Holiday season special list 2022
12-24 December 2022
Holiday season special list 2022
83 items found
Bloch's salmon
Wonderful early ichthyology (fish) print
Bloch, M. E.
Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Fische - Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. Plate CLII, Balistes Chinensis/Der Chinesische Hornfisch/le Baliste chinois [AND] Balistes Ringens/Der Schwarze Hornfisch/Le Baliste noir/The black Old-wife.
Berlin, privately published, 1782-1795. Oblong folio (26.5 x 44.2 cm). Well-preserved hand-painted engraving of exotic fish.
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€185.00
One of the most fantastic examples of nature printing with very decorative botanical illustrations
Ettingshausen, C. Von and A. Pokorny
Physiotypia Plantarum Austriacarum. Der Naturselbstdruck in seiner Anwendung auf die Gefässpflanzen [Nature-printed plate 630]
Wien, Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei [1855-1856]. Folio nature-printed plate (56.5 x 39.5 cm, circa 43 x 30 cm for printed area). With very wide margins.
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€175.00
A true highlight of artistic design and absolutely breathtaking
A true highlight of artistic design and absolutely breathtaking
A true highlight of artistic design and absolutely breathtaking
Wonderful early botanical nature print
Wonderful early ornithology print of a farmer's friend
A finely engraved 18th-century print depicting a spectacular array of anatomical objects from the collection of Frederik Ruysch
The first accurate modern illustration of a mammoth (and a big one)
A finely engraved 18th-century print depicting a spectacular array of zoological and herpetological objects from the collection of Frederik Ruysch