Darvill's Rare Prints, fine antique prints and rare maps since 1918! Darvill's Rare Prints, fine antique prints and rare maps since 1918!
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The Naturalist's Miscellany 1789-1813, London
George Shaw (publisher), Frederick P. and Robert Nodder (artists/engravers)

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-coloured 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 colours 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
The Green Polype or Hydra
PLATE 20
The Green Polype or Hydra
$50
The Anemone Actinia or Sea Anemone
PLATE 26
The Anemone Actinia or Sea Anemone
$50
The Anemone Actinia or Sea Anemone
PLATE 27
The Anemone Actinia or Sea Anemone
$50
The Changeable Cercaria
PLATE 107
The Changeable Cercaria
$30
The Funnel Medusa
PLATE 112
The Funnel Medusa
$40
The Common Gordius, or Hair-Worm
PLATE 121
The Common Gordius, or Hair-Worm
$30
Kidney-Shaped Pennatula
PLATE 139
The Kidney-Shaped Pennatula
$50
The Funnel Sponge
PLATE 145
The Funnel Sponge
$50
The Lemon Doris
PLATE 146
The Lemon Doris
$50
The Limocine Clio
PLATE 152
The Limocine Clio
$35
Clavate Ascidia
PLATE 154
Clavate Ascidia
$75
The Lace Millepore
PLATE 169
The Lace Millepore
$55
The Finger-Shaped Pennatula
PLATE 170
The Finger-Shaped Pennatula
(Finger Sea-Pen)
$50
Tremulous Holothuria
PLATE 172
Tremulous Holothuria
$60
The Microscopic Scolopendra
PLATE 185
The Microscopic Scolopendra
$35
The Perforated Serpula
PLATE 188
The Perforated Serpula
$35
Tuna Coralline
PLATE 190
Tuna Coralline
$45
Tuna Coralline
PLATE 195
The Bell-Shaped Brachionus
$45
Circular Vorticella
PLATE 199
Circular Vorticella
$40
Aculeated Aphrodita
PLATE 205
Aculeated Aphrodita
$60
Pyramidal Clio
PLATE 206
Pyramidal Clio
$50
Radiated Doris
PLATE 221
Radiated Doris
$75
Elephantine Dentalium
PLATE 226
Elephantine Dentalium
$45
The Great Salpa
PLATE 232
The Great Salpa
$35
The Yellow-Haired Terebella
PLATE 235
The Yellow-Haired Terebella
$55
The Democratic Salpa
PLATE 236
The Democratic Salpa
$40
Pedunculated Ascidia
PLATE 239
Pedunculated Ascidia
$75
The Egyptian Medusa
PLATE 259
The Egyptian Medusa
Brown Holothuria
PLATE 260
Brown Holothuria
$45
Serpentiform Nais
PLATE 270
Serpentiform Nais
$50
Sandy Alcyonium
PLATE 272
Sandy Alcyonium
$35
Chordated Stylephorus
PLATE 274
Chordated Stylephorus
$45
Arborescent Vorticella
PLATE 278
Arborescent Vorticella
$45
The Pulmonic Medusa [Jellyfish]
PLATE 299
The Pulmonic Medusa
[Jellyfish]
$95
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We have many more of Shaw and Nodder engravings... please see the categories above
as some sea creatures may be shown in another category such as corals, fish, etc..

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