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Camelus Dromedarius Linn.
De Seve del. J.C. Bock sc.
[Erlangen: Wolfgang Walther, c.1775.]
Engraving with original fine hand colour, pt 18th century watermark. 230 x 180mm (9 x 11"), with large margins.
A portrait of an Arabian camel (Dromedary), from Johann Christian Daniel Schreber's 'Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen'.
[Ref: 52336] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
Camelus Bactrianus Linn.
De Seve del. J.C. Bock sc.
[Erlangen: Wolfgang Walther, c.1775.]
Engraving with fine original hand colour. 230 x 180mm (9 x 11"), with large margins.
A portrait of Bactrian camel of Central Asia, from Johann Christian Daniel Schreber's 'Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen'.
[Ref: 52337] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
Le Bouc de Juda. Tom. XV. Pl. XX Pag. 196.
De Seve delin. C. Baquoy Sculp.
[n.d. c.1766.]
Coloured engraving; paper watermarked. Plate 215 x 166mm (8½ x 6½"). Small margins.
Short-horned white goat with short untamed coat; palm tree and domed building in background. A Judas goat is a trained goat used in general animal herding. It is trained to associate with sheep or cattle, leading them to a specific destination. From Buffon's "L’Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi" and particularly from his "douze volumes sur les quadrupèdes (de 1753 à 1767)".
[Ref: 52382] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)
Le Bouc de Juida. Tom. III. Pl. XIII. pag. 96.
De Seve del. Baron Sc.
[n.d. c.1766.]
Coloured engraving; paper watermarked. Plate 215 x 171mm (8½ x 6¾). Small margins.
A long-horned goat with long white coat stands in the moonlight; building with minaret stands to the left in background. A Judas goat is a trained goat used in general animal herding. It is trained to associate with sheep or cattle, leading them to a specific destination. From Buffon's "L’Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi" and particularly from his "douze volumes sur les quadrupèdes (de 1753 à 1767)".
[Ref: 52383] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)
[Guanaco] Camelus Huanacus Mol.
De Seve del. J.C. Bock sc.
[Erlangen: Wolfgang Walther, c.1775.]
Engraving with fine original hand colour. 230 x 180mm (9 x 11"). Very large margins.
A Chilean Guanaco, here with the name given to it by Juan Ignacio Molina (1740-1829), a Jesuit priest and naturalist.
[Ref: 52338] £110.00
(£132.00 incl.VAT)
[Vicuña] Camelus Vicugna Mol.
De Seve del. J.C. Bock sc.
[Erlangen: Wolfgang Walther, c.1775.]
Engraving with fine original hand colour.. 230 x 180mm (9 x 11"), with large margins, 18th century watermark.
A Chilean Vicuña, here with the name given to it by Juan Ignacio Molina (1740-1829), a Jesuit priest and naturalist.
[Ref: 52339] £110.00
(£132.00 incl.VAT)
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