Original hand coloured engravings
PUBLICATIONS
“Vivarium Naturae, the Naturalist's Miscellany”, 1790-1813
EDITORS: George SHAW & Frederick Polydor NODDER
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| Crested penguin |
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$300.00 USD
| Common Sparrow |
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$435.00 USD
ABOUT THE PUBLICATION / EDITOR / ARTIST
George SHAW (1751-1813) & Frederick Polydor NODDER (1773-1801)
Vivarium Naturae, the Naturalist’s Miscellany, by George Shaw and Frederick Polydor Nodder was published between 1790-1813 in monthly parts.
George Shaw was the first zoologist to concentrate on Australian species and the first to depict the Kiwi.
The majority of the plates are by Richard Nodder, Frederick's son.
It includes 281 plates of birds, 256 insects (of which 162 are butterflies or moths), 164 fish, 84 shells, 58 reptiles or amphibians, 32 mammals or marsupials and of the remaining 191 plates, 14 are of crustacea.
