INSEKTEN IV

Wood engraving ca 1870 showing wasps, earwigs formica herculanea, coccus cacti and many others.

Print has light age toning and a vertical centerfold.

22 x 27.5 cm ( 8.6 x 10.8 ")

$ 25.00

Order Nr. INSECT9916

Stag-Beetle and Longicorn Beetle

Chromolithograph published by Selmar Hess, 1898, New York.

Image is mounted on backing with wide margins.
Light crease in upper image.

20 x 13 cm ( 7.8 x 5.1 ")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. INSECT9904

"Hercules Beetle"

Wood engraving ca 1890.
Fine, modern hand coloring.

18.5 x 13.2 cm ( 7.3 x 5.1 ")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. INSECT9908

"Histoire Naturelle, La Puce vue au Microscope"

The flea under the microscope. Side view. “Coat of Arms" of all flea market dealers!

Type of print: Original copper etching

Artist: Anonymous, but mostlikely Bernard

Publication: "Encyclopedie"

Publisher: Denis Diderot 1713-1784)

and Jean Baptiste Le Ronde D'Alembert (1717-1783)

Place: Paris

Date: Ca. 1770

Measurements: Ca. 32,5 x 42,5 cm (ca. 12.8 x 16.7")

Condition: Excellent dark print. Light general age toning. Two vertical folds to fit book size. Lower margin has very nicely repaired tear to title.

$ 250.00

Order Nr. INSECT236480SOLD

"Histoire Naturelle, La Puce vue au Microscope"

The flea under the microscope. View from underneith.. "Coat of Arms" of all flea market dealers!

Type of print: Original copper etching

Artist: Anonymous, but mostlikely Bernard

Publication: "Encyclopedie"

Publisher: Denis Diderot 1713-1784)

and Jean Baptiste Le Ronde D'Alembert (1717-1783)

Place: Paris

Date: Ca. 1770

Measurements: Ca. 32,3 x 58,5 cm (ca. 12.7 x 23")

Condition: Excellent dark print. Light general age toning. Two vertical folds to fit book size. Lower margin has very nicely repaired tear to title.

$ 250.00

Ordert Nr. INSECT236481

Insect VIII. (Flea?)

Copper engraving ca 1780. A few light, scattered spots.

9.5 x 16.4 cm (3.7 x 6.5'')

$ 55.00

Order Nr. INSECT9938

Der Mai (The May)
( The May godess is being pulled by May beetles )

Wood engraving after the original drawing by Walther Puettner ca 1880.
Reverse side is printed.

24 x 16.7 cm ( 9.4 x 6.5 ")

$ 25.00

Order nr. INSECT235959

No Title.

Copper etching from "Histoire Naturelle", published 1751 in Paris.
Modern hand coloring. A few very minor spots.

31.5 x 19.7 cm ( 12.4 x 7.7 ")

$90.00

Order Nr. INSECT9915

No Title. Scorpion and other insects.

Copper etching from "Histoire Naturelle", published 1751 in Paris.
Very fine recent hand coloring.

31.7 x 21.2 cm ( 12.4 x 8.3 ")

$ 90.00

Order Nr. INSECT9942

No Title.

Copper etching from "Histoire Naturelle", published 1751 in Paris.

32 x 19.5 cm ( 12.5 x 7.6 ")

$ 60.00

Order Nr. INSECT9910

No Title. Various beetles.

Copper etching from "Histoire Naturelle", published 1751 in Paris.

31.5 x 20.5 cm ( 12.4 x 8 ")

$ 60.00

Order Nr. INSECT9911

No Title. Various Beetles.

Copper etching from "Histoire Naturelle", published 1751 in Paris.

32 x 20.2 cm ( 12.6 x 7.9 ")

$ 60.00

Order Nr. INSECT9912

No Title.

Copper etching from "Histoire Naturelle", published 1751 in Paris.

31.7 x 19.8 cm ( 12.4 x 7.8 ")

$ 50.00

Order Nr. INSECT9913

Die Reblaus (Phylloxera vastatrix)

Wood engraning ca 1870. Reverse side is printed. Information about each image below title.

8.8 x 12 cm ( 3.5 x 4.7 ")

$ 20.00

Order Nr. INSECT235864

Great Water Beetle - Dydicus dimidatus

Wood engraving ca 1880. Reverse side is printed.

8 x 13 cm ( 3.1 x 5.1 ")

$ 20.00

Order Nr. INSECT235222

Trycondyla wallaceii, Manticora latipenis, Cicindela octonotata, Harpalus caspicus, Lebia crux minor, Anthia suleata

Wood engraving ca 1880. Reverse side is printed.

7.5 x 12 cm ( 2.9 x 4.7 ")

$ 20.00

Order Nr. INSECT235223

Insecten

Very fine details of the eye of a fly!

Copper engraving ca 1800. Original hand coloring.
A few minor spots.

Page size: 26 x 19.7 cm ( 10.2 x 7.7 ")

$ 70.00

Order Nr. INSECT234883

The Cochineal and Lac Insects" (Dactylopius coccus - Scale insects) Crimson colored dye carmine.

Lithograph by W. Hawkins. Original hand coloring. From “Graphic Illustrations of Animals shewing their utility in their employments during life and uses after death". London, ca. 1860.

In the center of the lithograph shown:

Coccus lacca, coccus cacti, croton lacciferum (Asia) Cactus cocheniliffera (Prickly Pear) South America.

Uses on surrounding pictures clockwise from top: Gathering cochineal; crossing the Andes with serons of Cochineal; Dying C.; for Colour---C.; Japanning---L.; Sealing Wax---L.;

Hatmaking---L.; Making ShellLac; Gathering Stick Lac---Asia.

The use as a cosmetic dye as for lipsticks is not shown here.

Some minor spotting mainly in margins. Small repair in lower margin on centerfold.

Size within black borderlines: 30.3 x 36.5 cm (11.9 x 14.3")

$ 150.00

Order Nr. INSECTS9941

No Title

On a separate page of text (in English) is the title: Indian Beetles.
Wood engraving dated 1852. Fine, original hand coloring.

19.7 x 16.1 cm ( 7.8 x 6.3 ")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. INSECT9939

Moth and its Eggs (Silk Worm)

Wood engraving, 1844. Reverse side is printed.

12.7 x 10.5 cm ( 5 x 4.1 ")

$ 20.00

Order Nr. INSECT9940

Theil eines Huegels der Waldmeise, das Innere mit den Gaengen und Kammern zeigen.

Wood engraving ca 1870. Reverse side is printed.

6.9 x 11.9 cm ( 2.7 x 4.7 ")

$ 20.00

Order Nr. INSECT9920

Sallung der roetlich-gelben Gartenameise.

Wood engraving ca 1875. Reverse side is printed.

9.8 x 12.1 cm ( 3.9 x 4.8 ")

$ 20.00

Order Nr. INSECT9922A

Bau eines gedeckten Weges.

Wood engraving ca 1875. Reverse side is printed.

7.1 x 12 cm ( 2.8 x 4.7 ")

$ 20.00

Order Nr. INSECT9921

No Title - From "The Museum of Animated Nature".

Wood engraving ca 1880. The reverse side is printed with information about the images on the front side (text in English and not complete).

Light age toning and minimal fraying on right margin. Left margin is narrow.

$ 35.00

Order Nr. INSECT9919

Wasp Nest

Wood engraving from an illustrated work ca 1870. Reverse side is printed with an image of the carpenter bee ( spirifer saperda)

10 x 10 cm ( 3.9 x 3.9 ")

$ 20.00

Order Nr. INSECT9917

Upper image: Das Nest der gemeinen Wespe (Vespa Vulgaris)

10 x 10 cm ( 3.9 x 3.9 ")

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Lower image: Das Nest der Pillenwespe (Eumenes)

6 x 8 cm ( 2.3 x 3.1 ")

Wood engravings from an illustrated work ca 1875.
Light age toning. Reverse side is printed.

$ 20.00

Order Nr. INSECT9918

"Spotted Scarabaeus. - Ateuchus varidosus"
(In natural sie, surrounded by Scarabees in diminished form)

Wood engraving ca 1895. Modern hand coloring.
Backside is printed.

8.8 x 12.3 cm ( 3.4 x 4.8 ")

$ 30.00

Order Nr. INSECT9907

Goldfuss Animal Prints

The "Naturalist Atlas" by Georg August Goldfuss(Bayreuth 1782 - 1848 Bonn). This extra large-size collection of lithographs of spectacular modern coloring depicting animals, birds, reptiles, fish, etc. published in Duesseldorf, at Arnz from 1824 -1842, was issued over this long period of time inserial parts of twenty prints each per annum. There are no officially bound copies. And, as always when so much time passes, few copies will have been completed with all 454 prints. Subscribers may have died, lost interest, run out of money or may have had any other reason to discontinue collecting this work. And loose pages, especially when so large, have a tendency to get in the way or create problems of storage. Many have been folded to handy size, rolled up or simply lost. This makes these decorative oversize prints rare and sought. Here is an exerpt of our stock. Please ask us if you are looking for special animals.

Prints have watermark: J. Waterman.

Our prints are in very nice condition. However they show some signs of age, such as general age toning, a few non-disturbing wrinkles, some minor spotting or other little blemishes. A few have small repaired tears in margins. Any major flaw will be individually mentioned.

Size of page: ca 45.5 x 58 cm ( 17.9 x 23 " )

Ord. VII Neuropotera - Netzflügler (Lacewings) A few scattered light spots. Tiny repaired tears margin edges. $ 900.00 Order Nr. GOLDFUSS6590

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