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Tufted-Tailed or Mountain Kanguroo.
London, Published by G.B. Whittaker, Feb.y 1825.
Fine coloured engraving. 135 x 220mm (5¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed to platemark.
From 'The Animal Kingdom' by Georges Léopold, Baron de Cuvier, published 1827-35.
[Ref: 55358] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
London, Published by G.B. Whittaker, Feb.y 1825.
Fine coloured engraving. 135 x 220mm (5¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed to platemark.
From 'The Animal Kingdom' by Georges Léopold, Baron de Cuvier, published 1827-35.
[Ref: 55358] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
![[Urial] Vigne's Wild Sheep.](jpegs/50359.jpg)
[Urial] Vigne's Wild Sheep. Ovis Vignel.
[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.
The Urial, also arkars or shapo, from central Asia. 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. 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: 50359] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[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.
The Urial, also arkars or shapo, from central Asia. 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. 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: 50359] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
![[Vicuña] Camelus Vicugna Mol.](jpegs/52339.jpg)
[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)
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)
![[Wallaby] Kanguroo à Queue Courte, Femmelle. (New-Hollande)](jpegs/53431.jpg)
[Wallaby] Kanguroo à Queue Courte, Femmelle. (New-Hollande) Voyage de la l'Astrolabe. - Zoologie. Manniféres. - Pl 19.
J.G. Prêtre pinx. M.me Massard Sc.
J. Tastu édit. [Paris, n.d., 1830-35.]
Engraving. 270 x 390mm (10½ x 15¼"), with very large margins. Paper toning around the edges.
An illustration of a Wallaby, with a sketch of its skull. From 'Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's important expedition to the South Seas between 1826 and 1829.
[Ref: 53431] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
J.G. Prêtre pinx. M.me Massard Sc.
J. Tastu édit. [Paris, n.d., 1830-35.]
Engraving. 270 x 390mm (10½ x 15¼"), with very large margins. Paper toning around the edges.
An illustration of a Wallaby, with a sketch of its skull. From 'Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's important expedition to the South Seas between 1826 and 1829.
[Ref: 53431] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
The Walrus. Trichecus Rosmarus.
[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 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾").
A colony of walruses on a beach. 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. 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: 45779] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[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 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾").
A colony of walruses on a beach. 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. 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: 45779] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Wild Boar. No.V.
Drawn by Samuel Daniell.
[London, R. Havell?, c.1831.]
Fine aquatint. 385 x 500mm (15¼ x 19¾"), with wide margins.
A wild boar at a watering hole, from Robert Havell's reissue of 'African Scenery and Animals' (1804-5) by Samuel Daniell (1775-1811). Daniell (1775-1811) arrived in South Africa in 1799 (soon after British occupation) and in 1801 joined an exploratory expedition to Bechuana, then at the limit of known territory. Daniell himself discovered the Kuruman Eye, a drinkable spring rising up into the Kalahari Desert, which has become one of South Africa's most celebrated natural wonders. He lived in Ceylon from 1806 until his death from tropical fever.
See Abbey Travel 321 for the first edition.
[Ref: 52841] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by Samuel Daniell.
[London, R. Havell?, c.1831.]
Fine aquatint. 385 x 500mm (15¼ x 19¾"), with wide margins.
A wild boar at a watering hole, from Robert Havell's reissue of 'African Scenery and Animals' (1804-5) by Samuel Daniell (1775-1811). Daniell (1775-1811) arrived in South Africa in 1799 (soon after British occupation) and in 1801 joined an exploratory expedition to Bechuana, then at the limit of known territory. Daniell himself discovered the Kuruman Eye, a drinkable spring rising up into the Kalahari Desert, which has become one of South Africa's most celebrated natural wonders. He lived in Ceylon from 1806 until his death from tropical fever.
See Abbey Travel 321 for the first edition.
[Ref: 52841] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Hairy-Nosed Wombat. Phascolomys Lasiorhinus.
[after Joseph Wolfe.]
[n.d., 1864.]
Coloured lithograph 585 x 440mm. [sheet].
The Zoological Sketches were commissioned by the Zoological Society as a record of the rare species of birds and animals in the Society's Gardens. - This pair of wombats arrived at the Gardens in spring 1862 having come from South Australia.
[Ref: 6679] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[after Joseph Wolfe.]
[n.d., 1864.]
Coloured lithograph 585 x 440mm. [sheet].
The Zoological Sketches were commissioned by the Zoological Society as a record of the rare species of birds and animals in the Society's Gardens. - This pair of wombats arrived at the Gardens in spring 1862 having come from South Australia.
[Ref: 6679] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Wombat.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 130 x 180mm (5 x 7"). Narrow bottom margin. Loss in title area.
A wombat, the Australian marsupial.
[Ref: 42425] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 130 x 180mm (5 x 7"). Narrow bottom margin. Loss in title area.
A wombat, the Australian marsupial.
[Ref: 42425] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Woolly Kangaroo. Macropus Lanigerus.
Lewin del.t. New Holland. H. Kearsley Sc.
London, Published by G.B. Whittaker, March 1827.
Fine coloured engraving. Sheet 220 x 130mm (8½ x 5"). Trimmed to platemark.
From 'The Animal Kingdom' by Georges Léopold, Baron de Cuvier, published 1827-35. The artist, John William Lewin (1770-1819, son of bird artist William Lewin), was Australia’s first professional artist to arrive in the young colony as a free man.
[Ref: 55359] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Lewin del.t. New Holland. H. Kearsley Sc.
London, Published by G.B. Whittaker, March 1827.
Fine coloured engraving. Sheet 220 x 130mm (8½ x 5"). Trimmed to platemark.
From 'The Animal Kingdom' by Georges Léopold, Baron de Cuvier, published 1827-35. The artist, John William Lewin (1770-1819, son of bird artist William Lewin), was Australia’s first professional artist to arrive in the young colony as a free man.
[Ref: 55359] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
![Burchell's Zebra, Africa. [in pencil on verso.]](jpegs/13046.jpg)
Burchell's Zebra, Africa. [in pencil on verso.]
J.C.C. [in pencil on verso.]
[n.d. c.1820.]
Watercolour. 72 x 106mm. 2¾ x 4¼".
[Ref: 13046] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
J.C.C. [in pencil on verso.]
[n.d. c.1820.]
Watercolour. 72 x 106mm. 2¾ x 4¼".
[Ref: 13046] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Zebra.]](jpegs/30161.jpg)
[Zebra.]
I.C. Philips fecit.
[Amsterdam: Isaac Tirion?, c.1740.]
Engraving. 145 x 180mm (5¾ x 7"), set in Dutch text.
A stylised engraving of a zebra, probably from a Dutch travel book. The text on the reverse is headed 'Kaap der Goede Hoope'.
[Ref: 30161] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
I.C. Philips fecit.
[Amsterdam: Isaac Tirion?, c.1740.]
Engraving. 145 x 180mm (5¾ x 7"), set in Dutch text.
A stylised engraving of a zebra, probably from a Dutch travel book. The text on the reverse is headed 'Kaap der Goede Hoope'.
[Ref: 30161] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item