Decorative Prints from L'Estampe Originale

DEAKIN, RICHARD AND EDWARD NEWMAN. FLORIGRAPHIA BRITANNICA; OR, ENGRAVINGS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS OF BRITAIN London., Hamilton, Adams and Co., 1848. Figures 246-251,

As published in a later edition of Antiquae Urbis Splendor (orig. 1612-1628). Pl. 80. Engraving. Image: 7 X 9 ¼. Margins: 9 ¼ x 13 ½. Includes the legend below. In fine condition. Giacomo Lauro was a printmaker active in the map and view industry of mid-sixteenth to mid-seventeenth century Rome.

210mm x 130mm. Printed in 1805 in England. Engraved by J. Pass. Hand colored engraving. In very good condition with the binding holes on the left. Marcus Bloch was born in Anspach. He was a medical doctor but became interested in natural history at an early age and studied intestinal worms. When he was 57, Bloch began… Read more about this item

Ca. 1845-1888. Hand-colored lithograph. 13 ¼" x 9.5". FLORE DES SERRES... was a lavish Belgian periodical devoted to botany. It was primarily the brainchild of nurseryman Louis Van Houtte, and it ceased when he died in 1888. This beautiful and vividly-colored plate from one of the issues depicts Musa Zebrina, or the blood banana, native to Indonesia.

As published in a later edition of Antiquae Urbis Splendor (orig. 1612-1628). Pl. 75. Engraving. Image: 7 X 9 ¼. Margins: 9 ¼ x 13 ½. Includes the legend below. In fine condition. Giacomo Lauro was a printmaker active in the map and view industry of mid-sixteenth to mid-seventeenth century Rome.

As published in a later edition of Antiquae Urbis Splendor (orig. 1612-1628). Pl. 39. Engraving. Image: 7 X 9 ¼. Margins: 9 ¼ x 13 ½. Includes the legend below. In fine condition. Giacomo Lauro was a printmaker active in the map and view industry of mid-sixteenth to mid-seventeenth century Rome. The Temple was built in 500BC… Read more about this item

As published in a later edition of Antiquae Urbis Splendor (orig. 1612-1628). Pl. 61. Engraving. Image: 7 X 9 ¼. Margins: 9 ¼ x 13 ½. Includes the legend below. In fine condition. Giacomo Lauro was a printmaker active in the map and view industry of mid-sixteenth to mid-seventeenth century Rome.

ca. 1830-1870. Pl. 57. Handcolored engraving of butterflies and caterpillars, intricately decorated with flowers and leaves. Possibly from Humphreys and Westwood's BRITISH BUTTERFLIES AND THEIR TRANSOFRMATIONS, 1849.

London., Hamilton, Adams and Co., 1848. Figures 411-416, including eryngium maritimum and campestre (eryngos) and bupleurum odontites and tenuissimum (thorow wax).

As published in a later edition of Antiquae Urbis Splendor (orig. 1612-1628). Pl. 46. Engraving. Image: 7 X 9 ¼. Margins: 9 ¼ x 13 ½. Includes the legend below. In fine condition. Giacomo Lauro was a printmaker active in the map and view industry of mid-sixteenth to mid-seventeenth century Rome. 250.00

As published in a later edition of Antiquae Urbis Splendor (orig. 1612-1628). Pl. 61. Engraving. Image: 7 X 9 ¼. Margins: 9 ¼ x 13 ½. Includes the legend below. In fine condition. Giacomo Lauro was a printmaker active in the map and view industry of mid-sixteenth to mid-seventeenth century Rome.

London., Hamilton, Adams and Co., 1848. Figures 1184-1189, including six different varieties of hypericum (St. John's wort).

As published in a later edition of Antiquae Urbis Splendor (orig. 1612-1628). Pl. 74. Engraving. Image: 7 X 9 ¼. Margins: 9 ¼ x 13 ½. Includes the legend below. In fine condition. Giacomo Lauro was a printmaker active in the map and view industry of mid-sixteenth to mid-seventeenth century Rome.

London., Thomas Kelly., Ca. 1810-1830. 9" x 7.5" with small margins. Hand-colored engraving of several different insect species including butterflies and dragonflies. The caption at the bottom reads "London: Thomas Kelly & Co." Thomas Kelly was a prolific British publisher in the nineteenth century. Judging by the size, it is possible that this print comes from Charles… Read more about this item

1775-82. 11 ½ x 9. Handcolored engraving. Cramer was a wealthy wool merchant with an avid interest in butterflies. He had his extensive butterfly collection painted, and published the prints in BUTTERFLIES OF THE WORLD, a primary work in the history of entomology.

1775-82. 11 ½ x 9. Hand colored engraving. Cramer was a wealthy wool merchant with an avid interest in butterflies. He had his extensive butterfly collection painted, and published the prints in BUTTERFLIES OF THE WORLD, a primary work in the history of entomology.