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Conchology of Tenby [in image]
Conchology of Tenby [in image]
Drawn by C. Norris Esq.r Engraved by S. Rawle
Published for the Repository at Tenby, 10 April, 1813
Engraving, rare, platemark 235 x 300mm (9¼ x 11¾"). Small margins.
Engraving of shells found in Tenby, South Wales, after a drawing by the topographical artist Charles Norris (1779-1858) who moved there in 1810. In Tenby Norris researched architectural antiquities, and published several volumes of prints made from his drawings.
[Ref: 44785]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Seal. Plate III. (Phoca vitulina).]
[The Seal. Plate III. (Phoca vitulina).]
W. Kuhnert [facsimile inside image.]
[London. Frederick Warne & Co. & New York.] [1912.]
Chromolithograph. Plate 171 x 240mm (6¾ x 9½").
Three seals seen resting on the shoreline. 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: 30177]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Pholas.
Pholas.
Designed by W. Daniell.
[n.d., c.1807.]
Aquatint. Sheet: 130 x 210mm (5 x 8¼"). Trimmed to platemark.
A portrait of a marine bivalve mollusc, depicted on a beach. An illustration from 'Zoography' by W. Wood published in 3 vols. 1807.
[Ref: 45958]   £50.00   (£60.00 incl.VAT)
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Graphic Illustrations Of Animals. Shewing Their Utility To Man In Their Employment During Life And Uses After Death.
Graphic Illustrations Of Animals. Shewing Their Utility To Man In Their Employment During Life And Uses After Death. Crustacea & Reptiles.
Designed & Drawn on Stone by R. K. Thomas.
Published by Thomas Varty. Adelaide St. Strand. [n.d., c.1850.]
Hand coloured lithograph. 365 x 485mm (14¼ x 19"). Vertical centrefold as issued, reinforced with tape on the reverse.
A central illustration featuring a crab, lobster and marine turtle is surrounded by ten vignette scenes depicting these animals commercial uses and relationship to man, in life and death (each captioned). Plate to 'Graphic Illustrations Of Animals'. Numbered 'Pl. 21' upper right.
[Ref: 53947]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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Salmon.
Salmon. Scene in the Highlands of Scotland.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Engraving. 140 x 210mm (5½ x 8¼"). Stitch holes in bottom margin, tear in right edge.
A fish on a bank, mountian behind.
[Ref: 56610]   £50.00   (£60.00 incl.VAT)
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[Giant Octopus] Le Poulpe Colossal.
[Giant Octopus] Le Poulpe Colossal.
Denys-Montfort del. E. Voysard S.
[n.d., 1801.]
Engraving. Printed area 135 x 80mm (5¼ x 3¼"). Stamp of Brooklyn Public Library.
Very unusual image showing a giant octopus, Kraken, grappling with a ship. From Buffon's ' Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des mollusques, animaux sans vertèbres et a sang blanc'.
[Ref: 61382]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Turtle.
Turtle.
Designed by W. Daniell.
[n.d., c.1807.]
Aquatint. Sheet: 130 x 210mm (5 x 8¼"). Trimmed to platemark.
A portrait of a turtle, depicted on a beach with a ship in the distance. An illustration from 'Zoography' by W. Wood published in 3 vols. 1807.
[Ref: 45959]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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