| ORIGINAL HAND COLOURED COPPER ENGRAVING OF SPIDERS - 1805 |
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A superb original hand-coloured copper engraving showing various spiders. It is entitled ENTOMOLOGY Order Aptera. Genus Aranea (Spider) and at the base of the print shows the position of the eyes in different spiders. Published May 7th 1808 by Longman Hurst Rees & Orme. engraved by Milton (after... £15.00
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| ORIGINAL HAND-COLOURED COPPER ENGRAVING - DOUBLE-HEADED SNAKE FROM BARBADOS & PAPILIONIDAE SP. BUTTERFLY FROM "A NATURAL HISTORY OF UNCOMMON BIRDS, AND OF SOME OTHER RARE AND UNDESCRIBED ANIMALS, QUADRUPEDS, FISHES, REPTILES, INSECTS, &C." PL 207, 1748 |
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An original hand-coloured engraving dated 1748 from one of the most important and comprehensive of all English 18th century natural history works -"A NATURAL HISTORY OF UNCOMMON BIRDS, AND OF SOME OTHER RARE AND UNDESCRIBED ANIMALS, QUADRUPEDS, FISHES, REPTILES, INSECTS, &C." It is a striking imag... £90.00
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| ORIGINAL HAND-COLOURED COPPER ENGRAVING - HISTOIRE NATURELLE, COQUILLES DE MER (SEASHELLS) FROM DIDEROT'S L'ENCYCLOPEDIE C. 1760 |
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A fine original hand-coloured copper engraving of seashells from L'ENCYCLOPEDIE, OU DICTIONNAIRE RAISONNE DES SCIENCES, DES ARTS ET DES METIERS by Diderot & d’Alembert. This monumental work was published between 1751 & 1772 originally comprising 17 volumes of text and 11 volumes of plates. This f... £70.00
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| ORIGINAL HAND-COLOURED COPPER ENGRAVING - HISTOIRE NATURELLE, OURSINS (SEA URCHINS) FROM DIDEROT'S L'ENCYCLOPEDIE C. 1760 |
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A fine original hand-coloured copper engraving of sea urchins from L'ENCYCLOPEDIE, OU DICTIONNAIRE RAISONNE DES SCIENCES, DES ARTS ET DES METIERS by Diderot & d’Alembert. This monumental work was published between 1751 & 1772 originally comprising 17 volumes of text and 11 volumes of plates. This... £70.00
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| ORIGINAL HAND-COLOURED COPPER ENGRAVING - HISTOIRE NATURELLE, OURSINS (SEA URCHINS) FROM DIDEROT'S L'ENCYCLOPEDIE C. 1760 |
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A fine original hand-coloured copper engraving of sea urchins from L'ENCYCLOPEDIE, OU DICTIONNAIRE RAISONNE DES SCIENCES, DES ARTS ET DES METIERS by Diderot & d’Alembert. This monumental work was published between 1751 & 1772 originally comprising 17 volumes of text and 11 volumes of plates. This... £70.00
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