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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301 Californian Vulture
Plate 301
The Californian Vulture
$85


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


Plate 353 (rooster?)
Plate 353
(no text avail.)
$45


365 Red-rumped Oriole
Plate 365
Red-rumped Oriole
$65


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


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



Plate 393
Tooth-billed Barbet
$75


405 Crested Tody
Plate 405
Crested Tody
$75


421 Black-backed Goose
Plate 421
Black-backed Goose
$55


Grey-headed Parakeet
Plate 425
Grey-headed Parakeet
$70


429 Variegate Emberiza
Plate 429
Variegated Emberiza
$85


449 Crimson Pigeon
Plate 449
Crimson Pigeon
$95


Crowned Pigeon
Plate 457
Crowned Pigeon
$85


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


481 Southern Sheathbill
Plate 481
Southern Sheathbill
$45


485 Purple-throated Falcon
Plate 485
Purple-throated Falcon
$85


509 Chinese Roller
Plate 509
Chinese Roller
$95


521 Blue Shrike
Plate 521
Blue Shrike
$95


529 Chinese Pelican
Plate 529
Chinese Pelican
$75


533 Red-billed Hoopoe
Plate 533
Red-billed Hoopoe
$85


537 Collared Tanager
Plate 537
Collared Tanager
$85


541 African Buphaga
Plate 541
African Buphaga
$75


561 Long-tailed Crow
Plate 561
Long-tailed Crow
$65


565 Horned Screamer
Plate 565
Horned Screamer
$75


569 Round-crested Flycatcher
Plate 569
Round-crested Flycatcher
$85


581 Malimbic Tanager
Plate 581
Malimbic Tanager
$85


585 Lunulated Thrush
Plate 585
Lunulated Thrush
$85


597 Painted Emberiza
Plate 597
Painted Emberiza
$85


609 Hyacinthine Macaw
Plate 609
Hyacinthine Macaw
$95


Blue-tailed Thrush
Plate 617
Blue-tailed Thrush
(no text avail.)
$85


621 Tiger Bittern
Plate 621
Tiger Bittern
$75


629 Georgian Flycatcher
Plate 629
Georgian Flycatcher
$65


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


669 Black-crowned Tanager
Plate 669
Black-crowned Tanager
$85


673 Undulated Parrakeet
Plate 673
Undulated Parrakeet
$115


677 Ludovician Grossbeak
Plate 677
Ludovician Grossbeak
(Louisiana Grosbeak)
$85


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



Plate 689
Bald Grakle (Grackle)
$75


705 Brasilian Curlew
Plate 705
Brasilian Curlew
$75


709 Madagascar Pigeon
Plate 709
Madagascar Pigeon
$85


713 Boat-Bill
Plate 713
Boat-Bill
$85


721 Crested Ibis
Plate 721
Crested Ibis
$85


725 Abyssinian Plant-cutter
Plate 725
Abyssinian Plant-cutter
$75


729 Chinese Snipe
Plate 729
Chinese Snipe
$75


781 Pied Roller
Plate 781
Pied Roller
$75


753 Rufous Woodpecker
Plate 753
Rufous Woodpecker
$85


773 Francolin
Plate 773
The Francolin
$90


785 Aromatic Pigeon
Plate 785
The Aromatic Pigeon
$80


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


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


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


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


973 Double-streaked Warbler
Plate 973
Double-streaked Warbler
$65


993 Gorget Paradise-bird
Plate 993
Gorget Paradise-bird
$80


1009 Chestnut Jacana
Plate 1009
Chestnut Jacana
$100


1058 Bird beak, feathers, foot
Plate 1058
Kiwi?
(no text)
$40

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Corals
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George Shaw and Frederick P. Nodder
"The Naturalist's Miscellany" 1789-1813, London


Hand-coloured engravings
Sheet size: varies according to trimming, but approx. 5¾ x 9¾ inches.
The paper varies from softly aged to quite white, with little or no foxing and excellent overall condition. 

Please click on thumbnails for view of entire plate with any imperfections

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 white 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 colored prints. Darvill's Rare Prints is pleased to offer a selection of prints from this most curiously whimsical and humorous collection of prints.