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George Shaw and Frederick P. Nodder
The Naturalist's Miscellany 1789-1813, London
Original 200+-year-old copperplate engravings with hand-colouring
Sheet size: varies according to trimming, but approx. 5.75 x 9.75 inches.
The paper varies from softly aged to quite white, with little or no foxing and excellent overall condition.
Dedicated to the Most Illustrious Princess, Charlotte, Queen of Great Britain, The Naturalist's Miscellany contains works of such beauty and originality that it is beloved by all who see it. The prints are hand-colored engravings on strong Whatman paper, with the occasional Whatman watermark or date. The prints are in remarkable condition for a work that is 200 years old, with the colors of a beauty and vividness unsurpassed to this day in the world of hand-coloured prints. Darvill's Rare Prints is pleased to offer a selection of prints from this most curiously whimsical and humorous collection of prints.
Insects Fish Crabs Corals Sealife Shells
Plate 1
Purple-headed Parrakeet
$169.95
Plate 4
Paradise Tanagra
$169.95
Plate 7
Violet-blue Parrakeet
$99.95
[ref. A]
Plate 7
Violet-blue Parrakeet
$99.95
[ref. B]
(note different leaves in engraving from the plate above right)
Plate 16
Purple-tailed Parrakeet
$99.95
Plate 22
Least Horned Owl
$99.95
Plate 25
Clouded Owl
(no text avail.)
$99.95
Plate 32
Western Duck
(no text avail.)
$99.95
Plate 35
Guinea Parrakeet
$169.95
Plate 41
The Great Hornbill,
or Rhinoceros-Bird
$99.95
Plate 56
The Red-throated Grossbeak
$99.95
Plate 63
The Purple-throated Fly-catcher
$99.95
Plate 66
The Red-throated Hummingbird
$150
Plate 69
The Merian Duck
Plate 72
The American Ostrich
(no text avail.)
$99.95
Plate 78
The Superb Bee-Eater
(no text avail.)
$99.95
Plate 81
The Harlequin Hummingbird
$169.95
Plate 84
The Violaceous Partridge
$149.95
Plate 96
The Turcosine Parrakeet
$99.95
(see enlargement)
Plate 111
Speckled Manakin
(no text avail.)
Plate 117
Common Curassow
$99.95
Plate 132
The Black-winged Parrakeet
$169.95
Plate 141
Alpine Vulture
$99.95
Plate 135
Bohemian Chatterer
$99.95
Plate 150
Blue-bellied Finch
$99.95
Plate 153
Long-tailed Manakin
$99.95
Plate 159
Minute Kingfisher
$169.95
Plate 171
White-fronted Owl
$169.95
Plate 180
Greater Spotted Woodpecker
Plate 186
The Funereal Cockatoo
(no text avail.)
Plate 198
The Red-banded Toucan
Plate 201
The Great Titmouse
$99.95
Plate 204
The Swallow-tailed Falcon
(native to Carolinas, GA, FLA)
$99.95
Plate 207
The White Wagtail
$99.95
Plate 210
The Saffron Creeper
$99.95
Plate 213
The Peruvian Jay
$99.95
Plate 231
Rose-coloured Ouzel
(no text avail.)
Plate 240
Red and Black Manakin
$99.95
Plate 249
Red-shouldered Tanager
$169.95
Plate 255
Lobated Duck
$99.95
Plate 261
The Blue Redbreast
(N. America, Carolinas)
(Spotted)
Plate 265
Long-shafted Goatsucker
(no text avail.)
$99.95
Plate 269
White-collared Kingfisher
$249.95
Plate 277
Chinese Cuckow (Cuckoo)
(no text avail.)
$169.95
Plate 281
Cyanean (Blue) Creeper
(no text avail.)
$99.95
Plate 289
Wall Creeper
$99.95
Plate 293
Gangetic Ibis
(More Shaw and Nodder bird prints)
Thousands of Original Antique and Vintage Bird prints