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Zoological Lectures, delivered to the Royal Institution
and General Zoology or Systematic Natural History

by George Shaw (1800-1819)
Mrs. Griffith, principal engraveri

Original 200+-year-old copperplate engravings • titles mainly English, some Latin
Sheet size: approx. 5.5 x 9.25 inches. (see enlargements for any flaws)

George Shaw (1751-1813) was a notable English botanist and zoologist. Shaw was a initially a medical practitioner. He became the assistant lecturer in botany at Oxford University and keeper of the natural history department at the British Museum. He was a co-founder of the Linnean Society was a fellow of the Royal Society. He is also well known these days for the colored prints of animals he published in The Naturalist's Miscellany with Mr. Nodder.

Plate 102

Common Salmon, male
Common Salmon, female


$50

Plate 103

Salvelin Trout
Alpine Trout


$40

Plate 108

Gar Pike
Common Pike

Plate 109

Cepedian Pike
Common Pike

$25

Plate 49

Narwhal

Plate 229

Dolphin
Porpesse [Porpoise]


$50

Plate 102

Electric Gymnotus
[Electric Eel]

Plate 100

Common Eel
Conger Eel

$20

Plate 101

Muraena

$20

Plate 110

Ribbed Silurus
[Catfish]

Plate 103

Mediterranean Remora
Indian Remora

$25

Plate 104

Turbot
Flounder

$25

Plate 108

Piper

$25

Plate 160

Cercaria Mutabilis

$5