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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-coloured 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 colours 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.

Mammals       Birds     Reptiles      Frogs, Turtles      Snakes      Insects      Fish      Crabs      Corals      Sealife      Shells


Plate 9 Centipede
Plate 9
Centipede
SOLD


Plate 12 Bird-Catching Spider
Plate 12
Bird-Catching Spider
SOLD


Hercules Beetle
Plate 34
Hercules Beetle
(only partial text available)
SOLD

Firefly

Plate 37
Fire-fly, or Lantern Fly
(partial descriptive text avail.)
SOLD


Harvest Bug
Plate 42
Autumnal Acarus, or
Harvest Bug

SOLD


Plate 43 Great Mantis
Plate 43
Great Mantis
(7 x 9¾" fold-out)
SOLD


Great Julus
Plate 46
Great Julus
SOLD


Vegetating Mite
Plate 64
Vegetating Mite
SOLD

Achilles, or the Great Blue-Banded Butterfly

Plate 68
Achilles, or the
Great Blue-Banded Butterfly

(light text offsetting on print)


Plate 80 Fork-headed Beetle
Plate 80
Fork-headed Beetle
SOLD


Cancroid Phalangium
Plate 85
Cancroid Phalangium
SOLD


Rose-coloured Amphisbaena
Plate 86
Rose-coloured Amphisbaena
SOLD


Broad-Breasted Mantis
Plate 95
Broad-Breasted Mantis
SOLD


Plate 100 African Scorpion
Plate 100
African Scorpion
SOLD


Death Watch
Plate 104
Beating Ptinus, or
Death Watch Beetle

SOLD


Dry Leaf Mantis
Plate 119
Dry Leaf Mantis
SOLD


Hair-Worm
Plate 121
Hair-Worm
SOLD


Gold-Spotted Acarus
Plate 128
Gold-Spotted Acarus
SOLD


Midas Beetle
Plate 131
The Midas Beetle
SOLD

Snail

Plate 137
Snail
SOLD


Mailed Coccus
Plate 182
Mailed Coccus
SOLD


Lepidopterine Mite
Plate 187
Lepidopterine Mite
SOLD


The Louse
Plate 208
The Louse
SOLD


The Medicinal Leech
Plate 217
The Medicinal Leech
(No text is available)
SOLD


Long-Breasted Mantis
Plate 233
Long-Breasted Mantis
SOLD


Broad-Jointed Tapeworm
Plate 241
Broad-Jointed Tapeworm
SOLD


Great Buprestis
Plate 256
The Great Buprestis
SOLD

Hector, or the Crimson-Spotted Indian Butterfly

Plate 271
Hector, or the Crimson-Spotted
Indian Butterfly

SOLD


The Great Cerambryx
Plate 280
The Great Cerambryx
(corner damage upper right, well outside plate mark)
SOLD


Stag-horned Cerambryx
Plate 284
The Stag-horned Cerambryx
SOLD

Great Dytiscus

Plate 292
Great Dytiscus
(Black Water-Beetle)
SOLD


Lernaeae
Plate 295
Lernaeae
(no text available)
SOLD

Augusta

Plate 300
Augusta
(soft horizontal creases)


Diadem Spider
Plate 308
Diadem Spider
SOLD


The Unicorn Beetle
Plate 316
The Unicorn Beetle
SOLD


Lozenge Acarus
Plate 335
Lozenge Acarus
SOLD


Golden Spider
Plate 336
Golden Spider


Lozenge Acarus
Plate 339
The Great Nereis
(no text available)
SOLD


Flea Monoculus
Plate 364
Flea Monoculus
SOLD


The Kanguroo Beetle (Kangaroo Beetle)
Plate 384
The Kanguroo Beetle
SOLD


Swallow Hipposbosca
Plate 387
Swallow Hipposbosca
SOLD


The Reniform Phalangium
Plate 394
The Reniform Phalangium
SOLD


The Scarlet Hydrachna
Plate 400
The Scarlet Hydrachna
SOLD

Paris Butterfly Moth

Plate 404
Paris
(uneven trim, marginal light brown marks)
SOLD

Patroclus

Plate 435
Patroclus
SOLD


Wandering Mite
Plate 440
Wandering Mite
SOLD

Plate 443 Privet Sphinx

Plate 443
Privet Sphinx
SOLD

Demoleus & Nireus

Plate 444
Demoleus & Nireus

Panthous

Plate 516
Panthous
(trimmed close on right)
SOLD

Phalaena Agrippina

Plate 530
Phalaena Agrippina
SOLD


The Linear Nepa
Plate 543
The Linear Nepa
SOLD


The Fork-horned Beetle
Plate 560
The Fork-horned Beetle
SOLD

Sphinx Annona

Plate 566
Sphinx Annonae
(no text avail.)
SOLD

Sphynx Annonae

Plate 567
Sphinx Annonae
(no text avail.)
SOLD

Australasian Caterpillar

Plate 578
Australasian Caterpillar
SOLD

Plate 582 Boreas

Plate 582
Boreas
SOLD

Protenor

Plate 590
Protenor
SOLD

Sphynx Cluentius

Plate 595
Sphynx Cluentius
(note ink mark upper right margin)


Doubtful Phalangium
Plate 608
Doubtful Phalangium
SOLD

Persimmon Moth

Plate 611
Persimmon Moth
(light text offsetting, no text avail.)
SOLD


American Tarantula
Plate 614
American Tarantula
SOLD

Plate 618 Unident. Moth

Plate 618
Phalaena Strix
(Owl Moth)
SOLD


Poisonous Solpuga
Plate 622
Poisonous Solpuga
SOLD

Fabia

Plate 644
Fabia
(text offsetting)
SOLD

Plate 667 Sphinx Labruscae

Plate 667
Sphinx Labruscae
SOLD

Sphinx Jatrophae

Plate 679
Sphinx Jatrophae
SOLD


Cuticular Mite
Plate 712
Cuticular Mite
SOLD


The Golden Beetle
Plate 758
The Golden Beetle
SOLD


Pectinated Mite
Plate 764
Pectinated Mite
SOLD

Poplar Sphinx

Plate 803
Poplar Sphinx
SOLD


The Golden Beetle
Plate 808
Typhon
SOLD

Goat Moth

Plate 816
Goat Moth
SOLD

Plate 824 
Buckthorn Butterfly

Plate 824
Buckthorn Butterfly
SOLD

Empedocles

Plate 828
Empedocles
(no text available)


The Pupal Locust
Plate 840
The Pupal Locust
SOLD

Plate 852 unident. butterflies/moths

Plate 852
Cramerian Butterfly
(no text avail.)

Hummingbird Sphinx

Plate 872
Hummingbird Sphinx
SOLD

unidentified Plate 883

Plate 883
? Sphinx
(no text available)
SOLD

Great Egger Moth

Plate 886
Great Egger Moth
SOLD

Venus moth

Plate 928
Venus (moth)
SOLD

The Chinese Lantern-fly

Plate 931
The Chinese Lantern-fly
SOLD

The Chinese Lantern-fly

Plate 932
Matronula
SOLD

The Cape Moth

Plate 934
The Cape Moth
SOLD

938 Agarista

Plate 938
Agarista
SOLD

The Scarlet Tiger Moth

Plate 939
The Scarlet Tiger Moth
SOLD

Erminia

Plate 948
Erminia
SOLD

some foxing

951 Atys

Plate 951
Atys
SOLD

Bolina

Plate 955
Bolina
SOLD

soft crease lower right, light foxing

Hyphinoe

Plate 960
Hyphinoe
SOLD

The Puss Moth

Plate 967
The Puss Moth
SOLD

The Cream-spotted Tiger Moth

Plate 972
The Cream-spotted Tiger Moth
SOLD

The Shining Beetle

Plate 974
The Shining Beetle
SOLD

Crantor

Plate 980
Crantor
SOLD


Plate 983 Western Spider
Plate 983
Western Spider
SOLD


Plate 988 Elpenor

Plate 988
Elpenor [Greater Elephant Hawk-Moth]
SOLD

Pyretus

Plate 991
Pyretus
SOLD

The Great Leopard Ermine Moth

Plate 996
The Great Leopard Ermine Moth
SOLD

Proserpina

Plate 998
Proserpina
SOLD

Troilus

Plate 1003
Troilus
SOLD

Archippus

Plate 1006
Archippus

Philenor

Plate 1010
Philenor
SOLD

The Large Emerald Moth

Plate 1014
The Large Emerald Moth
SOLD

Eubule

Plate 1018
Eubule
SOLD

We have many more Shaw and Nodder engravings...please check out the other categories at the top of this page.
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