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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-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.

Plate 3
Pygmy Musk
$99.95

Plate 6
Three-toed Sloth
$99.95

Plate 11
Five-toed Manis
$99.95

Plate 29
Slow-Paced Lemur
(text offsetting)
$99.95

Plate 33
Great Kanguroo (kangaroo)
(light text offsetting,
(photocopy of descriptive text comes with engraving)

Plate 33
Great Kanguroo (kangaroo)

Plate 33
Great Kanguroo (kangaroo)

$149.95

Plate 38
Sibirian [Siberian] Jerboa
$99.95

Plate 48
Variegated Baboon
$99.95

Plate 55
Water Shrew
$99.95

Plate 58
Ursiform Sloth
$99.95

Plate 59
Ursiform Sloth (detail)
$99.95

Plate 60
Southern Petaurus
(Flying Squirrel)
$99.95

Plate 73
Striped Mouse

Plate 109
Porcupine

Plate 109
Porcupine
$149.95

Plate 216
Grey Baboon

Plate 298
Porculine Opossum
$99.95

Plates 385 & 382 (sold as set)
Duck-Billed Platypus

Plate 501
Calago Lemur

Plate 570
Minute Lemur
$99.95

Plate 610
Canadian Sheep
$99.95

Plate 774
? Monkey (no text)
$99.95

The Ternate Bat, The New York Bat

Engraved by J. Pass
Original hand-colouring
dated Dec. 1, 1797
Encyclopaedia Londinensis
Size: approx. 5 x 8.25 inches

(PLEASE NOTE: this print is NOT a Shaw/Nodder print but is similar
in size and age.

Dufresne's Monkey

Drawn by Audebert,
Engraved by J. Pass
Original hand-colouring
unknown publication dated July 1, 1804
[probably Encyclopaedia Londinensis]
Size: approx. 5 x 8.25 inches

(PLEASE NOTE: this print is NOT a Shaw/Nodder print but is similar
in size and age.

$99.95

The Callitrix, or Green Monkey

Drawn by Audebert,
Engraved by J. Pass
Original hand-colouring
dated May 2, 1804
Encyclopaedia Londinensis
Size: approx. 5 x 8.25 inches

(PLEASE NOTE: this print is NOT a Shaw/Nodder print but is similar in size and age. Please note that there is a diagonal crease that is not terribly noticeable and also a spot of soiling (original watercolour paint smear?) to the right of the monkey's tail. It has been priced with these defects in mind).