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A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS

VOLUME 8

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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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ARCTIC TERN.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.Asia.America. In such countries as Melville Island. Greenland. Iceland. Faroes. Baffin's Bay. Norway. Sweden. Denmark. Holland. Italy. Mediterranean. South Africa.
BLACK HEADED (Laughing) GULL.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe. Asia.USA.Africa In such countries as Russia. Sweden. Holland. France. Germany. Italy. Switzerland. Greenland. Baffin's Bay. Davis Straits. Canada. Egypt.
BLACK TERN.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA.Asia.Madeira. In such countries as Holland. Sweden. Germany. Italy. Switzerland. Denmark. Hungary. France. North and South America. Tartary. Persia. Brazil. West Indies.
BUFFON'S SKUA.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.Canada.Arctic. In such places as Baffin's Bay. Melville Peninsula. France. Belgium. Iceland.
BULWER'S PETREL.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.Madeira.
BUONAPARTE'S GULL.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA. In such places as Chesapeake Bay. Charleston. Great Slave Lake. Scotland. Ireland.
CAPPED PETREL.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.Australia.Atlantic. In such places as Azores. Indian Ocean. Pacific.
CASPIAN TERN.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.Africa.Asia. In such countries as Russia. Germany. Switzerland. Italy. France. Corsica. Greece. Egypt. South Africa. India. China. Hawaii. Friendly Islands.
CINEREOUS SHEERWATER.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.Africa. Canada. In such places as Mediterranean. Spain. Iceland. 'Very abundant at Newfoundland where it breeds'. South coast of Africa.
COMMON GULL.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.Canada.Asia. In such places as Lapland. Norway. Faroes. Holland. France. Italy. Spain. Persia. Caspian Sea. Northern regions of America.
COMMON TERN.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA.Asia.Africa. In such countries as Germany. France.Italy. Mediterranean. Norway. Asia Minor. West Africa. Madeira. Canary Islands. Greenland. New England.
CORMORANT.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA.Asia. In such countries as Norway. Greece. Switzerland. Russia. India. Greenland. Canada and United States.
DUSKY PETREL.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.Africa.USA. In such places as South Africa. Mediterranean. Canary Islands. Medeira. France. Italy. Captain Cook found in Christmas Island. Bermuda. 'By the (United) States to the Gulf of Mexico. Florida and Georgia and other parts'. Canada.
FULMAR.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.Canada. In such places as France. Holland. Faroe Islands. Spitzbergen. Davis' Straits. Baffin's Bay. Hudson's Bay. Greenland. Grimsey Island. Breeds in Scotland - Hebrides. St Kilda. Barra.
GANNET.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.Africa.Asia.USA In such countries as Sandinavia. Portugal. Spain. North and South Africa. Medeira. Greenland. Labrador. In the United States as far south as Carolina.
GLAUCOUS GULL.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA. In such places as Iceland. Balytic. Scandinavia. Russia. Germany. Belgium. France. Italy. Greenland. Canada. Polar Seas. Arctic. 'also in the United States'.
Great BLACK BACKED GULL.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA. Asia. In such places as Sweden. Faroes. Denmark. France. Italy. Germany. Holland. Norway. Iceland. Greenland. Baffin's Bay. canada. Labrador. 'As far south a Florida'. Caspian Sea.
GREEN CORMORANT.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA.Asia In such countries as Scandinavia. Finland. Corsica. Sardinia. Cyprus.
GULL BILLED TERN.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA.Asia. Africa. In such countries as Hungary. Italy. Turkey. France. Jutland. Holland. Egypt. Nubia. India. East Indies. Jave. Northern United States. South America.
HERRING GULL.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.Africa.Asia.USA. In such places as Iceland. Faroes. Norweay. Sweden. Denmark. Holland. France. Italy. Turkey. Madeira. Asia Minor. Black Sea. Greenland. Mexico. Labrador. Bay of Fundy. 'also about New York and Philadelphia'.
ICELAND GULL.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA. In such places as Greenland. Davis Straits. Canada. Iceland 'at times in great numbers'. Sweden. Faroe Islands. Belgium. Holland.
IVORY GULL (Snow Bird).Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.Canada. In such places as Dabis Straits. Baffin's Bay. Greenland. Labrador. Hudson's Bay. Behring Strait. Newfoundland. Spitzbergen. Holland. France.
KITTIWAKE.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA.Africa.Asia. In such places as Norway. Sweden. Faroes. Iceland. France. Italy. Greenland. 'United States to Labrador'. Tripoli/Libya. West Africa. Caspian Sea.
LAUGHING GULL.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA.Africa. In such places as Italy. Sicily. Russia. Spain. Greece. Mediterranean. Gibraltar. West Indies/Tobago. Texas. New Jersey.
LEACH'S PETREL.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.Canada. In such places as France. Holland. Belgium. Newfoundland and 'some parts of the copasts of the north'.
Lesser BLACK BACKED GULL.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.Asia. Africa.USA. In such places as Norway. Baltic. Holland. Belgium. France. Dalmatia. Italy. Egypt. North and South Africa. Syria. Asia Minor. Arabia. Red Sea. In America 'coming south to Carolina'.
LESSER TERN.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA.Africa.Asia. In such countries as Holland. France. Holstein. Denmark. Norway. Sweden. Russia. United States to the Gulf of Mexico. Canary Islands. India. Siberia.
LITTLE GULL.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA.Asia. In such countries as Russia. Finland. Denmark. Holland. Hungary. Italy. Germany. Switzerland. Tartary. Siberia.
MANX SHEERWATER.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA.Asia. In such places as 'Formerly very plentifi=ul in the Isle of Man whence its name'. Meditarranean. Norway. Danish Islands. Faroes. Iceland. Holland. Italy. France. 'From Labrodor down by Newfoundland to the south through the (United) States.
MASKED GULL.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA. In such places as Canada. Baffin's Bay. Davis Straits. Italy. Spain.
NODDY.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA.Asia. In such countries as France. Carolina. Gulf of Mexico. Florida. West Indies. Bahamas. Tobago. South America. Brazil. Cayenne. India. China Sea.
POMERINE SKUA.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.Canada. In such places as France. Holland. Swiss Lakes. Denmark. Sweden. Norway. Arctic. Iceland. Faroes. Hudson's Bay. Greenland.
RICHARDSON'S SKUA.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.Canada.Asia. In such places as Sweden. Norway. Denmark. Faroe Islands. Scandinavia. Holland. Belgium. Russia. Siberia. Greenland. Newfoundland. Canada. Labrador. Hudson's Bay.
ROSEATE TERN.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA.Africa.Asia. In such countries as Norway. Sweden. Denmark. France. Germany. Italy. South Africa. Madeira. India. 'Plentiful in Florida'.
ROSS'S GULL.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.Canada. Nam,ed after Captain Ross RN who obtained the first specimen. All found by Sir Edward Parry during his 2nd expedition. Melville Island. Spitzbergen.
SABINE'S GULL.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA. In such countries as Greenland. Melville Peninsula. Behring Strait. Newfoundland. Nova Scotia. Holland. Rhine. France. Spitzbergen.
SANDWICH TERN.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA.Africa.Asia. In such countries as Sweden. Denmark. Germany. France. Italy. Mediterranean shores. South Africa. From Texas to Florida. Mexico. Brazil. New Zealand.
SKUA.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA.Africa. In such places as Spitzbergen. Faroes. Iceland. Norway. Scandinavia. Labrador. Newfoundland. Canada. South America. Magellan Straits. Tierra del Fuego. Falklands. South Africa. Germany. Holland. France.
SOOTY TERN.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA. In such countries as Bermuda. Cuba. Georgia. Florida. Ascenion Island. Christmas Island. Australia. Pacific. Germany.
STORMY PETREL.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.Africa.America. It obtained it's name 'from its habit of walking…on water as the Apostle St. Peter did or essayed to do'. In such places as Swiss lkaes. France. Holland. Italy. Madeira. South Africa. Newfoundland. canada. Faroes. Iceland. Scilly Islands. Hebrides.
SWIFT TERN.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.Africa. In such countries as Hungary. Red Sea. South Africa.
WHISKERED TERN.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.Africa.Asia. In such countries as France. Italy. Hungary. Germany. Yugoslavia. Egypt. Syria. Borneo.
WHITE WINGED BLACK TERN.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.Asia. Africa. In such countries as Mediterranean. 'Very common about the Straits of Gibraltar'. Switzerland. Italy. Spain. Norway. Sweden. Germany. Black Sea.
WILSON'S PETREL.Original Colour.Overall c.4.5x7 ins.Found in Europe.USA.Africa. In such places as Azores. Atlantic. Spain. 'On the coast of Florida and is plentiful about Charleston'. Canada. Nova Scotia. South America. Chile. Brazil. North and South Africa.

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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