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The Naturalist's Miscellany
George Shaw (publisher) • Frederick P. Nodder and Robert Nodder (artists)
in 24 volumes between 1789-1813, London

Original 200-year-old copperplate engravings with hand-colouring
Sheet size: varies according to trimming, but approx. 5.75 x 9.75 inches.
The paper varies from softly aged to quite white, with little or no foxing and excellent overall condition. 

Dedicated to the Most Illustrious Princess, Charlotte, Queen of Great Britain, The Naturalist's Miscellany contains works of such beauty and originality that it is beloved by all who see it. The prints are hand-colored engravings on strong Whatman paper, with the occasional Whatman watermark or date. The prints are in remarkable condition for a work that is 200 years old, with the colors of a beauty and vividness unsurpassed to this day in the world of hand-coloured prints. Darvill's Rare Prints is pleased to offer a selection of prints from this most curiously whimsical and humorous collection of prints.
Mammals       Birds     Reptiles      Frogs, Turtles      Snakes      Insects      Fish      Crabs      Corals      Sealife      Shells

Mailed Gurnard

Plate 116
Mailed Gurnard
$55

Electrical Gymnotus (Eel)

Plate 130
Electrical Gymnotus (Eel)
$55

Sperm Whale?

Plate 133
Great Northern Whale

Plate 140

Plate 140
Opah, or Imperial Zeus
(no text)
$115

Pufferfish

Plate 151
Diodon porcupine (Porcupine Pufferfish)
(no text)
$150

Ocellated Shark

Plate 161
Ocellated Shark
$75

Rostrated Ray

Plate 173
Rostrated Ray
$65

Plate 175 Striated Lophus

Plate 175
Striated Lophius

Marbled and Variegated Lophius

Plate 176
Marbled and Variegated Lophius
(no text)
$75

Single-finned Lophius

Plate 202
Single-finned Lophius

(special fold-out page with fold, as issued, measuring about 5.5 inches wide by 11.75 inches high. No text available.)

$95

Single-finned Lophius

Plate 203
Single-finned Lophius

(double-page with folds, as issued, measuring about 10 inches wide by 9 inches high. No text available.)

$125

  

Speckled Eel

Plate 220
Speckled Eel
$75

Round-headed Shark

Plate 229
Round-headed Zygaena (shark)
$75

Rose-coloured Flounder

Plate 238
Rose-coloured Flounder
$85

Speckled Ostracion

Plate 253
Speckled Ostracion
(note original watercolor smear)

Telescope Carp

Plate 262
Telescope Carp
$125

Plate 267

Plate 267
Hammer-headed Shark
$75

Serpentiform Nais

Plate 270
Serpentiform Nais
$55

Chordated Sylephorus

Plate 274
Chordated Sylephorus
$65

Eared Ostracion

Plate 338
Eared Ostracion
$85

Banded Shark

Plate 346
Banded Shark
$85

Glutinous Gastrobranchus

Plate 362
Glutinous Gastrobranchus
$35

Red Anthius

Plate 371
Red Anthius
$80

Bearded Lonchiurus

Plate 375
Bearded Lonchiurus
$75

Punctated Ophicephalus

Plate 399
Punctated Ophicephalus
$85

Military Slurus

Plate 406
Military Slurus
$75

Yellow Loricaria

Plate 410
Yellow Loricaria
(no text avail.)
$75

European Frogfish

Plate 422
European Frogfish
$150

Platystacus Acetabulated

Plate 432
Platystacus Acetabulated
$85

Zebra Shark

Plate 434
Zebra Shark
$95

Yellow-striped Sparus

Plate 458
Yellow-striped Sparus

Red Mackrel

Plate 494
Red Mackrel
$95

Four-eyed Anableps

Plate 503
Four-eyed Anableps
$75

Blue Coryphaena

Plate 506
Blue Coryphaena
$150

Fork-tailed Remora

Plate 511
Fork-tailed Remora
$75

Fibre-tailed Fistularia

Plate 518
Fibre-tailed Fistularia
$75

Red Holocentrus

Plate 522
Red Holocentrus
$95

Rostrated Sphagebranchus

Plate 534
Rostrated Sphagebranchus
$65

Catfish

Plate 538
Cataphractus costatus (Catfish)
(no text avail.)
$115

Five-spined Bodian

Plate 542
Five-spined Bodian
$95

Eel-shaped Platystachus

Plate 559
Eel-shaped Platystachus
$85

Rostrated Gymnotus (eel)

Plate 586
Rostrated Gymnotus (eel)
$65

Panther Anarhichus

Plate 598
Panther Anarhichus
$80

Tentaculated Shark

Plate 630
Tentaculated Shark

Plumierian Mackrel

Plate 654
Plumierian Mackrel
$115

Under-jawed Whale

Plate 720
Mysticete under-jawed
(Under-jawed Whale)
(no text)
$115

Orange Carp

Plate 723
Orange Carp, or Orf
$95

Appendiculated Shark

Plate 727
Appendiculated Shark
(see enlarged image for condition)

Apua Perch

Plate 778
Apua Bodian (perch)
$95

Plate 786 Trimaculated Labrus

Plate 786
Trimaculated Labrus
$85

818 unidentifiied

Plate 818
(no text)
$55
(see enlarged image for condition)

Rose Sparus

Plate 834
Rose Sparus
(see enlarged image for condition)
$50

Plate 874

Plate 874
Silver-striped Herring
(no text)
$100

American Frogfish

Plate 875
American Frogfish
(no text)
$150

Zebra Sole

Plate 890
Zebra Sole
$85

Bearded Flounder

Plate 903
Bearded Flounder
$95

Plate 905

Plate 905
(no text available)
$95

Silver Trichiure

Plate 930
Silver Trichiure
$85

Appendiculated Shark

Plate 727
Appendiculated Shark

Rhombic Salmon

Plate 971
Rhombic Salmon
$100

Green-finned Sparus

Plate 979
Green-finned Sparus
$125

  
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