Antarctic (Discovery) Exp. Birds, Plate 1
Two color lithographs, images.
General
Chrysococcyx Flavigularis.
Smit, J. (drawn by).
[London.]: 1879. Lithographed, handcolored, sheet size 6 1/4 x 9 inches. Very good condition. Exquisitely drawn and lithographed image of a Yellow-throated Cuckoo, native to Africa - Congo, Ghana, etc. Plate L from The Proceedings Of The Zoological Society. Printed by Hanhart.
American Song Thrushes.
Webber, C.W. (illus).
No date. [ 1855]. Chromolithograph, image 4 7/8 x 7 3/4 inches on sheet 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches. A couple of light smudges to outer margins, very good condition. Richly lithographed image of two thrushes in a meadow landscape from "Wild Scenes and Song-Birds By.....
Baltimore Oriole. Orchard Oriole.
Webber, C.W. (illus).
No date. [ 1855]. Chromolithograph, image 4 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches on sheet 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches. A couple of light smudges to outer margins, very good condition. Richly lithographed image of a Baltimore Oriole and an Orchard Oriole in a meadow landscape from.....
Blue Bird. American Robin.
Webber, C.W. (illus).
No date. [ 1855]. Chromolithograph, image 4 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches on sheet 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches. Light mark to mid right margin, 1/2 inch chip to lower left edge (well outside image area), very good condition. Richly lithographed image of a Blue Bird.....
Cardinal Grosbeak.
Webber, C.W. (illus).
No date. [ 1855]. Chromolithograph, image 7 3/4 x 4 7/8 inches on sheet 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches. A couple of light smudges to outer margins, very good condition. Richly lithographed image of a Cardinal in a meadow landscape from "Wild Scenes and Song-Birds By.....
Cat Birds Where is Bem?
Webber, C.W. (illus).
No date. [ 1855]. Chromolithograph, image 4 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches on sheet 6 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches. Pinhole sized green spots in lower left margin (appears to be from original printing), very good condition. Richly lithographed image of two birds in a meadow landscape.....
Ferruginous Thrush.
Webber, C.W. (illus).
No date. [ 1855]. Chromolithograph, image 4 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches on sheet 6 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches. A couple of light smudges to outer margins, very good condition. Richly lithographed image of a thrush in a meadow landscape from "Wild Scenes and Song-Birds By.....
Great Cinereous Shrike. Painted Finch.
Webber, C.W. (illus).
No date. [ 1855]. Chromolithograph, image 4 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches on sheet 6 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches. Pinhole sized green spots in lower left margin (appears to be from original printing), very good condition. Richly lithographed image of a shrike and a finch in.....
Meadow Lark.
Webber, C.W. (illus).
No date. [ 1855]. Chromolithograph, image 5 x 8 inches on sheet 6 x 9 1/2 inches. Couple of small light smudges in margins, very good condition. Richly lithographed image of the Meadow Lark in a meadow landscape from "Wild Scenes and Song-Birds By C.W. Webber With.....
Nidus Ardeolae.
[ 1770-1829]. Copper etching, hand-colored, plate area 16 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches on sheet size 18 3/4 x 13 inches, adhesive residue to outer edges of verso (not affecting front image). Light soiling to upper corner of sheet (scarcely noticeable). From "Nederlandsche Vogelen" a monumental ornithological work published in.....
Anas Circia, Foemina.
[ 1770-1829]. Copperplate etching, hand-colored, plate area 10 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches on sheet size 13 1/2 x 18 1/4 inches, adhesive residue to outer edges of verso, barely visible on front (not affecting front image). From "Nederlandsche Vogelen" a monumental ornithological work published in Amsterdam over the years.....
Some Favourite British Birds' Eggs II.
Lydon, A.F. (illus).
London. Boy's Own Paper. Circa 1896. Attractive color lithographic print on sheet size 11 ½ x 8 inches depicting 44 different birds' eggs. On a separate page is a list of the 44 different birds involved. An attractive and uncommon 19th century image in very good clean.....
British Birds. Volumes I, II, III, IV.
London. Edward Lloyd, Ltd., 1896. Four hard-bound volumes, maroon cloth boards, 7 1/4 x 5 inches. Volume I: 340 pp with 31 chromolithographic plates; Volume II: 308 pp with 27 chromolithographic plates; Volume III: 338 pp with 35 chromolithographic plates; Volume IV: 314 pp with 35 chromolithographic plates. Spines uniformly.....
The Southern Cassowary.
Nodder, Frederick (illus).
No date. Ca. [ 1789- 1813]. Hand-colored copper plate engraving, 9 1/8 x 5 1/2 inches, includes text sheets. Very faint scattered foxing and soiling, paper residue along disbound edge (outside image area), overall a clean and bright image. This antique print is Plate 99 from The.....
Of a Feather. Unimproving Ornithological Rhymes.
McCreery, James Lindsay (illus).
Copyright 1929. Black and white illustrations, unpaginated, 12 x 9 inches, color decorative paper covered boards with cloth spine (hardbound). Cover extremities rubbed exposing tips of boards, head and tail of spine frayed; interior in very good clean condition. A beautiful production featuring striking images of.....
Buteo Teesa. Teesa Buzard. 1. Young. 2. Old Bird.
Hawkins, Waterhouse (drawn by).
1830-1835. Lithograph, handcolored, image approximately 16 x 11 1/2 inches on sheet size 18 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. A few 1/8 inch closed binding holes to mid left edge (not affecting image), very good condition. A stunning image by Waterhouse Hawkins, contrasting great precision in.....
Buthraupis Arcaei.
Smit, J. (drawn by).
[London.]: 1869. Lithographed, handcolored, sheet size 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Tight left and right margins; very good condition. Exquisitely drawn and lithographed image of a Blue and Gold Tanager, native to Central America - Costa Rica and Panama. Plate XXXI from The Proceedings Of.....
Oligura Dejeani (Oust.) Calliope Davidi (Oust.).
Juillerat (lith by).
Paris. No date. Ca. 1870? Lithograph, hand-colored, image approximately 8 1/4 x 7 inches on sheet size 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches. image approximately 8 x 8 inches on sheet. Very good, bright condition. Attractive handcolored plate featuring an image of two birds. From Nouvelles Archives.....
Actinodura Souliei (Oust.).
Juillerat (lith by).
Paris. No date. Ca. 1870? Lithograph, hand-colored, image approximately 8 x 8 inches on sheet size 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. Very good, bright condition. Attractive handcolored plate featuring an image of a Streaked Barwing, found in China and Vietnam. From Nouvelles Archives du Museum. 4e.....
1. Le Senegali. 2. Senegali Raye. 3. Pincon de la Chine.
Martinet, Francois Nicolas (illus).
Ca. 1770. Engraving, handcolored, 9 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches (plate mark) on sheet 12 1/2 x 9 inches. Very good condition. A finely engraved and colored image by French artist Francois-Nicolas Martinet, produced for an edition of Buffon's Historie Naturelle Generale et Particuliere (Plate 157).....
Le Geai, de la Chine.
Martinet, Francois Nicolas (illus).
Ca. 1770. Engraving, handcolored, 9 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches (plate mark) on sheet 12 1/2 x 9 inches. Very good condition. A finely engraved and colored image by French artist Francois-Nicolas Martinet, produced for an edition of Buffon's Historie Naturelle Generale et Particuliere (Plate 622).....
Le Kink, de la Chine.
Martinet, Francois Nicolas (illus).
Ca. 1770. Engraving, handcolored, 9 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches (plate mark) on sheet 12 1/2 x 9 inches. Very good condition. A finely engraved and colored image by French artist Francois-Nicolas Martinet, produced for an edition of Buffon's Historie Naturelle Generale et Particuliere (Plate 617).....
Cyphorinus Dichrous.
Smit, J. (drawn by).
[London.]: 1879. Lithographed, handcolored, sheet size 9 x 6 1/8 inches. Crease to lower right corner (well outside image area); very good condition. Exquisitely drawn and lithographed image of a bird native to Colombia. Plate XLI from The Proceedings Of The Zoological Society. Printed by M......
The Peacock Pheasant from China.
Edwards, George (illus).
London. George Edwards. 1743- 1751. Hand colored copperplate engraving, plate size approximately 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches on sheet 11 1/2 x 9 inches. A few light foxed spots and toning to edges. Signed in the plate. With text sheet. Plate # 67 from George Edwards.....