Botanical Plank - English Botany
Published in 1804
Original copper engraving, enhanced with a hand-made watercolor coloration
Painted watercolor engraving from the 19th century
Botanical Plank - English Botany
Published in 1804
Original copper engraving, enhanced with a hand-made watercolor coloration
They are taken from English Botany by James Sowerby (illustrations and engraving) & Sir James Edward Smith (text).
Please take a good look at the photos, all the boards have been photographed.
Technique: Copper engraving and watercolor highlights of the period
The pattern was first etched on a copper plate, leaving a well-marked vat impression that can be seen on the boards. The colours were then meticulously applied by hand, board by board, by professional colourists of the time.
Support: Vintage laid paper
They are old and sometimes have defects, such as gaps, cuts, stains, dirt, foxing.
Size of the boards: about 23x14cm
You buy 1 engraving, not the whole set
Engraving by Buffon - Natural History
From Balck Atlas of Œuvres Complètes de Buffon published in 1826
Birds
Botany plate by Michel Etienne Descourtilz
From the Flore pittoresque et médicale des Antilles ou histoire naturelle des plantes usuelles des colonies françaises, anglaises, espagnoles et portugaises.
Published in 1827/1833
Painted engraving from the 19th century
Natural History Board
Oeuvres du comte de Lacépède, comprenant l'histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes ovipares, des serpents, des poissons et des cétacés: accompagnées de 150 planches gravées sur acier, représentant au moins 500 animaux.
Published in 1836 by P.Duménil, Publisher in Paris
Snakes - Zoology
Color plates, watercolor and gummed engraving.
Board size: 22x13.5cm (In-8)
School canvas poster
Spider
Hagemann educational material publishing house in Düsseldorf
Printed in 1977
Original heraldic engraving on copper (1722) in colour - A System of Heraldry - By Alexander Nisbet
The vignette was cut from an original folio sheet and then hand-enhanced with a subtle watercolor painting.
The event is presented under a modern passe-partout
Family coat of arms: McClellan of Barclay
Original heraldic engraving on copper (1722) in colour - A System of Heraldry - By Alexander Nisbet
The vignette was cut from an original folio sheet and then hand-enhanced with a subtle watercolor painting.
The event is presented under a modern passe-partout
Coat of arms of the family: Dalrymple of Cranstoun
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
Man - Anatomical chart that can be disassembled
By Fernand Nathan Editeur publisher
Coloured chart with movable, cut-out and superimposed leaves
There are defects on the superimposed boards; the outer board, which was the man's torso, is missing, as are the lungs, which were above the heart. The left hand is missing, the arm being torn.
Triptych of original heraldic engravings on copper (1722) - A System of Heraldry - By Alexander Nisbet
The sheet was cut from an original folio board and then hand-enhanced with a subtle watercolor painting.
The event is presented under a modern passe-partout - A trace of an old label in the upper right corner of the mat, see photos
It includes 3 coats of arms from the great lineages of the Scottish nobility: Graham of Morphie - Fletcher of Salton - Lauder of Bass
Anatomy - Antique chart by D'Orbigny - 1869
In colors
Atlas of the Universal Dictionary of Natural History
Voyage to the South Pole and Oceania on the corvettes the Astrolabe and the Zélée, executed by order of the king during the years 1837-1838-1839-1840 under the command of M. Dumont-d'Urville captain of vessel
Botanical plate
Published in 1846
Atlas of Natural History - Botany
Phanerogamy
Anatomic lithography: "Traité complet de l'Anatomie de l'Homme"
by Dr Bourgery and draughtsman Jacob
Volume 3 - 1844
Natural History Board of Buffon - Éditions Garnier Frères
Around 1853/1857
Animals - Zoology
Board size: 26.5x17.5cm (Grand In-8)
Original heraldic engraving on copper (1722) in colour - A System of Heraldry - By Alexander Nisbet
The vignette was cut from an original folio sheet and then hand-enhanced with a subtle watercolor painting.
The event is presented under a modern passe-partout
Coat of arms of the family: Buchanan of Drumakill
Ancient engraving -board of Natural History in colour nineteenth century
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
Botanical Plank - English Botany
Published in 1804
Original copper engraving, enhanced with a hand-made watercolor coloration
Painted watercolor engraving from the 19th century
