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The artists and publishers of the great natural history volumes of the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries produced some of the most beautiful images in the history of printing.

Artists such as John Gould, Mark Catesby, Thomas Lord, Pierre Vallet, W.H. Lizars and William Curtis represent a sampling of our stock.

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Artist: Pierre Vallet
Subject: "Tulipa flore vario"
From: Le Jardin du tres Chrestien Henry IV
Medium: Hand colored copperplate engraving
Size: Paper 13" x 8"
Framed 21" x 15 1/2"
Date: Pub. 1608, French
Considered the earliest natural history volume published.
Artist: John Gould
Subject: "Selenidera Langsdorffi"
From: Monograph of the Ramphastidae or Toucans
Medium: Hand colored stone lithograph
Size: Paper 21" x 15"
Framed 33" x 26"
Date: Pub. 1834, London
Artist: Mark Catesby
Subject: "Arbor Populi & Harengus"
From: The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands
Medium: Hand colored copperplate engraving
Size: Paper 22" x 14"
Date: Pub. 1776-1800, 3rd edition, London
Artist: Thomas Lord
Subject: "The Reed Sparrows"
From British birds
Medium: Hand colored copperplate engraving
Size: Paper 16 1/2" x 10 1/2"
Date: Pub. 1794, London
Artist: John Gould
Subject: "Gypus Spixi"
From: Monograph of the Trochilidae or Hummingbirds
Medium: Hand colored stone lithograph
Size: Paper 21" x 15"
Date: Pub. 1849-61, London
Artist:  William Curtis
Subject: Geranium peltatum
From: The Botanical Magazine
Medium: hand colored copperplate engraving
Size: Paper 9 1/2" x 5 1/2"
Date: Pub. 1791
Artist: William Jardine / William Lizars
Subject: "Deroplatys disiccata"
From: The Naturalist's Library
Medium: Hand colored copperplate engraving
Size: Paper 6 3/4" x 4 1/2"
Date: Pub. 1866, Edinburgh
Artist: Thomas Lord
Subject: "The Duck"
From: British Birds
Medium: Hand colored copperplate engraving
Size: Paper 10 1/2" x 16 1/2"
Date: Pub. 1794, London