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gould parrot
John Gould (1804-1881)
Psephotus Pulcherrimus from The Birds of Australia
London: 1840-1869
Hand-colored lithograph


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yellow-crowned night heron
John James Audubon (1785-1851)
Plate 336 - Yellow-crowned Heron
Hand-colored aquatint and copperplate engraving
from The Birds of America
London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838


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nyctea nivea
John Gould (1804-1881)
Nyctea Nivea (Snowy Owl)
The Birds of Europe
London: 1840-69
Hand-colored lithograph

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Johann Leonhard Frisch
Johann Leonhard Frisch (1666-1743)
From Vorstellung der Vögel in Teutschland und Beyläuffig auch Einiger Fremden, mit Ihren
Eigenschaften Beschrieben…und Nach Ihren Natürlichen Farben

Berlin: 1733-1763

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basso relievo bird
The Crowned African Crane
William Hayes

Hand-colored basso relievo engraving

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edward lear
Edward Lear
Macrocercus Aracanga (Red and Yellow Macaw or Scarlet Macaw)
From Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots
London: published for the author, 1830-1832

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gould hummingbird
John Gould (1804-1881)
"Phaethornis Eurynome "
Hand-colored lithograph
with gum arabic metallic detail from A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Hummingbirds
First edition: London, 1849-61 (supplement printed 1880-87)

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martinet
Francoise Nicolas Martinet
"Gros-Bec, de la China "

Hand-colored copperplate engraving from Histoire naturelle Des Oiseaux, by George Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Paris: 1770-86

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Cornelius Nozeman (1712-86)
"Garrulus"
Hand-colored copperplate engravings
from Nederlandsche Vogelen
Amsterdam: Jan Christian Sepp, 1770-1827

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dixon bird
Albert Seba
Tab 101
A selection of hand-colored engravings from Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri
Published in Amsterdam by Wetsten, Smith and Waesberg, 1734-1755.

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mawe
John Mawe (1764-1829)
The Linnean System of Conchology
London: 1823
Hand-colored aquatint engravings

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Fremenville

Christophe Paulin de la Poix de Fremenville (1787-1848)
Original pencil and watercolor studies

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barraband parrot
Jacques Barraband (1767-1809)
Plate 12 - L'Ara nour a Trompe
Hand-colored copperplate engraving from Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets
Paris: 1801-05


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John Gould (1804-1881)
Artist proofs for The Birds of Europe
London: 1832-37
Lithographs with hand-written notations

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Scott B. Wilson and A.H. Evans
Scott B. Wilson and A.H. Evans
Hand-colored Lithographs by F.W. Frohawk (1861-1946) for Aves Hawaiienses: The Birds of the Sandwich Islands
London: R.H. Porter, 1890-99

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chartobn
"Hippopotame d'Afrique "
Jacques Charton
From Collection de plantes etrangeres en fleurs, fruits, corail et coquillages
Paris: 1784


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gould parrot
John Gould (1804-1881)
Australian Egret from The Birds of Australia
London: 1840-1869
Hand-colored lithograph

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The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America
"Grizzly Bear "
John James Audubon (1785-1851)

The Viviparous Quadrupeds of Nort
h America
Philadelphia, 1845-48
Hand-colored lithographs by John T. Bowen

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johann michael seligmann
Johann Michael Seligmann (1720-1762)
From Sammlung Verschiedener Auslandischer und Selener Vogel
Nuremberg: 1749-76
Hand-colored copperplate engravings after George Edwards and Mark Catesby


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Frederic Cuvier (1769-1832) & Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772-1844)
Frederic Cuvier (1769-1832) & Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772-1844)
"Ours Polaire "
Hand-colored lithographs
from Histoire Naturelle des Mammiferes
Paris: 1824-42


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Mark Catesby
Mark Catesby (1682-1749)
The Painted Finch
Hand-colored copper-plate engravings from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands
London: 1731 - 1743

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Audubon octavo
John James Audubon (1785-1851)
Plate 324 - American Oyster Catcher

Selection from Birds of America, From Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories
First octavo edition (unless otherwise noted) New York and Philadelphia:
J. J. Audubon and J. B. Chevalier, 1839-44
Hand-colored lithographs

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Audubon octavo
John James Audubon (1785-1851)
Plate 36 - Canada Porcupine

From The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America
New York: Victor G. Audubon, 1849-54
Royal octavo edition
Hand-colored lithograph by John T. Bowen

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great cinerous owl
Johann Michael Seligmann (1720-1762)
From Sammlung Verschiedener Auslandischer und Selener Vogel

Set of 4 engravings, 32 ½” x 27” framed

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gould kangaroo
John Gould (1804-1881)
Unadorned Rock Wallaby from Mammals of Australia
First edition: London, 1845-1863

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Marcus Elieser Bloch
Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723 - 1799)
From Ichtyologie, ou Histoire Naturelle, Generale et Particuliere des Poissons
Berlin: 1782-85; Paris: 1785-97


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black-necked crane
Henrich Leutemann and J.G. Keulemans
The Black-Necked Crane from A Monograph of Cranes
Leiden and London: 1897
Chromolithographs

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Japanese whale watercolor

C-4
Japanese Whales
Watercolors on rice paper, framed
c. 1780

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wood shells
William Wood (1774-1857)
A Catalogue of Shells, second edition
London: 1828
Framed sets of 4 hand-colored engravings

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john abbot
John Abbot (1751- ca. 1840) & Sir James Smith (1759-1828)
A Selection from The Natural History of the Rare Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia
London : Printed by T. Bensley, for J. Edwards [etc.] 1797.
Engravings with original hand color

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Frederic Cuvier
Denis Diderot (1713-1784)
Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers
Paris: 1751-1772
Copperplate engravings


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Martini shell
Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm Martini and Johann Hieronymus Chemnitz
From Neus Systematisches Conchlyien Cabinet…
Nuremberg: 1768-1795
Hand-colored copperplate engravings


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Edmund A. CrouchEdmund A. Crouch
Shell illustrations from An Illustrated Introduction to Lamarck’s Conchology
London: 1826
Hand-colored engravings with pencil notations


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gould toucan
John Gould (1804-1881)
A selection from A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or Family of Toucans
London, 1852-54
Hand-colored lithographs

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birds of new guinea john gould
"Campephaga Strenua"
Blue-grey Campephaga

John Gould (1804-1881)
A selection from The Birds of New Guinea
London, 1875-1888
Original hand-colored lithographs

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parrot
Charles de Souance, Prince Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte and Emile Blanchard
From Iconographie des Perroquets non Figures dans les Publications de Levaillant et de Bourjot Saint-Hilaire
Paris: 1857-58
Hand-colored lithographs by Emile Blanchard and J. Daverne

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Daniel Giraud Elliot
Daniel Giraud Elliot
From A Monograph of the Felidae or Family of Cats
After Josef Wolf, by J. Smit
London: 1883
Hand-colored lithographs

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George Edwards
George Edwards (1694-1773)
From A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, and of some other Rare and Undescribed Animals, Quadrapeds, Reptiles, Fishes, Insects, &c.
London: T. Rickaby for George Edwards, 1743-51

Hand-colored copperplate engravings

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