¾"). Collector's stamp of Frederick Augustus II of Saxony. Trimmed to plate, glued on album sheet at edges.
A scene showing various animals, including ducks, geese with goslings a plumed bird and a pet monkey reaching up at a long-billed bird perched on a broken column on the left. A squirrel is visible on a tree in the background.
[Ref: 59546] £420.00

King Eider. Male and Female. Half natural size [in ink].
[by Dawe.]
[n.d., c.1860.]
Watercolour over pencil, sheet 430 x 335mm. 17 x 13¼". Tatty extremities, some spotting.
The King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) is a large sea duck, which breeds along northern hemisphere Arctic coasts of northeast Europe, North America and Asia. This species is smaller than Common Eider. The male is unmistakable with its black body, white breast and multicoloured head.
[Ref: 9311] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Kingfisher]
9/60. Roland Green [pencil].
[n.d., c.1930.]
Etching, signed by the artist. 275 x 175mm (10¾ x 7". Some surface abrasions.
Roland J. Green (1890-1972) specialised in paintings and etchings of birds on the Norfolk Broads. Maybe a Kookaburra.
[Ref: 55676] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Kiwi] Mantell's Apteryx. Apteryx Mantelli.
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 245 x 340mm (9½ x 13½"), with very large margins.
Five kiwis in a landscape, from 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Kiwi arrived at London Zoo in 1851, making it the first zoo to keep the bird, but the first breeding in captivity only occurred in 1945. in 2007 only 13 zoos worldwide held kiwi. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 53913] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[The Blue Macaw. Plate XLIV. (Ara caerulea or Ara ararauna).]
W. Kuhnert [facsimile inside image.]
[London. Frederick Warne & Co. & New York.] [1912.]
Chromolithograph. Plate 241 x 171mm (9½ x 6¾").
The Blue Macaw, native to Mexico, Central America, South America and formerly the Caribbean. From "Animal Portraiture being Fifty Studies", by Wilhelm Kunhert (text by Richard Lydekker). Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865-1926), the German painter, author and illustrator who specialised in animal images.
[Ref: 30206] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[The Bustard. Plate XLI. (Otis tarda).]
W. Kuhnert [facsimile inside image.]
[London. Frederick Warne & Co. & New York.] [1912.]
Chromolithograph. Plate 241 x 171mm (9½ x 6¾").
The bustard, large highly terrestrial birds mainly associated with dry open country and steppes. From "Animal Portraiture being Fifty Studies", by Wilhelm Kunhert (text by Richard Lydekker). Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865-1926), the German painter, author and illustrator who specialised in animal images.
[Ref: 30203] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[The Capercaillie. Plate V. (Tetrao urogallus).]
W. Kuhnert [facsimile inside image.]
[London. Frederick Warne & Co. & New York.] [1912.]
Chromolithograph. Plate 241 x 171mm (9½ x 6¾").
A Western Capercaillie, the largest member of the grouse family, founded across Europe and Asia. From "Animal Portraiture being Fifty Studies", by Wilhelm Kunhert (text by Richard Lydekker). Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865-1926), the German painter, author and illustrator who specialised in animal images.
[Ref: 30179] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[The Great Horned Owl. Plate XX. (Bubo ignavus).
W. Kuhnert [facsimile inside image.]
[London. Frederick Warne & Co. & New York.] [1912.]
Chromolithograph. Plate 241 x 171mm (9½ x 6¾").
The Great Horned Owl, native to the Americas. From "Animal Portraiture being Fifty Studies", by Wilhelm Kunhert (text by Richard Lydekker). Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865-1926), the German painter, author and illustrator who specialised in animal images.
[Ref: 30186] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[The Mandarin Duck. Plate XLV. (Aex galerita).]
W. Kuhnert [facsimile inside image.]
[London. Frederick Warne & Co. & New York.] [1912.]
Chromolithograph. Plate 171 x 241mm (6¾ x 9½").
The Mandarin Duck is an East Asian perching duck and is found across Asia, eastern China and southern Japan. From "Animal Portraiture being Fifty Studies", by Wilhelm Kunhert (text by Richard Lydekker). Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865-1926), the German painter, author and illustrator who specialised in animal images.
[Ref: 30207] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[The Razorbill or Auk. Plate L. (Alca torda).
W. Kuhnert [facsimile inside image.]
[London. Frederick Warne & Co. & New York.] [1912.]
Chromolithograph. Plate 241 x 171mm (9½ x 6¾").
The Razorbill is a colonial seabird that only comes to land in order to breed. They are found across sub-arctic and boreal waters of the Atlantic and so can be seen on the rocky shores and cliffs in western Europe, North America, northwestern Russia and northern France. From "Animal Portraiture being Fifty Studies", by Wilhelm Kunhert (text by Richard Lydekker). Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865-1926), the German painter, author and illustrator who specialised in animal images.
[Ref: 30210] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[The Somali Ostrich. Plate XLII. (Struthio molybdophanes).]
W. Kuhnert [facsimile inside image.]
[London. Frederick Warne & Co. & New York.] [1912.]
Chromolithograph. Plate 171 x 241mm (6¾ x 9½").
The Somali ostrich is found in eastern Africa, north of Ethiopia, across Somalia, to north-eastern Kenya. From "Animal Portraiture being Fifty Studies", by Wilhelm Kunhert (text by Richard Lydekker). Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865-1926), the German painter, author and illustrator who specialised in animal images.
[Ref: 30204] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[Little Owl] Noctua Minor Aucuparia.
[after Corenlis Nozeman.]
[Amsterdam, n.d., c.1790.]
Engraving with original hand colour. 420 x 280mm (16½ x 11"), 18th century watermark, very large margins.
An illustration of a Little Owl (Athene noctua) with a depiction of its egg. A plate from 'Nederlandsche vogelen' the first study of Dutch birds, published in parts from 1770-1829, with illustrations by Cornelius Nozeman, engraved by Christiaan Sepp, his son Jan Christiaan Sepp and grandson Jan Sepp.
[Ref: 50361] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Trogan Meridionalis; (Swains) Little Trogan.
Drawn from Nature & on stone by J & E Gould. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
[n.d., c.1836.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 555 x 380mm (22 x 15"), with large margins.
A portrait of two Little Trogans. From John Gould's 'A Monograph of the Trogonidae or Family of Trogans' published in 20 monthly parts between 1836 and 1838. Illustrations were painted by John and Elizabeth Gould and text was written by N.A. Vigors.
[Ref: 47013] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Lonely Marsh [pencil, to lower margin.]
K.M. Clayton [pencil signature].
[British, n.d., c.1930.]
Etching, 'FJ Head & Co' watermarked laid paper. 195 x 380mm, 7¾ x 15". Diagonal crease through upper left corner. Wide margins.
'Miss' K.M. Clayton. A swan or goose flying low over swampy marshland.
[Ref: 22755] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Le Canard Sauvage, Mâle et Femelle (Buffon). 8/5 de la Grandeur naturelle. Anas ferina et Anas rufa (Gmelin). 42. Europe.
Edouard Traviés [lithographed into plate.]
Paris Ledot ainé Edit. rue de Rivoli 174. London, E. Gambart & Co. 25 Berners St. Oxf. St. [n.d. c.1857.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph. 439 x 615mm. 17¼ x 24¼
Wild ducks, the mallard and drake ducks; poachers on the lake behind, with a man aiming at a fowl in the sky. From Edouard Traviés (1809-1865) 'Les Oiseaux Les Plus Remarquables'.
[Ref: 21729] £650.00

[A Mallard drake landing on salt flats.]
Maud Earl.
Published by the Berlin Photographic Company Berlin, London W, 133 New Bond Street; New York, 14 East 23rd Street. [n.d., c.1910.]
Colour photogravure, signed in pencil by the artist. 380 x 555mm, 15 x 21¾". Framed. Unexamined out of the frame.
Print of waterfowl, Ducks. Maud Earl was a British-born American painter best known for her accurate paintings of dog breeds. Her warm, descriptive portraits of dogs, executed in a sketchy yet realistic style, were popular among royals such as Queen Victoria of England and Queen Alexandra of Denmark. Born in 1864 in London, United Kingdom, Earl’s father George, her uncle, and her half-brother were all animal portraitist.
[Ref: 11835] £490.00

Envolée [pencil].
Paul Wood [pencil.]
© Paris Etching Society NY U.S.A. [n.d., c.1935.]
Aquatint and etching, printed in colours, titled and signed in pencil by the artist. 170 x 225mm (6¾ x 9"). Ink stamp 'Made in France' on verso.
'Take off': mallards taking flight from a lake, by Paul Wood (1897-1964). Wood, who studied art at both the Springfield School of Fine Arts in Massachussetts and at the Art Students League in New York, specialised in watercolours and etchings of dogs.
[Ref: 46168] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Merlin. Male. Immature Plumage.
E. Neale.
[n.d., c.1880.]
Lithograph with fine hand colour. Sheet 335 x 430mm (13¼ x 17").
A young merlin with its prey, in a coastal landscape. Edward Neale (1833-1904) provided illustrations for a number of bird books: this plate is probably from E.T. Booth's ''Rough Notes on the Birds observed during 25 years' Shooting and Collecting in the British Isles''.
[Ref: 50328] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Trichoglossus concinnus.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Coloured etching. 275 x 225mm. 10¾ x 9".
A handsome portrait, in fine contemporary colour, of the Musk Lorikeet. These birds are only found in south-eastern Australia, being widespread in eastern New South Wales, all regions of Victoria and in the south-east of South Australia. Musk Lorikeets live in tall, open, dry forest and woodlands, dominated by eucalypts and are usually found in the canopy. Plate 34 (as numbered upper right) to Volume 1 of 'Illustrations of Ornithology by Sir W. Jardine, Bart., and Prideaux John Selby, with the co-operation of J. E. Bicheno, J. G. Children, T. Hardwicke, T. Horsfield, R. Jameson, Sir T. S. Raffles, N. A. Vigors.' Published in Edinburgh by Daniel Lizars in 2 vols c.1830. Offered with titlepage.
[Ref: 9102] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Psittacus gloriosus. The Splendid Parrott. 53.
London Published Jan.ry 1.st 1791 by F.P. Nodder & C.o N.o15 Brewer Street.
Scarce letterpress and etching with fine hand colour. Plate 120 x 190mm (4¾ x 7½"), with large margins.
Illustration and excerpt from George Shaw's (1751– 1813) periodical, ‘The Naturalist's Miscellany: Or, Coloured Figures of Natural Objects; Drawn and Described Immediately From Nature’. Picture of a red and blue parrott. Although described as a 'Splendid Parrott' by this text it is actually a Crimson rosella; a parrot native to eastern and south eastern Australia which has been introduced to New Zealand and Norfolk Island.
[Ref: 61938] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Psittacus Porphyrocephialus. The Purple Headed Parakeet. 1.
Published Aug.t 1.st 1789 by F.P. Nodder & C.o. No. 13 Panton Street.
Rare letterpress and etching with fine hand colour. Plate 120 x 190mm (4¾ x 7½"), with large margins. Slight time staining.
Illustration and excerpt from George Shaw's (1751– 1813) periodical, ‘The Naturalist's Miscellany: Or, Coloured Figures of Natural Objects; Drawn and Described Immediately From Nature’. Picture of a small bird with an indigo coloured head, read face and leggs. Most likely a purple-crowned lorikeet (Parvipsitta porphyrocephala), (also known as the porphyry-crowned lorikeet, zit parrot, blue-crowned lorikeet, purple-capped lorikeet, lory, cowara, lorikeet, and purple-capped parakeet) is a lorikeet found in scrub and mallee of southern Australia.
[Ref: 61940] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Motacilla Superba. The Superb Warbler. 10.
London, Published Nov.r 1.st 1789 by F.P. Nodder & C.o. No. 13 Panton Street.
Rare letterpress and etching with fine hand colour. Plate 190 x 120mm (7½ 4¾"), with large margins. Time staining.
Illustration and excerpt from George Shaw's (1751– 1813) periodical, ‘The Naturalist's Miscellany: Or, Coloured Figures of Natural Objects; Drawn and Described Immediately From Nature’. Picture of a small black bird with blue markings on it's head, cheek and tail. A The Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus) is a tiny songbird found in a variety of habitats in south-eastern Australia; Tasmania.
[Ref: 61941] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Psittacus Magnificus. The Magnificent Cockatoo. 50.
London, Published Dec.r 1.st 1790 by F.P. Nodder & C.o. No. 15 Brewer Street.
Two rare letterpress sheets and etching with fine hand colour. Plate 190 x 120mm (7½ 4¾"), with margins. Time staining.
Illustration and excerpt from George Shaw's (1751– 1813) periodical, ‘The Naturalist's Miscellany: Or, Coloured Figures of Natural Objects; Drawn and Described Immediately From Nature’. Picture of a large black bird with yellow markings on head, cheeks, top of wing and belly, plus striking red and yellow markings on tail. The red-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) also known as Banksian- or Banks' black cockatoo, is a large black cockatoo native to Australia.
[Ref: 61942] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Struthio Rhea. The American Ostrich. 72.
London, Published July 1.st 1791 by F.P. Nodder & C.o. No. 15 Brewer Street.
Two rare letterpress sheets and etching with fine hand colour. Plate 190 x 120mm (7½ 4¾"), with large margins. Time staining.
Illustration and excerpt from George Shaw's (1751– 1813) periodical, ‘The Naturalist's Miscellany: Or, Coloured Figures of Natural Objects; Drawn and Described Immediately From Nature’. Picture of a brown flightless bird. Rheas also known as nandus or South American ostrich are moderately-sized.
[Ref: 61943] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

The Ostrich._Struthio Camelus. Price ¾d. Plain; 2d. Coloured.
Published Under the Direction of the Committtee of General Literature and Education, Appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. R. Clay, Printer, Bread Street Hill.
Hand-coloured wood engraving. Sheet: 340 x 275mm (13½ x 10¾'').
A portrait of an ostrich with a description of the bird below.
[Ref: 48579] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

The Ostrich. Varty's Series of Domestic & Wild Animals. No.20.
Drawn from Nature & on Stone by F. Robinson. Day & Haghe lith.rs to the Queen.
London, Published by Thomas Varty. Educational Depository, 31 Strand. [n.d. c.1860.]
Lithograph with large margins. 305 x 438mm. 12 x 17¼".
An ostrich, viewed in profile looking to the left of the picture, with three chicks by her feet.
See V & A: E.272-1901 [coloured lithograph].
[Ref: 25562] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Asio madagascariensis.
Keulemans pinx.t. Imp. Bequet, Paris.
[Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale, c.1876.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet 325 x 250mm (12½ x 9¾") large margins.
The Madagascar Long-eared Owl, an illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans for the 'Histoire naturelle des oiseaux', in turn Volumes 12-15 of Alfred Grandidier's 'Histoire Physique, Naturelle et Politique de Madagascar'.
[Ref: 45739] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Scops manadensis.
Keulemans pinx.t. Imp. Bequet, Paris.
[Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale, c.1876.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet 325 x 250mm (12½ x 9¾"), large margins.
The Madagascar Scops Owl, an illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans for the 'Histoire naturelle des oiseaux', in turn Volumes 12-15 of Alfred Grandidier's 'Histoire Physique, Naturelle et Politique de Madagascar'.
[Ref: 45738] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Athene superciliaris.
Keulemans pinx.t. Imp. Bequet, Paris.
[Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale, c.1876.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet 325 x 250mm (12½ x 9¾").
The White Browed Hawk Owl, an illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans for the 'Histoire naturelle des oiseaux', in turn Volumes 12-15 of Alfred Grandidier's 'Histoire Physique, Naturelle et Politique de Madagascar'.
[Ref: 45737] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[A bird of paradise.]
Lady Charlotte Egerton [ink signature].
[n.d., c.1840.]
Very fine watercolour with pencil, with gilt foil border. 120 x 140mm (4¾ x 5½").
Brightly-coloured birds on a pencil branch. Lady Charlotte Egerton (d. 1878), wife of William Egerton, 1st Baron Egerton, of Tatton Park. One of the formal gardens is named 'Charlotte's Garden' in her honour.
[Ref: 52596] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Six parakeets] 1. Little Green and Red Long-tailed Parroquet [...]
Published as the Act directs by Harrison & Co Nov.r 6th 1784
Etching with hand-colouring, sheet 365 x 220mm (14¼ x 8¾"). Large margins. Small stain on right. Trimmed to plate on right.
[Ref: 37081] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Lorie.] Sketched at The Palace December 22nd 1837. E.L.
[Engraved by Charles Mottram, 1875.] [EL: artist's monogram.]
London Published Nov.r 8.th 1875 by Henry Graves & Co, the Proprietors Publishers to H.M. the Queen &, T.R.H. The Prince & Princess of Wales, 6 Pall Mall_Copyright Registered. [Published by Henry Graves & Co. Printsellers and Publishers to Her Majesty the Queen and T.R.H. The Prince and Princess of Wales, Pall Mall, London. Sold by D. Woodcock & Co., 17, Farringdon Street, London.]
Mixed method engraving, proof before letters on india. Printseller's Association Stamp. Artist Proof Edition, Limited to One Hundred Copies, of which this is No.38. Plate 559 x 432mm. 22 x 17". Uncut, few small spots.
Lorie; a parrot, given to the Princess Victoria by the Hereditary Prince and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, which afterwards belonged to the Duchess of Kent. The original picture was sketched at the Palace, December 22nd 1837, and was left to the Queen by the Duchess of Kent; it now hangs at Osborne. From "Her Majesty's Pets being a Collection of Twenty Steel-Place Engravings from Paintings by Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A. By Special Permission of, and Dedicated to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen".
Ex Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 23014] £490.00

Partridge.
Archibald Thorburn. Drawn by A. Thorburn. Swan Electric Engraving Co.
Published by Lawrence & Bullen Ltd, 16, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden WC.
Photogravure. 305 x 445mm (12 x 17½") very large margins.
Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935), Scottish artist specialising in painting animals and birds, especially in a sporting context.
[Ref: 52173] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

[French Partridge.]
C. Whymper.
London, Published 1901 by I.P. Mendoza Limited, St James's Gallery 4a King St St James's SW. Copyright registered. Printed in Munich.
Photogravure, printed on chine collé, signed in pencil by the artist. 215 x 285mm (8½ x 15¼"). Small stain in right margin.
A pair of French Partridge (or Red-Legged Partridge) in a mating ritual. Charles Whymper (1853-1941), a prolific book illustrator specializing in travel, animal, and hunting themes. He contributed to The Illustrated London News, Good Words, and The English Illustrated Magazine.
[Ref: 58053] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Grey Partridge.]
C. Whymper.
London, Published 1901 by I.P. Mendoza Limited, St James's Gallery 4a King St St James's SW. Copyright registered. Printed in Munich.
Photogravure, printed on chine collé. 230 x 235mm (9 x 9¼"). Restored worm holes in margins.
A Grey Partridge hen and her chicks. Charles Whymper (1853-1941), a prolific book illustrator specializing in travel, animal, and hunting themes. He contributed to The Illustrated London News, Good Words, and The English Illustrated Magazine.
[Ref: 58055] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Grey Partridge.]
C. Whymper.
London, Published 1901 by I.P. Mendoza Limited, St James's Gallery 4a King St St James's SW. Copyright registered. Printed in Munich.
Photogravure, printed on chine collé, signed in pencil by the artist. 215 x 285mm (8½ x 15¼"). Restored wormholes.
A covey of Grey Partridges. Charles Whymper (1853-1941), a prolific book illustrator specializing in travel, animal, and hunting themes. He contributed to The Illustrated London News, Good Words, and The English Illustrated Magazine.
[Ref: 58054] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Nimersatt! Auf der Donau zwischen Peterwarden und Belgrad Anno 1740 geschoßen und nach dem Leben gezeichnet. 48.
J.E. Ridinger fec.
[Verfertigt und herausgegeben von Johann Elias Ridinger, Mahlern in Augspurg. Anno 1740.]
Copper engraving. Plate 348 x 280mm. 13¾ x 11".
Johann Elias Ridinger, (1698 - 1767) Painter, draughtsman, etcher and publisher of prints, specialist in animal and hunting subjects. A pelican on the edge of a lake or river, in the water flapping its wings with opened beak. From 'Abbildung Der Jagtbaren Tiere mit derselben angefügten Faehrten und Spuhren, Wandel, Gänge, Absprünge, Wendungen, Widergängen, Flucht, und anderer Zeichen mehr mit vielem Fleiss, Zeit und Mühe nach der Natur gezeichnet , samt Einer Erklaerung darüber'.
[Ref: 21901] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Der bassan'sche Pelikan - Mannchen. Pelecanus bassanus. Lin.
von J.C. Susemihl Sen: gemahlt gestochen und unter dessen aussicht gedruckt und illuminet.
[Darmstadt, 1805.]
Engraving with original hand colour, 18th century watermark. 345 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"), large margins.
A pelican, drawn, engraved and coloured by Johann Conrad Susemihl (1767-1847) for his 'Teutsche Ornithologie oder Naturgeschichte aller Vögel Teutschlands in naturgetreuen Abbildungen und Beschreibungen', produced in collaboration with his brother, Johann Theodore, and later his son, Eduard. The 'Teutsche Ornithologie' was an attempt to produce a German equivalent to the works of Levaillant and Barraband.
[Ref: 45661] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The Peregrine Falcon_Falco peregrinus. Price ¾d. Plain; 2d. Coloured.
Published Under the Direction of the Committtee of General Literature and Education, Appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. R. Clay, Printer, Bread Street Hill.
Hand-coloured wood engraving. Sheet: 340 x 275mm (13½ x 10¾'').
A portrait of a Peregrine Falcon with a description of the bird below.
[Ref: 48580] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Le Geai du Pérou (Buffon) Grandeur naturelle. Corvus Peruvianus (Gmélin). 66. Pérou.
Edouard Traviés [lithographed into plate.]
Paris Ledot ainé Edit. rue de Rivoli 174. London, E. Gambart & Co. 25 Berners St. Oxf. St. [n.d. c.1857.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. 533 x 432mm. 21 x 17".
A beautifully coloured and exotic Peruvian Jay. From Edouard Traviés (1809-1865) "Les Oiseaux Les Plus Remarquables".
[Ref: 21731] £330.00

Pheasant [pencil, lower left.]
BG(?)Bromhead [signed in pencil and in plate.]
[British, n.d., c.1930s?]
Etching from a limited edition, numbered '1/15' to lower margin. Laid paper watermarked 'Hand Made', 135 x 200mm. 5¼ x 8". Some faint spotting.
Three pheasants at the base of a tree.
[Ref: 22754] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

In the Covert [in pencil].
W Travis Jackson [in pencil].
[n.d., c.1930.]
Etching signed by the artsit, 125 x 100mm (5 x 4"), with very large margins.
Two pheasants in a woodland.
[Ref: 62620] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Exotic dove.]
[n.d, c.1780.]
Engraving with fine original hand colour, rare. 440 x 310mm, 17¼ x 12¼".
A fine ornithological plate, similar to the style of George Edwards (showing the bird, a generic ground and a perch, in this case a rock) but twice the size.
[Ref: 27127] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Plovers. 9th Plate of the British Feather Game.
Barenger pinx.t. Turner sculp.t.
London Publish'd Sept. 1 1810 at R.Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand.
Mezzotint, printed in colours. 365 x 435mm, 14¼ x 17¼". Some damage in title area.
James Barenger (1780 - 1831), nephew of William Woollett, the eminent engraver. He obtained some celebrity as a painter of racehorses, dogs, deer, and other animals, which he exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1807 until his death. From a series of fourteen prints "British Feather Game", depicting English game birds, all engraved by Charles Turner and published 1810-12.
Whitman: 659. Siltzer: pg. 79. See Ref: 8670 & 8672
[Ref: 8669] £320.00

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