Reptiles: Lizards, crocodiles,etc.

Antique Reptile Prints

This ia a selection of our reptile prints. Please contact us if your are looking for special prints.

All prints are in Very Good condition unless otherwise mentioned.

Ordering and Payment

"Die Land Schild Kroete von Carolina"

"Testudo Tessellata minor Carolinensis La Tortue de Terre de la Caroline"

Copper etching by Leitner after G. Edwards and published by J.M. Seligmann, 1756.
Originial hand coloring.
Light scattered spotting. Repair in lower left margin corner. Thin stain on upper margin edge.

Length of Turtle: 15 cm ( 5.9 ")
Page size: 39.5 x 24.5 cm ( 15.5 x 9.6 ")

$ 400.00

Order Nr. REPTILE9682

"Die Africanische Land Schild Kroete"

"Lacertus minor, cinereus maculatus Asiaticus Le Petit Lesard-Gris et Moucheté"
"Testudo Tesselata minor, Africana. La Tortue de Terre de l'Afrique"

Copper etching by Leitner after G. Edwards and published by J.M. Seligmann, 1756.
Originial hand coloring.
A few minor scattered spots. Light fingering in lower left margin corner.

Length of Turtle: 15 cm ( 5.9 ")
Page size: 39.5 x 24.5 cm ( 15.5 x 9.6 ")

$ 400.00

Order Nr. REPTILE9683 SOLD

1. Tortue De Terre. 2. Tortue De Mer. 3. Le Cameleon.

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

Image size: 31.5 x 21.5 cm ( 12.4 x 8.4 ")
Page size: 40.3 x 26 cm ( 15.8 x 10.2 ")

$ 220.00

Order Nr. REPTILE9698

Upper image: "Der grüne Drache oder die gemeine Flatter-Galeste." (Draco viridis)
Lower image: " Der mexicanische Dorn Leguan" (Chamaeleopsis Hernandesii)

Lithograph printed in color. Ca 1860.
Print has overall light age toning. Some very minimal spotting. Browning along margin edges.

30.7 x 24.4 cm ( 12 x 9.6 ")

$ 90.00

Order Nr. REPTILE9653

Top Image: "Le Basilic La Tête Fourchue"
Lower image: " Le Dragon Le Seps"

Lithograph printed in color. Ca 1860.

Overall light age toning. Hardly noticeable spotting on outer edges.

26 x 16.5 cm (10.2 x 6.5 ")

$ 70.00

Order Nr. REPTILE9656

1. L'Iguane (Lacerta iguana)

2. La Salamandre A Queue Plate (Triton crisatus)

Steel engraving by Legrand after Klein, ca 1840. Original hand coloring.

Page size: 18.5 x 27.5 cm ( 7.2 x 10.8 ")

$ 75.00

Order Nr. REPTILE9663

No Title

Lithograph published by C. Schach in Stuttgart. Dated 1845.
A few scattered minor spots. Overall light age toning.

Page size: 25.7 x 20 cm ( 10.1 x 7.8 ")

$ 70.00

Order Nr. REPTILE9664

Iguana (Iguana tuberculata)

Naked-Necked Iguana (Iguana delicatissima)

Wood engraving ca 1880. Backside is printed
with text and image of the iguana Basilicus Americanus.

17 x 13.2 cm ( 6.7 x 5.1 ")

$ 45.00

Order Nr. REPTILE9665 SOLD

"En revenant à Camden, nous tuâmes un vilain serpent, quÔun Noir sÔempressa de prendre à la main, sans montrer aucune répulsion."

(Camden, Australia)

Wood engraving published in Paris, 1868.
A few light, monor spots.

19.4 x 14.5 cm ( 7.6 x 5.7 ")

$ 45.00

Order Nr. AUSTRALIA2432

"The Indian Boa"

Wood engraving 1844.
Backside print shows faintly on frontside.

13.5 x 10 cm ( 5.3 x 3.9 ")

$ 45.00

Order Nr. REPTILE9687

"A Boa Destroying a Tiger"

Wood engraving 1844. Backside is printed. Lower margin is narrow.

11.7 x 14 cm ( 4.6 x 5.5 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. REPTILE9686

The Rattlesnake and the Mockingbird

Wood engraving dated 1852. Original hand coloring.
Included is an extra page of text (in English) about the birds and snakes.
The text is not quite complete. A few minimal spots and light print impression.

Page size: 26 x 20 cm ( 10.2 x 7.8 ")

$ 75.00

Order Nr. BIRD6903

Top row: Emperor Boa, Dipsas, Anaconda
Middle row: Bojobi, Oular Carron
Lower row: Cape Lycoden, Bolga, Tail of Boa

Wood engraving ca 1880. Backside is printed with text (in English) about snakes.
A few scattered spots. Light browning on edges and 2 tiny repaired tears on lower margin edge.

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

$ 65.00

Order Nr. REPTILE9693 SOLD

Top row: Indian Naja, Head of Naja, Indian Naja
Middle row: 2 Egyptian Cerastes
Bottom row: 3 Heads of Najas

Wood engraving ca 1880. Backside is printed with text (in English) about snakes.
A few scattered spots. Light browning on edges.

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

$ 65.00

Order Nr. REPTILE9696 SOLD

Top row: Egyptian Cobra or Asp, Spungh-Slang
Middle row: Indian Jugglers and Snakes
Bottom row: Naja Haje Young, 2 Egyptian Cobras

Wood engraving ca 1880. Backside is printed with text (in English) about snakes.
A few scattered spots. Light browning on edges.

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

$ 65.00

Order Nr. REPTILE9697 SOLD

Left side: Port Natal Python, Boa Constrictor, Tiger Python
Right side: Aboma, Bengal Eryx, Tentacled Herpeton

Wood engraving ca 1880. Backside is printed with text (in English) about snakes.
A few scattered spots. Light browning on edges.

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

$ 65.00

Order Nr. REPTILE9694

Left side: Head of Cerberus, Head of Viper, Unadorned Viper, Viper, "El Effah" Viper
Middle row: Karoo Bokadam, Viper and Young
Right side: Tooth and Poison Gland of Trigonocephalus, Adder stones, Skull of Rattlesnake, Head and tail of Cerastes, South African Cerastes.

Wood engraving ca 1880. Backside is printed with text (in English) about snakes.
A few scattered spots. Light browning on edges.

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

$ 65.00

Order Nr. REPTILE9695 SOLD

Upper image: Naia Haje
Lower image: El Affah

Wood engraving 1844. Backside print shows faintly on front side.

Page size: 22 x 13.3 cm ( 8.6 x 5.2 ")

$ 45.00

Order Nr. REPTILE9685

Upper image: " La Vipère Commune."
Lower image: "Le Céraste"

Lithograph printed in color. Ca 1860.

Overall light age toning.

26 x 16.4 cm ( 10.2 x 6.4 ")

$ 70.00

Order Nr. REPTILE9654

" Das Gift der Schlangen"

Article (ca 1880) in German with illustration (wood engravings)about snake poison.
Article continues on backside (about a fourth more of the article). Page has light toning and a few spots in margins.

Page size: 31 x 23 cm ( 12.2 x 9 ")

$ 20.00

Order Nr. SN9680

" Die Brillenschlange" (Naja tripudans)

Wood engraving from Spamer, 1874.
Print has overall age toning and print on backside.
Below the print is a short article in German.

8.1 x 9.4 cm ( 3.2 x 3.7 ")

$ 15.00

Order Nr. SN9681

Reptiles by Mark Catesby

Mark Catesby, ( 1682 - 1749 ) was born in England. His first extended journey to the Southeast of the United States of North America took place between 1712 and 1719. He was an artist with a sharp observing eye and began to depict animals, birds, reptiles, insects and plants which he later published in London as Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands. This illustrative and zoologically and biologically exact work was the first important rendering in this field. It was then as much admired as it is in our time. After returning to England he won important and well to do people as sponsors for his work. He returned to America in 1722 and onward to Bermuda in 1725. He collected specimen of plants and animals and sketched what he saw. He learned the craft of engraving and made copper etchings for his publication. He began publishing his significant Natural History in 1731, thus becoming the first to publish a serious, scientific rendering of American flora and fauna. Catesby finished the mentioned publication in 1747, two years before he died.

Our copper etchings, all in original hand coloring, are as decorative as they are scientific. Their folio size adds to the pleasure viewing them. Our plates stem from the 1754 edition. They are generally clean and well preserved. Any faults are individually mentioned.

A German edition of Mark Catesby's birds along with the birds of George Edwards was published by Johann Michael Seligman between 1749 and 1776 in Nuremberg. We do have some prints of this edition and show them here.

Page size: ca 34.5 x 51cm (13.5 x 20 ")
Some variation in page sizes.

Lacertus Candela Americana

Light browning around margin edges.

$ 2000.00

Order Nr. CATESBY4501

Lacertus Indicus Anona maxima

Light browning on margin edges.

$ 1200.00

Order Nr. CATESBY4502

Lacertus Viscum

Light browning on margin edges. Very light age toning.

$ 800.00

Order Nr.CATESBY4518

Snake: Anguis annulatus
Plant: Frutex Lauri longiore folio

Wide margins with light browning on edges.

Plate size: 30 x 22.1 cm (11.8 x 8.7 ")
Page size: 51 x 34.7 cm ( 20.1 x 13.7 ")

$ 1050.00

Order Nr.CATESBY4514 SOLD

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Anguis gracilis maculatus

Pseudo & Flos Passionis

Small repair on right margin edge.

Page size: 50 x 35 cm ( 19.6 x 13.7 ")

$ 800.00

Order Nr. CATESBY4532 SOLD