GENERAL INTEREST
SUBJECTS (Prints, Engravings & Illustrated Books)
ADVERTISEMENTS
- 19th century adverts relating to food & wines.
BIRDS/MORRIS - An
'industry standard' work . Fine hand colored plates. Published between 1851 & c. 1903
by Rev F. O. Morris. HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. 358 scanned images.
MORRIS BIRDS
SUMMARY - All 358 Birds listed on 1 page with accompanying Scans - or view
selectively, Volume by Volume : -
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VOLUME 1:
Owls. Eagles. Osprey. Birds of prey. Etc |
VOLUME 2:
Includes some very colourful species. Cuckoo. Kingfisher. Woodpeckers. Etc
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VOLUME 3:
Favourite Garden Birds, Sparrow. Thrush. Blackbird. The Finches. Song Birds and many
others. |
VOLUME 4:
Favourite Garden Birds: Robin. Wren. Game Birds: Pheasant. Partridge. Song Birds. Pigeons.
Doves. |
VOLUME 5:
Herons. Sandpipers. Stork. Plover. Wading Birds and many others.
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VOLUME 6: Some
very colourful ducks and geese. Game birds - Woodcock. Snipe. Wading Birds and others.
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VOLUME 7: A
good selection of the very colourful and popular Ducks and Geese. Sea Birds such a Puffin.
Guillemots.
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VOLUME 8: Sea
Birds. The Gulls. Terns. Petrels. Kittiwakes and many others. Sea Birds. The Gulls. Terns.
Petrels. Kittiwakes and many others. |
BIRDS/BREE -
Illustrations from BIRDS OF EUROPE. Charles BREE was a well know 19th century
contemporary of Morris.
BIRDS/GOULD - This very
famous ornithological artist ranks with Audubon.
BOTANICAL ETC - REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE Color
plates of Raspberries. Cherries. Plum. Loquat. Mushrooms. Etc.
CANARIES AND
CAGE BIRDS - Coloured chromolithographs from the Illustrated Book of Canaries and
Cage-Birds, British and Foreign by Blakston - c. 1880
BOTANICALS - Please see FLOWERS.
BUTTERFLIES - 79
hand coloured plates from Rev. F. O. Morris - HISTORY OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES.
(Various editions from 1853)
CATS - LOUIS WAIN -
The most famous and intriguing illustrator of cats who ever lived.
CHESS - Chess matches and
personalities.
CRICKET - Matches.
Famous cricketers, such as W. G. GRACE.
CRIMEAN WAR - A
large number of decorative Militaria prints. Maps and Battle Plans. Florence Nightingale.
Views of Malta, Gibraltar, Etc.
DOGS/FUERTES - THE BOOK OF DOGS. 1919. Many fine colour illustrations.
DOGS/GREYHOUNDS -
Good studies of Greyhounds and Hare Coursing.
DOGS/HUTCHINSON - THE DOG
ENCYCLOPEDIA. HUTCHINSON. Colour prints. Many breeds.
DOGS/JESSE - From
"Anecdotes of Dogs," by Edward Jesse, with scanned images and some background
information - 1846
DOGS/MAHLER -
Attractive colour prints. Many unusual breeds. 'Les Chiens de Chasse'. Published
in France. 1931.
DOGS/SHAW
- THE BOOK OF THE DOG by Vero Shaw. 28 fine colored chromo lithographs of famous
breed. c.1881
DORE Gustave - The
life and work of this famous artist. By courtesy of Mr Dan Malan, author of 'Gustive
Dore Adrift on Dreams of Splendour'
DRESDEN GALLERY -
THE DRESDEN GALLERY (Die Dresdener Gallerie). 136
steel engravings. c.1850. Dentistry. Chemists. Trades. Etc
FASHION - Mostly Hand
colored 19th Century Ladies' French Fashions.
FLOWERS/HERBS -
Culpeper. Fascinating examples of herbs and other botanical plants in use long before
'alternative medicine'.
FLOWERS/CURTIS - Fine
prints in original hand colour. The example scans are from 1788/90.
FLOWERS/SOWERBY - ENGLISH
BOTANY: Contained upwards of 2500 botanical illustrations. First published c. 1790.
THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM/William
RHIND - Plants. Spices. Trees. Tea. Coffee plants and similar. c. 1865
FRUIT - The FRUIT
GROWER'S GUIDE. A good range of well known fruits, grapes, apples, pears and many
others.
HOGARTH - Examples of
the work of this celebrated 18th Century cartoonist and political lampoonist.
HOWITT - Famous for
Hunting and Sporting engravings at the end of the 18th century. Complete set of scans from
THE BRITISH SPORTSMAN.
MEDIEVAL - Engravings
of such events as jousting, tournaments and armour.
MOTHS -
THE MOTH BOOK by W J Holland. Published 1903. 48 colour plates.
MUSHROOMS, FUNGI Etc -
Report of the State Botanist on Edible Fungi of New York, 1895-99.
By Peck, Charles H., MA, State Botanist.
A fascinating technical report with some excellent colour plates.
(Botanicals. Published 1900)
NELSON:
THE LIFE OF NELSON by Robert Southey. Published
London 1884. 12 Woodburytype prints & plan of the Battle of the Nile.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE - NAPOLEON AT ST. HELENA. By John SC Abbott. Published
New York.1855. Map of Saint Helena and illustrations.
OTTERS - Engravings of
this fascinating and delightful animal.
POETS - An interesting
page on the British Poets Laureate - we stock portraits of some famous poets.
POLO - Not many polo
prints exist. We usually have some stock to offer.
POULTRY - BOOK OF
POULTRY - Various editions. Published c. 1870 onwards.
POULTRY -
BIGGLE POULTRY BOOK. By Jacob Biggle. Small Coloured
Chromolithographs. 1895. Further editions noted to 1917.
PUBS/INNS - Exterior and
interior scenes.
REAL TENNIS, BILLIARDS, TRADES Etc: Large collection of fine decorative
copperplate engravings from Recueil de Planches. 1785.
RELIGION:
THE ILLUSTRATED SCRIPTURE HISTORY FOR THE
IMPROVEMENT OF YOUTH. 270 decorative steel plates. c.1851.
SHAKESPEARE -
Portrait of the Bard. Steel engravings of famous characters from Shakespearean plays.
c. 1860
SHELLS -
THE SHELL BOOK By Julia Ellen ROGERS. Published New York. 1908. 8 fine
color plates. 96 uncoloured. Tropical sea shells etc.
SPORTING MAGAZINE
- 19th Century publication. Numerous steel engravings. Hunting, Fishing, Shooting, Dogs,
Racing, Horses and many similar subjects.
SPY/VANITY FAIR CARTOONS -
Very well known and highly collectible coloured lithographs and prints. Judges, Sportsmen,
Jockeys, Statesmen and many other 'Men of the Day' were depicted. Check our dedicated
on-line inventory for a listing of current stock. All with scanned images.
TREES: SOME FAMILIAR TREES By G. S. Boulger. Colour plates by W. H. J. Boot.
c. 1900. Chromo lithographs. Oak. Elm. Apple. Poplar. Willow...
VETERINARY - Prints
showing early Vets. at work are not that common. We usually have some prints available.
WHALING -
THE CRUISE OF THE
CACHALOT ROUND THE WORLD AFTER SPERM WHALES. By Frank T. BULLEN. 1899.
Illustrations. Map.
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