New Zealand Antique Prints
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Eleazar ALBIN
Hand-coloured engravings from The Natural History of Birds, 1735-50. Page size: approximately 9 1/8 by 11 1/4 inches (23.3 x 28.8cm).
Journal of the Avicultural Society
Chromolithographs from Journal of the Avicultural Society, 1897. Paper Size: 8 2/8 x 5 2/8inches (21x13.3cm) appoximately.
Walter Lawry BULLER (editor)
Hand coloured lithograph from Buller’s Birds of New Zealand, (1st edition), 1873 Page size: approximately 9 3/8 x 12 3/8 inches, (24 x 31.5cm)
Walter Lawry BULLER (editor)
Chromolithographs from Buller’s Birds of New Zealand, (2nd edition), 1888 Page size: Imperial quarto, approximately 14 3/8 x 10 3/4 inches (37 x 27.5cm)
G.J. BROINOWSKI
Hand-colored lithographs from The Birds of Australia, 1887-1891. Page size: 14 3/16 inches by 10 1/2 inches approximately (36.3cm x 26.7cm approx.).
Benjamin FAWCETT
Chromoxylograph ( color wood engraving ) by Benjamin Fawcett after drawings by A. F. Lydon, from W. T. Greene's Parrots in Captivity, published in London in 1884. Page size: 6 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches (16.5 x 25 cm) approximately.
Frederick du Cane GODMAN
Hand-colored lithograph by John Gerard Keulemans from Fredrick du Cane Godman'sMonograph of the Petrels (Tubinares), 1907-10. Page size: 12 3/8 inches by 9 3/8 inches approximately (31.5 x 24.5cm approx.).
John GOULD
Hand colored lithographs from John Gould’s Birds of Australia, (1840–48). Page size: 14 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches approximately (Imperial Folio).
John GOULD
Hand colored lithographs from John Gould’s Birds of Europe, (1832–37). Page size: 14 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches approximately (Imperial Folio).
John GOULD
Hand colored lithographs from John Gould’s Birds of Great Britain, (1862–73). Page size: 14 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches approximately (Imperial Folio).
George Robert GRAY
Hand coloured lithograph from Zoology of the Voyage of HMZ Erebus & Terror, Birds of New Zealand Gray, G.R. and Sharpe, R. Bowdler, 1846-1875. Blue duck from Genera of Birds, 1849.Page size: 30cm X 24 cm (12 inches X 9.5 inches) approximately.
IBIS
Hand coloured lithographs published in the Journal IBIS
Paper Size: 8 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches (22.5 x 14.2 cm) appoximately.
John Gerard KEULEMANS
Hand-colored lithograph by John Gerard Keulemans from various publications including The Geographical Distribution of the Family Charadriidae, or the Plovers, Sanpipers, Snipes, and their Allies 1887-88, Ornithological Miscellany 1875-78 and others. Paper size: approx. 13 x 9 1/2 inches (33 x 24 cm) appoximately.
John LATHAM
Hand coloured engravings from A General Synopsis of Birds published in London, 1795 and The General History of Birds (1821-28). Page size: 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (18.5 x 24cm)
René Primevère LESSON
Hand-coloured lithograph. From Complements de Buffon, 2nd edition, volume 2: Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, publisher Pourrat Frères, Paris, 1838. Artist: Schaw, Page size: 9 7/8 x 6 1/2 inches (25 x 16.5 cm, approximately).
William LEWIN
from William Lewin's Birds of Great Britain, 2nd edition 1794-1801. Hand coloured engraved plate. Printed on thick stock, hand-made, "Whatman" watermarked woven paper. Page measurement: 9 15/16 by 13 7/8 inches (35.5 x 25.3cm) with the plate marks at 5 3/8 by 6 3/4 inches (17.6 x 13.8cm) approximately.
Frances Orpen MORRIS
Benjamin Fawcett was the engraver and publisher and the artwork was done by A. F. & C. Lydon. From A History of British Birds, by the Rev. Frances Orpen Morris, 1st edition, (first edition was published in stages from 1851-57). Each engraving is a Xylographic (woodcut) print with additional hand colouring. Page size: 6 x 10 inches (15.5 x 25.5 cm) approximately.
