Antarctic (Discovery) Exp. Birds, Plate 1
Two color lithographs, images.
Birds
Garrulax Perspicillatus _ Gmelin.
No date. Ca. 1860. Lithograph, hand colored, image area approximately 9 x 6 3/4 inches on sheet 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Little paper adhered to right edge, very light offset, otherwise very good. This is marked Plate 4 _ Ornithology at upper left, coming from an unknown work. Lithographed.....
Psaltriparus Plumbeus / Polioptila Plumbua.[Vintage Pacific Railroad Survey Lithograph]
Washington, D.C. U.S. Government. 1859. Lithograph, hand colored, image area approximately 9 x 6 3/4 inches on sheet 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Very good condition; binding holes in left margin just outside neat line. An exceptionally fine handcolored lithograph issued in the "Reports of Explorations and Surveys, To Ascertain.....
Untitled.
Washington, D.C. U.S. Government. Ca. 1859. Lithograph, hand colored, image area approximately 9 x 6 3/4 inches on sheet 11 x 8 inches. Light offset, few small marks. One of the exceptionally fine handcolored lithographs issued in the "Reports of Explorations and Surveys, To Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical.....
Mojave Indians.
Mollhausen, H.B. (illus).
U.S. Government. Ca. 1860. Color lithograph, 6 x 8 3/4 inches on sheet 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches. Extensive foxing to margins just entering the image, which is otherwise clean and bright. An image of three Mojave Indians by German artist Heinrich Balduin Möllhausen published in.....
Second or Sheeprock Canon of Weber River. April 6th at 1 p.m. View Looking East.
Schumann, C. from F.W. Egloffstein (illus). R. Hinshelwood (sc.).
U.S. Government. House of Representatives. 1855. Engraving, 5 3/4 x 9 inches on sheet 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches. Soft rippling to upper margin, otherwise very good condition. Attractive landscape, documenting the Beckwith Exploration of the 41st Parallel for the.....
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.....
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Buteo Oxypterus, Cassin.[Vintage Pacific Railroad Survey Lithograph]
Washington, D.C. U.S. Government. 1859. Lithograph, hand colored, image area approximately 9 x 6 3/4 inches on sheet 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Very good, clean condition. An exceptionally fine handcolored lithograph issued in the "Reports of Explorations and Surveys, To Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a......
Buteo Swainsoni, Bonaparte. Swainson's Buzzard / Western Red-Tailed Hawk.[Vintage Pacific Railroad Survey Lithograph]
Washington, D.C. U.S. Government. 1859. Lithograph, hand colored, image area approximately 9 x 6 3/4 inches on sheet 11 x 7 1/2 inches. Very good, clean condition, 1/4 inch margin at left. An exceptionally fine handcolored lithograph issued in the "Reports of Explorations and Surveys, To Ascertain the Most Practicable.....
Untitled.
Washington, D.C. U.S. Government. Ca. 1859. Lithograph, hand colored, image area approximately 9 x 6 3/4 inches on sheet 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Short tear at right edge well outside image area, chip to top left corner also well outside image area, very clean and bright image. An exceptionally.....
Untitled.
Washington, D.C. U.S. Government. Ca. 1859. Lithograph, hand colored, image area approximately 9 x 6 3/4 inches on sheet 11 x 9 inches. Very lightest offsetting, generally very good. An exceptionally fine handcolored lithograph issued in the "Reports of Explorations and Surveys, To Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route.....