Antique Prints of Monkeys, Apes, Lemurs and Sloths

Take a look at our selection of historical monkey prints. All prints are in good condition unless otherwise noted.

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Pavian

Chromolithograph after Wilhelm Kuhnert, ca 1890.

19.6 x 13 cm ( 7.7 x 5.1 ")

$ 70.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9753

"Callthrix Sciureus"

Steel engraving from " The Naturalist's Library" that was published by Henry Bohn in London about 1860.
Original hand coloring. Light browning on upper margin edge.Minor spotting.

Height of monkey: 8 cm (3.1 ")
Page size: 10.5 x 17 cm ( 4.1 x 6.7 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9725

"Le Petit Makis gris.... Le Loris........"

Copper etching by M. Coignet after Prêtre, ca 1780. Original hand coloring.
Light uneven age toning.

14.7 x 8.7 cm ( 5.7 x 3.4 ")

$ 45.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9734

"Gorilla. - Troglodytes Gorilla"

Wood engraving ca 1885. Backside is printed. Narrow upper and lower margins.

12.5 x 10.3 cm ( 4.9 x 4 ")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9731

"Le Nasique"

Wood engraving from "Magasin Universel", dated 1838.
Backside is printed.

14 x 18.3 cm ( 5.5 x 7.2 ")

$ 50.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9728

Grand Papion

Copper etching by Baron after De Seve from "Histoire Naturelle", published 1751 in Paris.
Modern hand coloring. Left margin has been widened.
Hardly visible repaired tear in upper margin that reaches into image.

19 x 15 cm ( 7.4 x 5.9 ")

$ 65.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9748

Gruenaffe

Wood engraving by specht, ca 1890.

19.5 x 13.5 cm ( 7.6 x 5.3 ")

$ 55.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9758

Husarenaffe (Cercopithecus ruber)

Wood engraving by Muetzel. Backside is printed.

8.6 x 12.3 cm ( 3.3 x 4.8 ")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9754

Makak

Chromolithograph ca 1890.

19.5 x 13.3 cm ( 7.6 x 5.2 ")

$ 65.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9752

Fig. 1. Le Coaita. Fig. 2. Le Sajou.

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

32.4 x 20.2 cm ( 12.7 x 7.9 ")

$270.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9746

Fig. 1. Le Macque. Fig. 2. Le Douc

Copper etching by Bernard after Martinet for "Histoire Naturelle", published 1751 in Paris.
Modern hand coloring. Overall age toning. Some scattered spotting.

32 x 20.5 cm ( 12.6 x 8 ")

$ 270.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9711

Fig. 1. Le Macque. Fig. 2. Le Douc

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

31.6 x 20.2 cm ( 12.4 x 7.9 ")

$ 270.00

Order Nr. MONKEY 9743

Fig. 1. Le Papion. Fig. 2. L'Ouanderou

Copper etching by Bernard after Martinet for "Histoire Naturelle", published 1751 in Paris.
Modern hand coloring. Overall age toning. Some scattered spotting.

32 x 20.5 cm ( 12.6 x 8 ")

$ 270.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9712

Fig. 1. Le Papion. Fig. 2. L'Ouanderou

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

31.2 x 20.2 cm ( 12.2 x 7.9 ")

$ 270.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9744

Fig. 1. Le Tamarin. Fig. 2. L'Ouistiti

Copper etching by Bernard after Martinet for "Histoire Naturelle", published 1751 in Paris.
Modern hand coloring. Overall age toning. Some scattered spotting.

32 x 20.5 cm ( 12.6 x 8 ")

$ 270.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9713

Fig. 1. Le Tamarin. Fig. 2. L'Ouistiti

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

32 x 20.5 cm ( 12.6 x 8 ")

$ 270.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9745

Fig. 1. Le Joko. Fig. 2. Le Gibbon.

Copper etching for "Histoire Naturelle", published 1751 in Paris.
Modern hand coloring. Some small, scattered small spots.

31.6 x 20.9 cm ( 12.4 x 8.2")

$ 290.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9738

Nonnenaffe (Cercopithecus mona)

Wood engraving by Muetzel, ca 1890. Backside is printed.

14.3 x 11 cm ( 5.6 x 4.3 ")

$ 45.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9751

Zottelaffe (Pithecia hirsuta)

Wood engraving by Jahrmagt after Muetzel, ca 1890. Backside is printed.

10 x 12.5 cm ( 3.9 x 4.9 ")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9755 SOLD

"Le Ouititi Le Tamarin"

Pen Lithograph ca 1850. Original hand coloring. Light scattered spotting.

Image: 18 x 12.5 cm ( 7 x 4.9 ")
Page size: 22.2 x 15.2 cm ( 8.7 x 5.9 ")

$ 70.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9726

"1. L'Aye-Aye. 2. Le Ouititi. 3. Le Papion"

Copper etching by Ramus after H. Gobin, ca 1850. Original hand coloring.
Light browning on margin edges. Light creases in lower left margin corner.

Page size: 28.5 x 18.5 cm ( 11.2 x 7.2 ")

$ 80.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9721

"L'Indri"

Copper etching by Hubert ca 1750.
Spot in right margin, otherwise very clean.

12.7 x 8.3 cm ( 5 x 3.2 ")

$ 50.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9722

"Skelet des Gorilla"

Wood engraving from "Orbis Pictus" by
Otto Spamer, 1874.
Backside is printed.

Height of figure: 11.2 cm (4.4 ")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9732

No Title

At the top of the print are comparisons and images of skulls and skeletons of humans and chimpanzes. At the bottom is a skull, skeleton and image of an orang-outan.

Wood engraving ca 1875. Backside is printed with information (in English) about apes, monkey, lemurs and chimpanzes. Print has two tiny repaired tears on right margin edge. A few minor spots. Light creasing in lower right margin corner.

Page size: 35 x 25 cm ( 13.7 x 9.8 ")

$ 55.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9750

No title.

Images of sloths and their skeletons. Backside is printed (in English) with an article about sloths.
Wood engraving ca 1875.
A few very minimal spots and one tiny repaired tear on left margin edge.

Page size: 35 x 25 cm ( 13.7 x 9.8 ")

$ 55.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9749

"L'Orang-Outang"

Steel etching by Paquien after Travies, ca 1850. Original hand coloring.
Fold at the bottom of the page in the middle of the title. Light browning on margin edges.

Image: 17.5 x 11.5 cm ( 6.8 x 4.5 ")

$ 85.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9723

"Midas Rosalia"

Steel engraving by Linares from " The Naturalist's Library" that was published by Henry Bohn in London about 1860.
Original hand coloring. Minor light spotting. Light lines in margins where print was once framed.

Page size: 17 x 10.5 cm ( 6.6 x 4.1 ")
Height of monkey: 8 cm ( 3.1 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9724

Dschlada ( Cynocephlas gelada)

Wood engraving by Jahrmargt after Muetzel, ca1890. Backside is printed.

11.6 x 12.8 cm ( 4.5 x 5 ")

$ 35.00

Order nr. MONKEY9756

Orang-Utan

Wood engraving by Jahrmargt after Muetzel dated 1876. Backside is printed.

18.7 x 12.9 cm ( 7.3 x 5 ")

$ 50.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9757

"Black Macque"

Wood engraving ca 1885. Backside is printed.

10.2 x 8 cm ( 4 x 3.1 ")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9718

"Baboons"

Wood engraving ca 1885. Backside is printed.

12.5 x 12.5 cm ( 4.9 x 4.9 ")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9719

"Wanderoo Silenus veter"

Wood engraving ca 1885. Backside is printed.

11 x 7.2 cm ( 4.3 x 2.8 ")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9720

"Der junge Gorilla im Aquarium zu Berlin"

Wood engraving after a drawing by G. Muetzel, dated 1883.
Backside is printed. Spot in lower right margin. Light browning in right margin.

15.5 x 23 cm ( 6.1 x 9 ")

$ 60.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9730

"Gorilla"

Wood engraving ca 1880. Wide margins.

20.5 x 15.7 cm ( 8 x 6.1 ")

$ 55.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9729

"Gorilla im Kampf um den Besitz eines Weibchens"
(Gorilla fighting for the possesion of a female.)

Wood engraving after Jean Bungartz, ca 1880. Backside is printed.

31.5 x 22.2 cm ( 12.4 x 8.7 ")

$ 75.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9727

"The Drill Papio leucophaeus"

Wood engraving ca 1885. Backside is printed.

9.5 x 12.5 cm ( 3.7 x 4.9 ")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9715

"Coaita Ateles paniscus"

Wood engraving ca 1885. Backside is printed.

11 x 12.5 cm ( 4.3 x 4.9 )

$ 35.00

Order Nr. MONKEY7916

"Gelada Cynocephalus gelada"

Wood engraving ca 1885. Backside is printed.

14 x 15 cm ( 5.5 x 5.9 ")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9717

"Skeleton-Man Skeleton-Gorilla"

Wood engraving 1898. Backside is printed.

13.5 x 11 cm ( 5.3 x 4.3 ")

$ 25.00

Order Nr. MEDICINE9410

Affentheater

Wood engraving after C.W. Allers for "Gartenlaube", 1887. Shows active costumed monkeys.
Backside is printed.

Each image: 10 x 7.5 cm
Page size: 31 x 22 cm ( 12.2 x 2.9 ")

$ 50.00

Order Nr. CIRCUS9633

"Portrait of an Orang Outang"

Wood engraving, 1844.
Backside print shows lightly on frontside.

10.5 x 13.3 cm ( 4.1 x 5.2 ")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. MONKEY9741

No Title

Wood engraving 1855. Backside is printed.

Height of monkey: 9.5 cm ( 3.7 ")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. MONKEY 9740

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