George Shaw and Frederick P. Nodder
The Naturalist's Miscellany 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.

Plate 301
The Californian Vulture
$85

Plate 325?
Black Skimmer
(no text avail.)
$65

Plate 353
[Green Junglefowl?]
(no text avail.—see watercolour smear)
$45

Plate 365
Red-rumped Oriole
$65

Plate 377
Red-backed Shrike
(no text avail.)
$75

Plate 381
Chalybean Creeper
(no text avail.)
$65

Plate 393
Tooth-billed Barbet
$75

Plate 405
Crested Tody

Plate 421
Black-backed Goose
$55

Plate 425
Grey-headed Parakeet
$70

Plate 429
Variegated Emberiza

Plate 429
Variegated Emberiza
$85

Plate 449
Crimson Pigeon

Plate 457
Crowned Pigeon

Plate 469
The American Jabiru
(no text avail.)
$85

Plate 481
Southern Sheathbill
$45

Plate 485
Purple-throated Falcon
$85

Plate 509
Chinese Roller
$95

Plate 521
Blue Shrike

Plate 529
Chinese Pelican
$75

Plate 533
Red-billed Hoopoe
$85

Plate 537
Collared Tanager
$90

Plate 541
African Buphaga
$75

Plate 561
Long-tailed Crow
$65

Plate 565
Horned Screamer
$75

Plate 569
Round-crested Flycatcher
$85

Plate 581
Malimbic Tanager
$85

Plate 585
Lunulated Thrush
$85

Plate 597
Painted Emberiza
$95

Plate 609
Hyacinthine Macaw
$95

Plate 617
Blue-tailed Thrush
(no text avail.)
$90

Plate 621
Tiger Bittern
$75

Plate 629
Georgian Flycatcher
$65

Plate 645
Red-vented Shriker
(no text avail.)
$75

Plate 669
Black-crowned Tanager
$85

Plate 673
Undulated Parrakeet

Plate 677
Ludovician Grossbeak
(Louisiana Grosbeak)
$85

Plate 685
Greater Bullfinch
(no text avail.)
$95

Plate 689
Bald Grakle (Grackle)
$75

Plate 705
Brasilian Curlew
$75

Plate 709
Madagascar Pigeon
[paper stuck to print outside of plate mark]

Plate 713
Boat-Bill
$85

Plate 721
Crested Ibis
$85

Plate 725
Abyssinian Plant-cutter
$75

Plate 729
Chinese Snipe
$75

Plate 781
Pied Roller
$75

Plate 753
Rufous Woodpecker
$85

Plate 773
The Francolin
$90

Plate 785
The Aromatic Pigeon
$80

Plate 809
White-beaked Hornbill
(no text avail.)
$70

Plate 813
Pompadour Chatterer
(no text avail.)
$70

Plate 829
Cyanean [Blue] Crow
(no text avail.)
$80

Plate 857
African Snake-Eater
(a.k.a. Secretary Vulture)
$90

Plate 973
Double-streaked Warbler
$65

Plate 993
Gorget Paradise-bird
$80

Plate 1009
Chestnut Jacana
$100

Plate 1058
Kiwi
(no text)

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