C1880. Lithograph with original hand-colouring. C1880. 285mm by 210mm (sheet). French late 19th century hand-coloured lithograph from 'Etudes d'Entomologie'. Charles Oberthur was a French entomologist and son of the founder of the celebrated Oberthur printing firm. In 1876 he began to publish the 'Etudes d' Entomologie.' which were illustrated with.....

C1880. Lithograph with original hand-colouring. C1880. 285mm by 210mm (sheet). French late 19th century hand-coloured lithograph from 'Etudes d'Entomologie'. Charles Oberthur was a French entomologist and son of the founder of the celebrated Oberthur printing firm. In 1876 he began to publish the 'Etudes d' Entomologie.' which were illustrated with.....

C1900. Chromolithograph. C1900. 105mm by 55mm. French trading card issued by the D'Aiguebelle chocolate company. Text on the reverse."

1837. Engraving with original hand-colouring. 1837. 150mm by 85mm (image) 230mm by 145mm (sheet). From an Italian edition of 'Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles', first published by the Royal Printing House of France from 1816-1829, then published in Italian in 1837 by Batelli & Sons. Pretre was one of the foremost.....

1842. Wood-engraving with original hand-colouring. 1842. 335mm by 275mm (sheet). From Whimper's 'Plates Illustrative of Natural History'. Published for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London, 1842.

1807. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 1807. 120mm by 200mm (platemark). Donovan (1768-1837) was an Anglo-Irish writer, natural history illustrator, and amateur zoologist. From 'The natural history of British fishes : including scientific and general descriptions of the most interesting species, and an extensive selection of accurately finished coloured plates.....

1790. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 1790. 120mm by 195mm (platemnark). 'From New Holland'. Early engraving of an Australian lizard from Shaw & Nodder's 'The Naturalist's Miscellany, or Coloured Figures of Natural Objects Drawn and Described Immediately from Nature 1790-1813'. CONDITION : Very thin top margin, only about 1mm beyond.....

C1815. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. C1815. 220mm by 170mm (platemark). From 'Bilderbuch Zum Nutzen und Vergnugen Der Jugend' by Friedrich Justin Bertuch (1747-1822), an encyclopedic collection of Interesting Animals, Plants, Flowers, Fruits, Minerals, Costumes, Antiquities and other Interesting Objects published in multiple volumes between 1801 and 1815.

C1815. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. C1815. 220mm by 170mm (platemark). From 'Bilderbuch Zum Nutzen und Vergnugen Der Jugend' by Friedrich Justin Bertuch (1747-1822), an encyclopedic collection of Interesting Animals, Plants, Flowers, Fruits, Minerals, Costumes, Antiquities and other Interesting Objects published in multiple volumes between 1801 and 1815.

C1815. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. C1815. 220mm by 170mm (platemark). From Bilderbuch Zum Nutzen und Vergnugen Der Jugend by Friedrich Justin Bertuch (1747-1822), an encyclopaedic collection of Interesting Animals, Plants, Flowers, Fruits, Minerals, Costumes, Antiquities and other Interesting Objects published in multiple volumes between 1801 and 1815.

C1815. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. C1815. 220mm by 170mm (platemark). From 'Bilderbuch Zum Nutzen und Vergnugen Der Jugend' by Friedrich Justin Bertuch (1747-1822), an encyclopedic collection of Interesting Animals, Plants, Flowers, Fruits, Minerals, Costumes, Antiquities and other Interesting Objects published in multiple volumes between 1801 and 1815.

1928. Lithograph with original hand-colouring. 1928. 235mm by 335mm (sheet). Limited edition lithograph (225) with original hand-colouring from Mathews 'The Birds of Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands and The Australasian South Polar Quadrant', 1928. Frohawk was born in Norfolk, England, he was one of the leading ornithological artists of his.....

1899. Chromolithograph. 1899. 355mm by 255mm (sheet). 'Casuarius Australis – Australian Cassowary' Broinowski was a Polish artist and ornithologist who arrived in Victoria c1857. From 1887 - 1891 he published 'The Birds of Australia' which contained about 300 chromolithographs. "