Birds - collectibles - antique prints

A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS

VOLUME 7

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POSTAPRINT supplied picture framers and antiquarian map & print dealers for over over a quarter of a century. Examples of the cartographer's art from the 16th to the 19th century, along with engravings, lithographs and etchings by leading artists of their generation. Historical maps, views, and engravings on virtually every subject, including Vanity Fair (Spy) Cartoons. Postaprint also supplied antique prints and maps to Art Galleries, Shops and Fine Art Retailers.

Although I have now retired and the Postaprint Website & ordering facilities are no longer available, these Reference Pages are being left in place. We do hope you will find them to be helpful and informative. They cover many of the pictures and maps we had the pleasure of dealing in over so many years.
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VISIT THESE PAGES FOR A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF 358 SCANNED IMAGES :-

VOLUME 1: Owls. Eagles. Osprey. Birds of prey. Etc

VOLUME 2: Includes some very colourful species. Cuckoo. Kingfisher. Woodpeckers. Etc

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.

VOLUME 6: Some very colourful ducks and geese. Game birds - Woodcock. Snipe. Wading Birds and others.

VOLUME 7: A good selection of the very colourful and popular Ducks and Geese. Sea Birds such a Puffin. Guillemots.

VOLUME 8: Sea Birds. The Gulls. Terns. Petrels. Kittiwakes and many others.

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BLACK GUILLEMOT.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA. In such countries as Canada. Labrador. Maryland. Norway. Sweden. Denmark. Holland. France.
BLACK THROATED DIVER.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA. Asia. In such countries as Norway (Especially). Finland. Lapland. Holland. Germany. Italy. Russia. Japan. And in northen states of America.
BRUNNICH'S GUILLEMOT.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA. In such countries as Iceland (especially). Scandinavia. Arctic. Italy. Greenland. Baffin's Bay.
DABCHICK.Good Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.Africa.Asia. In such countries as Italy. Holland. Germany.South Africa.
Ducks/Geese.AMERICAN WIDGEON.V.Colourful.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in USA. In such as Hudson's Bay Canada as far as Florida. Mexico. Cuba. Martinique. St. Domingo. A pair were introduced to London in the winter of 1837-8.
Ducks/Geese.BUFFEL HEADED DUCK.V.Colourful.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Europe.USA. AS far apart as California. Rockies. Newfoundland. Canada.
Ducks/Geese.COMMON SCOTER.Colourful.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA. In such as Denmark. Finland. Russia. Holland. Italy. Northern United States. Also in Asia.
Ducks/Geese.EIDER DUCK.Very Colourful.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA. In such as Greenland. Labrador. Baffin's Bay. Maine. New York. Norway. Sweden. Faroes. Holland. France. Also in Asia.
Ducks/Geese.FERRUGINOUS DUCK.V.Colourful.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe. Asia. Africa. In such as Italy. Sweden. Hungary. Spain. India. Nubia. Egypt.
Ducks/Geese.GADWALL.Very Colourful.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA. Africa. In such countries as Italy. Denmark. Spain. France. Inida. China. Japan.
Ducks/Geese.GARGANEY.Very Colourful.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.Asia. In such as Holland. Germany. Italy. Asia: India. Persia. Arabia. China. Africa: Tunisia.
Ducks/Geese.GOLDEN EYE.Very Colourful.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA. Asia. In such as Icealnd. Faroe Islands. Germany. Holland. Prussia. Saxony. Silesia. Italy. Persia. Tartary. Japan.
Ducks/Geese.GOOSANDER.Very Colourful.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA. In such as Iceland. Finland. Sweden. Norway. Poland. Hungary. Italy. Greece. Germany. In Asia from the Black Sea to Japan.
Ducks/Geese.GREAT CRESTED GREBE.Very Colourful.c.4.5x7 ins.Europe.USA. Asia. Africa. In such as many United Sates to Mexico. Scandinavia. Italy. Siberia. Asia Minor. Japan.
Ducks/Geese.HARLEQUIN DUCK.Very Colourful.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Europe.USA. In such as Rockies. Newfoundland. And visits the Southern United States in winter. Iceland. Sweden. Germany.
Ducks/Geese.HOODED MERGANSER.Very Colourful.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Europe.USA. In such as Canada to Mexico. France.
Ducks/Geese.KING DUCK.Very Colourful.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA. In such as Scandinavia. In America fromHudson's Bay to New York. Greenland. Siberia. [KING EIDER]
Ducks/Geese.LONG TAILED DUCK.Very Colourful.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Europe.USA. Asia. In such as Labrador. Newfoundland. As fa south as Carolina in winter. Germany. Italy. Scandinavia. Holland.
Ducks/Geese.PINTAIL.Very Colourful.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA. In such countries as Russia.Norway. Scandinavia. Germany. Italy. In Asia - Japan. China. Persia. Canada. Mexico.
Ducks/Geese.POCHARD.Very Colourful.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA. Asia. In such as Louisiana. Carolina. Illinois. Indiana. Ohio. Kentucky. Germany. Russia. Holland. Italy. Egypt.
Ducks/Geese.RED BREASTED MERGANSER.Very Colourful.c.4.5x7 ins.Europe.USA. In such as Lapland. Scandinavia. Italy. France. Folland. Faroes. Greenland. Canada. Newfoundland. In Asia in Siberia. And Japan
Ducks/Geese.RED CRESTED WHISTLING DUCK.V.Colourful.c.4.5x7 ins.Europe.Asia. In such as Italy. Yugoslavia. France. Austria. Germany. Turkey. Greece. Hungary. India. North Africa.
Ducks/Geese.RED NECKED GREBE.Very Colourful.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Europe.Asia. In such as Sweden. Denmark. Holland. Italy. Germany. Japan. Persia.
Ducks/Geese.SCAUP.Very Colourful.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA. In such as Baffin's Bay. Greenland. Iceland. In America on the large rivers such as Ohio. Missouri. Mississippi. Finland. Norway.
Ducks/Geese.SMEW (White Nun).Very Colourful.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Europe.USA. In such as the 'Fur Countries' in the United States. Iceland. Greenland. Greece. Holland. In Asia: Japan. Asia Minor
Ducks/Geese.STELLER'S WESTERN DUCK.V.Colourful.c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe. Also in America and Asia. In such as Germany. Denmark. Siberia. (USA) [WESTERN POCHARD]
Ducks/Geese.SURF SCOTER.Colourful.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA It likes arctic climes but migrates as far south as Florida. Found in such as Newfoundland. Norway. Sweden. Germany/Rhine.
Ducks/Geese.TEAL.Very Colourful.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA.Asia. In such as Germany. Holland. Italy. Iceland. Scandinavia. China. India.Japan. Arabia. Persia.
Ducks/Geese.TUFTED DUCK.Very Colourful.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA. Asia. In such as Finland. Norway. Sweden. France. Germany. Holland. Hungary. Persia. India. Japan.
Ducks/Geese.VELVET SCOTER.Colourful.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA. In such as Russia. Norway. Scandinavia. Pomerania. Germany. Italy. From Labrodaor to Georgia. Also in Asia.
Ducks/Geese.WIGEON.Very Colourful.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.Asia.Africa. In such as Iceland. Sweden. Norway. Finland. Poland. Germany. Egypt. Inida. Japan.
Ducks/Geese.WILD DUCK (Mallard).V. Colourful.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe. In such as Norway. Sweden. Asia. Japan. USA. Canada. 'Abunant in Florida'.
DUSKY GREBE.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA.Asia. In such countries as Iceland. France. Germany. Italy. Canada and the United States from Hudson's Bay to Florida. Colourful.
EARED GREBE.Attractive Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA. In such countries as Scandinavia. Greece. Italy. Germany. In the Americas it has been found in the Falkand Islands. Also in Asia. Colourful.
GREAT AUK.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA. In such countries as Canada. Newfoundland. Labrador. Boston. Greenland. Iceland. Norway.
GREAT NORTHERN DIVER.Nice Original Colour.c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA. In such countries as Sweden. Finland. Switzerland. Germany. France. Grom Labrador and Greenland southwards.
GUILLEMOT.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA. In such countries as Gree=nland. Canada. United Sates. Scandinavia. Gibraltar. Italy. Sicily. Also noted in North Africa.
PUFFIN.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA.Iceland. In such countries as Lapland. Norway. Canada. Labrador. United States as far south a Georgia. France. Spain. Holland. Italy. Shetland Islands. Farne. [SEA PARROT].
RAZOR BILL (AUK).Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA.Asia. In such countries as Canada. Labrador. United States as far south a New York. Greenland. Sandinavia. Denmark. Prissia. Spain. France.
RED THROATED DIVER.Atttractive Original Colour.c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA. Asia. In such countries as Norway (especially). Finland. Icealnd. France. Germany. Italy. Greece. Japan. Russia. Canada. Boston. Great Lakes. Greenland.
RINGED GUILLEMOT.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe. In such countries as Icealnd. Scandinavia.
ROTCHE.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA.Greenland. In such countries as Davis' Straits. New Jersey. Iceland. NovZembla. Spitzbergen. An Oceanic bird.

GENERAL INFORMATION including Cartographers, Artists, etc.
This section is sub-divided into the following categories : -
ANTIQUE MAPS AND PRINTS (General Information) CARTOGRAPHERS FEATURE PAGES THE PICTURE FRAMER'S REGISTER
ARTISTS and ILLUSTRATORS POETS/AUTHORS POSTAPRINT (RETURN TO TOP OF PAGE)

ANTIQUE MAPS AND PRINTS
ANTIQUE MAPS - A brief introduction to the subject.
ANTIQUE PRINTS - A short explanatory page.
MAP HISTORY - A short introduction to the history of Map Making and how maps were made.
MAP TERMINOLOGY - A layman's explanation of some of the more common cartographic terms.

ARTISTS/ILLUSTRATORS
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BARTLETT - Perhaps the foremost 19th century topographical artist.
DAVID COX - A Concise Outline of the life and work of this prolific artist.
LANDSEER Sir Edwin - This well-known 19th century artist, specialised in animals, especially Dogs. Many illustrations.
LOUIS WAIN - The most famous and intriguing illustrator of cats who ever lived.
ROWLANDSON - ARTIST & CARICATURIST: Thomas ROWLANDSON. The Dr. Syntax books. c.1820 and later editions. Aquatints.
 TURNER J. M. W. - Very famous 19th Century English Artist. Full list of plates in 'The Turner Gallery' with scans.
 WOODVILLE R. Caton - A brief History of the Life and Work of this famous, essentially, military artist.

AUTHORS/POETS
BEATTIE William MD - Writer of the background text for many of the Books illustrated by W. H. Bartlett. Danube. Waldensis. Scotland. Switzerland.
BYRON Lord - Fullarton's Works of Byron. . . containing good steel engraved views of Italy, Greece, Portugal, Malta. Switzerland Etc. c. 1850
DICKENS Charles - A series of Web Pages on this famous Victorian author. His life. His Friends. His Romantic life. . .
DICKENS CHARACTERS - By Kyd. A series of delightful cartoons of favourite Dickens characters.
TENNYSON Lord Alfred - A brief History of his life and work. Illustrations. Portrait.

CARTOGRAPHERS
ARROWSMITH - 19th Century Map Maker.
BLAEU - The Blaeu family where the foremost cartographers of the 17th Century. Apart from the prolific numbers of Maps and Sea Charts produced, they raised cartography to an art form - embellishing their maps with highly decorative Cartouches and attractive features.
BOWEN Emanuel - "The Natural History of England" - English County Maps by Bowen with scanned images and some background information - 1759.
BUTLER - 19th Century Cartographer.
CARY John - NEW and CORRECT ENGLISH ATLAS. English County Maps. 1787 (1st) Edition. Original outline color.
CHIQUET - Early 18th century French Cartographer. Delightful maps. Original colour. Decorative cartouches and other features.
CRAM George - 1902 Edition. Coloured Maps of America, the US Sates with City Plans. World. Continents. Countries.
FINDLAY - 'MODERN ATLAS'. Published 1843.
FULLARTON Archibald & Co - The ROYAL ILLUSTRATED ATLAS. Published c. 1879. Large coloured maps of the World, including several with attractive VIGNETTES. Especially strong on maps of Islands, such as Bermuda, Java, Iceland, Faroes, Madeira, Azores, Trinidad, Jamaica, and many others.
FULLARTON Archibald & Co - The PARLIAMENTARY GAZETTEER. Published 1841. English County Maps, many with delightful Vignette Views.
GORDON/MORDEN - Robert Morden maps from GEOGRAPHY ANATOMIZ'D. Published 1716.
GROSE - English & Welsh County maps and views. Published c. 1795.
JOHNSON FAMILY ATLAS 1862 - Interesting large colored maps of US States, World, Continents and Countries. Several with good Vignette Views.
KITCHIN - A prodigious Map Maker. Late 18th Century.
LEVASSEUR - Highly decorative Maps of the World, Continents and Countries, together with French Departments and Colonies. c. 1847/55.
LEWIS SAMUEL - County maps of IRELAND. c. 1847.
LEWIS - The TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY published between 1831 and 1848, provides another good starting point for new collectors of English & Welsh County Maps, as well as of the British Channel Islands.
MALLET - DESCRIPTION DE L'UNIVERS. Published in Paris in 1683. Contained some 677 Maps, Views and Prints. All the plates are listed. Our Mallet Pages are lavishly illustrated.
MALTE-BRUN - Historical Antique Maps of the World from Précis de la Géographie Universelle. . . with scanned images and some background information - 1845
 MIGEON J - Mid/Late 19th century maps, many with attractive vignettes by this French Cartographer. World. Continents. Countries.
MONIN - Maps of France, its Departments and Possessions from Petit Atlas National. . . - 1835.
MONIN/FREMIN - French Maps of the World from Atlas Universel de Geographie. . . by Charles V. Monin and A. R. Fremin - 1835
 MOULE ENGLISH COUNTY MAPS - The most decorative of the 19th century. A scan of EVERY map is available.
OWEN/BOWEN - English and Welsh County Maps & Road Maps. 1720. 5x8 inches.
PERROT - Scarce and very decorative small maps of the English, Irish, Scottish & Welsh Counties. c. 1824. All maps scanned.
PINNOCK - UNUSUAL MAPS - 1833 - Printed WHITE on BLACK. World. Continents. Countries. English County Maps and City Plans
 PHILIP - Late 19th Century County Maps of IRELAND
 RAND McNALLY - This page contains details of the 1885 STANDARD ATLAS OF THE WORLD, just one of the prolific number of atlases produced by this major US publisher. Scanned examples.
SAXTON_KIP_HOLE: Scarce English and Welsh county maps. 1637 edition of William Camden's Britannia.
SENEX John - Interesting maps, published in various editions c. 1730. Includes CALIFORNIA AS AN ISLAND.
SPEED John/Peter van den Keere - This page details the 'Miniature Speed' maps of the world, continents, counties and British Isles. 1668.
TALLIS - The ILLUSTRATED ATLAS - - John Tallis maps issued in c. 1851, a probably the most decorative maps of the world, continents and countries to be issued in the 19th century. Finely engraved borders enhanced with numerous Vignette views.

FEATURE PAGES
FEATURE PAGE INDEX - An OVERVIEW.
FEATURE/SUBJECTS - Web Pages available covering General Interest Subjects only.
FEATURE/UK - Antique maps and prints of the British Isles.
FEATURE/USA - Old maps and views specifically of American interest. Scans include examples of the highly collectible maps which show CALIFORNIA AS AN ISLAND.
FEATURE/WORLD - Historical maps and prints of countries other than USA or UK.

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