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EASTER SALE IN PROGRESS! TAKE AN ADDITIONAL 25% OFF EVERY ITEM.Welcome to our new website. We have an enormous stock of antique maps and prints. Only a very small portion have been loaded to this website, but we are adding more prints every day. If you have a specific topic or print you are looking for please contact us. Please enjoy browsing through our website. You can search by topic, but we also encourage you to utilize the search function.
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Animals

Amphibians, Birds, Butterflies and Moths, Fish and Marine Animals, Insects, Reptiles, Rodents
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Birds, No title. Flamingo. Anonymous chromo-lithograph, the flamingos very attractively hand-finished. Ca. 1880.

No title. Flamingo. Anonymous chromo-lithograph, the flamingos very

$150.00 $75.00

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Owls: No title. Various, altogether eight owls. Anonymous lithograph. No printing details, except plate number (CXIII) given. Mounted on cardboard. Printed in color. Ca. 1880

Owls: no title

$75.00 $37.50

No title Chromolithograph ca 1900 showing a wide range of reptiles. Light browning on margin edges.

Wide range of reptiles

$45.00 $27.00

hauve-Souris D'Egypte 1. Taphien Filet. 2. Nyctere de la Thebaide. 3. Vespertulion Pipistrelle. Fine copper stipple-line etching by Bouquet from "Description de l'Egypte ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française, Histoire naturelle" by Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1809. Each bat is finely shown with absolute detail with every hair on its frontside and exquisite wing detail.

Bats: Chauve-Souris D'Egypte

$375.00 $187.50

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"Tintenfish" (Nautilis pompilius, Sepia officialis, Octopus vulgaris, Argonauta argo) Chromolithograph ca 1880. Minor signs of age and use. 26.2 x 17.5 c ( 10.3 x 6,8")

Tintenfisch: Nautilis pompilius, Sepia officialis, Octopus vulgaris, Argonauta argo

$45.00 $27.00

Italice: Histrice, uel Porco Spinoso. Hispan: Puerco espin Gallice: Porc Espic Anglice: Porkepyne Germanice: Meerschweyn, Dornschweyn, Stachelschweyn, Porcopick Illyrice:Porcospino

Animals, Porcupine, Porco Spinoso, Rodents, Mattioli

$220.00 $132.00

"Das Harpunieren des Pottfisches" Wood engraving published ca 1880. On the reverse side is unrelated text. Overall natural age toning.

Hunting, Animals , whaling, whale, Pottfisch

$30.00 $18.00

"Darstellung eines Menschenaffen (Shimpanse) aus der Mitte des 18 Jahrhundert" Wood engraving made from an earlier engraving. Published 1905. On the reverse side is text about the development and intelligence of Chimpanzees.

Animals, Chimpanzees

$35.00 $21.00

"Fang eines Potwals" Wood engraving ca 1875. On the reverse side is a partial article about sperm whale fishing. Right margin is narrow.

Animals, Marine Life, Fish, whale, whaling, Potwal

$50.00 $30.00

"Globusphalus of Risso" Steel engraving in original hand coloring by Lizars after J. Stewart. From "Naturalist´s Library", ca 1860. Print has overall natural age toning and creasing on bottom edge.

Animals, Marine LIfe, Fish, whale, Globusphalus of Risso

$35.00 $21.00

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"Animalium Mar. Ordo XII." Page 180 Above: A Herill or Schweynwal - boar like whale sighted near the Orkney Ilslands" Below: Ein Bartwal (Eutheria). Baleen whale Two woodcuts on one page. Published in "Historia animalism lib.IV qui set de piscium et aquatalium nature". By Conrad Gessner (1515-1565) Zurich, 1558 Bizarre depictions of whales, appearing to be sea monsters.

Animals, Marine Life, Sea Creatures, Sea Monsters, Gessner

$160.00 $96.00

"Animalium Mar. Ordo XII." Page 166 "Balaena vera Rondeletio" German: Hogerwal Woodcut. Published in "Historia animalism lib.IV qui set de piscium et aquatalium nature". By Conrad Gessner (1515-1565) Zurich, 1558 Above this woodcut is a woodcut of a bizarre mythical creature, half animal, half sea monster ("Indian serpent"). Brethmechin mythical creeature. Text for it begins page 165

Animals, Marine Life, whales, sea monster, Gessner

$160.00 $96.00

"Shoal of Whales in the Solway Firth" Wood engraving published 1855. Reverse side is printed with unrelated text.

Animals, Marine Life, Whales, England, Solway Firth

$35.00 $21.00

"Meerfische und Schalentiere" Copper engraving ca 1750. Rare! The lower right part of the print is dirty. A few creases in image.

Animals, Marine Life, whale, dolphin

$75.00 $45.00

"The Porpoise" Wood engraving published 1855. On the reverse side is partial text about the porpoise.

Animals, Marine Life, Dolphin, Porpoise

$25.00 $15.00

"Whale Fishing" Wood engraving published 1855. On the reverse side is text about whaling.

Animals, Marine Life, whale fishing, whaling

$35.00 $21.00

No title. Copper engraving ca 1780. A few signs of age and use.

Animals, Marine Life, Hunting, Seals, Dolphinwhale, Reindeer, sledge, whaling

$80.00 $48.00