Resultados de búsqueda: Decorative Prints from L'Estampe Originale

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 Sarracenia Flava, the carniverous yellow pitcher plant.

London., Hamilton, Adams and Co., 1848. Figures 984-989, including euphrasia officinalis (eyebright), limosella aquatica (water mudwort) and several varieties of scrophularia (figwort).

London., Hamilton, Adams and Co., 1848. Figures 363-368, including lobelia dortmanna (Dortmann's cardinalflower), jasione montana (sheepbit), and campanula rotundifolis and patula (bellflowers).

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

London., Hamilton, Adams and Co., 1848. Hand-colored engraving. Figures 1118-1123, including oxytropia urlaensis and campestris (locoweeds), melilotus officinalis and leucantha (sweet clovers), and trifolium pratense and medium (red clovers).

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

From the Views of The Remains of Ancient Buildings in Rome and its Vicinity. c. 1820. Hand-colored lithographs with extant binding and accompanying text. Image: 9 x 12¼. Margins: 12¾ x 15½.

London and Edinburgh., Pub. by A. Fullarton & Co., c.1850. Hand colored engraving of 6 butterflies, Pl XL. 140mm x 233mm with small margins. Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) was an accomplished poet, playwright and biographer who also had an abiding interest in the natural world. The first edition of his extensive natural work was published in 1774, and it was instantly popular. Several editions and reprints followed well into the nineteenth century. Judging by the size of the plate, this print is most likely from the 1850 edition published by A. Fullarton. Freeman 1334.

London and Edinburgh., Pub. by A. Fullarton & Co., 1850. Hand colored engraving of 9 butterflies Pl. XXXIX. 140mm x 233mm with small margins. Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) was an accomplished poet, playwright and biographer who also had an abiding interest in the natural world. The first edition of his extensive natural work was published in 1774, and it was instantly popular. Several editions and reprints followed well into the nineteenth century. Judging by the size of the plate, this print is most likely from the 1850 edition published by A. Fullarton. Freeman 1334.

BLOCH, MARCUS ELIESER (1723-1799). THE INDIAN HUNCH BACK. 130mm x 210mm. Printed in 1805 in England. Engraved by J. Pass. Hand colored engraving. In very good condition with the binding holes on the lower margin. 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 his studies of fish. His first original work was on German fish. His study of foreign fish was based on the work of others thereby incorporating a great deal of inaccurate findings along with imaginative illustrations. He was one of the first students of fish to publish a series of fish prints. Bloch worked with many artists and J. Pass was just one of many.

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.

From the Views of The Remains of Ancient Buildings in Rome and its Vicinity. c. 1820. Hand-colored lithographs with extant binding and accompanying text. Image: 9 x 12¼. Margins: 12¾ x 15½.

As published in a later edition of Antiquae Urbis Splendor (orig. 1612-1628). Pl. 32. 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. 37. Handcolored engraving of the life cycle of the butterfly (chrysalis, caterpillar, etc.), intricately decorated with flowers and leaves. Possibly from Humphreys and Westwood's BRITISH BUTTERFLIES AND THEIR TRANSOFRMATIONS, 1849.

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 Macintosh's THE NEW IMPROVED PRACTICAL GARDENER AND MODERN HORTICULTURIST.

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.