Antique animal and reptile prints by George Shaw 1800-1819

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Zoological Lectures, delivered to the Royal Institution
by George Shaw (1800-1819)
Mrs. Griffith, principal engraver

Original 200+-year-old copperplate engravings
Sheet size: approximately 5.5 x 9.25 inches. (see enlargements for any flaws)

George Shaw (1751-1813) was a notable English botanist and zoologist. Shaw was a initially a medical practitioner. He became the assistant lecturer in botany at Oxford University and keeper of the natural history department at the British Museum. He was a co-founder of the Linnean Society was a fellow of the Royal Society. He is also well known these days for the colored prints of animals he published in The Naturalist's Miscellany with Mr. Nodder.

Plate 12

Vampyre [Vampire] Bat
in two attitudes

$25

Plate 13

Three-toed Sloth

Plate 15

Three-banded Armadillo
Nine-banded Armadillo

$25

Plate 16

Manis Tetradactyla or
Long-tailed Pangolin
Manis Pentadactyla or
Short-tailed Pangolin

$20

Plate 17

Great Anteater

$25

Plate 18

Two-toed Anteater
Porcupine Anteater

$25

Plate 20

Beak & Feet of the
Platypus

$20

Plate 21

Striped Hyaena
(Striped Hyena)

$25

Plate 23

Striated var. of Mephitic Weasel
Egyptian Ichneumon

$20

Plate 24

Virginian Opossum

$25

Plate 25

Petaurine Opossum
Lemurine Opossum

$20

Plate 26

Pygmy Opossum

$20

Plate 31

Hamster
Blind Rat

$25

Plate 32

Common Jerboa

$20

Plate 33

Syrian Hyrax
Cape Hyrax

$20

Plate 36

Elk [Moose?]

$30

Plate 37

Yak

$25

Plate 37

Arabian Camel

$30

Plate 38

Musk

$20

Plate 39

Common Antelope
male and female

$25

Plate 43

Tapir

$20

We have many more of Shaw's copperplate engravings (but this is all of Shaw's mammals have)
...please see the Natural History page for Shaw's fish, insects, reptiles, etc.
See also the Shaw/Nodder mammals .

The plates below are from an unidentified source (possibly by Count Buffon), but are in the same style and of the same approximate age as those above (about 200 years old). The sheet size is about 5 x 8.5 inches.

The Cayopollin
The Paca
The Male Opossum
The Female Opossum
The Male Marmose
The Female Marmose
The Hedge Hog

$25

Civit Cat
Pole Cat
The Squirrel
The Ground Squirrel

For BIRDS from this same volume, please click here.

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