Antique Prints of Ocean Creatures

A selection of our historical prints of sealife. Please contact us if you are looking for special material about sealife. The prints have wider margins than shown below. All prints have light age toning and are in Very Good condition unless otherwise noted.

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Polypiers

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

31.5 x 20 cm ( 12.4 x 7.8 ")

$ 125.00

Order Nr. SEA9644

Polypiers

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

31.5 x 20 cm ( 12.4 x 7.8 ")

$ 125.00

Order Nr. SEA9646

Fucus

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

31.5 x 20 cm ( 12.4 x 7.8 ")

$ 125.00

Order Nr. SEA9647

Granchio di Fiumi

Granchio Marino

Woodcut by Pietro Andrea Mattioli (1500-1577).
Published 1571. Reverse side is printed with text in Italian.
Fine, recent hand coloring. Some light scattered spotting and light browning in lower image.
400 years have left their signs of age!

Page size: 35.5 x 23.5 cm ( 13.9 x 9.2 ")

$ 320.00

Order Nr. SEA9658

Telline

Woodcut by Pietro Andrea Mattioli (1500-1577).
Published 1571. Reverse side is printed with text in Italian and images of mussels.
Fine, recent hand coloring. Some light scattered spotting and a few creases.
400 years have left their signs of age!

Page size: 35.5 x 23.5 cm ( 13.9 x 9.2 ")

$ 320.00

Order Nr. SEA9660

Granciporo
Cancelli

Woodcuts by Pietro Andrea Mattioli (1500-1577).
Published 1571. Reverse side is printed with text in Italian and a colored Grancevola (Crab).
Fine, recent hand coloring. Some light scattered spotting and ceasing.
400 years have left their signs of age!

Page size: 35.5 x 23.5 cm ( 13.9 x 9.2 ")

$ 340.00

Order Nr. SEA9659

Chame

Woodcut by Pietro Andrea Mattioli (1500-1577).
Published 1571. Reverse side is printed with text in Italian.
Fine, recent hand coloring. Some light scattered spotting and light age toning.
400 years have left their signs of age!

Page size: 35.5 x 23.5 cm ( 13.9 x 9.2 ")

$ 340.00

Order Nr. SEA9662

Woodcut published ca 1585. Reverse side is printed with image and text in Latin.
Fine, recent hand coloring.
Good condition for a 400-year-old print!

Page size: 34 x 22 cm ( 13.3 x 8.6 ")

$ 360.00

Order Nr. SEA9661

Dentipora virginea, Palmipora alcicornis, Favosites Gothlandica, Stromatpora subconcentrica, gemmipora meterina, Helipora coerulea, Porites clavaria, Animal of cladipora cespitosa, Terebellaria Tamossinia, Alvecpora retepora, Madrepora abrotanoldes.

Wood engravings ca 1875. The backside has an incomplete text in English about corals.
A few light spots.

Page size: 34.5 x 24.5 cm ( 13.5 x 9.6 ")

$ 75.00

Order NR. SEA9641

Cellaria Salicornia, Acamarchis neritina, Unice laria chelata, Cellia loricata, Menipaea hyalina, Eschara follacea, Cabertea dichotoma, canda arachnoidea, Gemmicellaria bursaria, Audonea folifera, Cellepora pumicosa.

Wood engravings ca 1875. The backside has an incomplete text in English about corals.
A few light spots.

Page size: 34.5 x 24.5 cm ( 13.5 x 9.6 ")

$ 75.00

Order Nr. SEA9642

Campanularia volubilis, Umbellularia encrinus, Horsetail coral, Hetropora crytopora, Plumularia pluma, Virgularia mirablis, Plumatella crisata, Red coral, Primnoa lepadfiera, Pennatula grissa, Hornera frondiculata, Dynamea operculata.

Wood engravings ca 1875. The backside has an incomplete text in English about corals.
A few light spots.

Page size: 34.5 x 24.5 cm ( 13.5 x 9.6 ")

$ 75.00

Order NR. SEA9643

The Corals We Collected

Wood engraving ca 1870.

17 x 10.7 cm ( 6.6 x 4.2 ")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. SEA9638

Animalium Mar

Copper etching by Pietro Andrea Mattioli (1500-1577).
Published 1571.

Modern hand coloring.
Backside is printed and has more images
of crabs that are not colored.
Small repaired tears in upper corners.
Small wormhole in image.

34 x 22.5 ( 13.3 x 8.8 ")

$ 325.00

Order Nr. SEA9609

Roehrenquallen ( Siphonophoren)
(Aus E. Haeckles "Kunstformen der Natur")

Chromolithograph from the bivliographisches Institut in Leipzig, ca 1885.
Print has horizontal fold.

28 x 19.8 cm ( 11 x 7.8 ")

$ 80.00

Order Nr. SEA9651 SOLD

FOSSILE ZOOLOGIE
Ichthyosaurus Intermedins, Plesiosaurus Dolichodeirus, Ichthyosaurus Communis.

Steel engraving from Kleinknecht ca 1850.
Binding fold in upper margin. Black ink stamp in upper right corner. Tiny worm hole in upper right.

Length of middle creature: 18 cm ( 7")
Page size: 16 x 24.5 cm ( 6.2 x 9.6 ")

$ 65.00

Order nr. SEACREATURE9655

Arm-Krachen

Copper engraving from Okens "Allgemeine Naturgeschichte für alle Stände" published from 1833-1845.
Print has some light spotting and browning in margins. One small spot in image.

21.5 x 29.5 cm ( 8.4 x 11.6 ")

$ 90.00

Order Nr. SEACREATURE9654

No Title

images: Violet snail, pounce b

Bone, Cuttle Fish, Barnacles, Sea Blubber, Gulf Crab, Calamary or Squid, Sallee Man, Nautilus, Whales Food, Argonant, Portuguese Man of War.

Toned lithograph ca 1860. Light scattered spotting. Three small stains on upper margin corner. Repaired tear on right margin edge.

18.6 x 24 cm ( 7.3 x 9.4 ")

$ 70.00

Order Nr. SEA9648

Walzen Kracken

Lithograph by C. Schach after Conr. Kull, ca 1840 from "Oken's Allgemeine Naturgeschichte". Original hand coloring.
Print has a few very minor spots. Several thin creases in lower left corner.

22.2 x 29.5 cm ( 8.7 x 11.6 ")

$ 70.00

Ordr Nr. SEA9650

Schulter - Muschelen

Lithograph by C. Schach after Conr. Kull, ca 1840 from "Oken's Allgemeine Naturgeschichte". Original hand coloring.
Print has asmall spot on left margin and some light smudging in margins.

29 x 22.4 cm ( 11.4 x 8.8 ")

$ 85.00

Order Nr. SEA9649

Polypen

Lithograph by C. Schach after Conr. Kull, ca 1840 from "Oken's Allgemeine Naturgeschichte". Original hand coloring.
Print has a few very minor spots and some smudging in lower left margin corner.

22.6 x 29.6 cm ( 8.8 x 11.6 ")

$ 85.00

Order Nr. SEA9652

Hut - Quallen

Lithograph by C. Schach after Conr. Kull, ca 1840 from "Oken's Allgemeine Naturgeschichte". Original hand coloring.
Small spot in left margin and a few minor scattered spots. Smudging in lower right margin corner.
Tiny repaired tear on right margin edge.

29.5 x 22.8 cm ( 11.6 x 8.9 ")

$ 85.00

Order nr. SEA9653

Argonauta

"Der Papiernautilus (Argonauta Argo) im offenen Meere Schwimmen"

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

10.5 x 8.5 cm ( 4.1 x 3.3 ")

$ 45.00

Order Nr. SEA9622

"Actinien-Fuetterung im Aquarium"

Wood engraving after Conrad Siemenroth, ca 1880.
Backside is printed. Overall age-toning.

16.7 x 26.5 cm ( 6.5 x 10.4 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. SEA9626

No title.

Lithograph published by C. Schach in Stuttgart ca 1850. Original hand coloring.
A few light spots. Initial stamp in lower right corner. Light imprinted from previous page.

26 x 19.5 cm ( 10.2 x 7.6 ")

$ 85.00

Order Nr. SEA9637

Zoophytes.

Genus Alcyonium - Genus Spongia

Copper engraving by Milton, dated Nov. 1, 1808.
Modern hand coloring.

27 x 20.5 cm ( 10.6 x 8 "9

$ 95.00

Order Nr. SEA 9604

Lobster and Octopus

"Kampf zwischen Krake und Hummer" (Fight between Lobster and Octopus)

Wood engraving after G. Muetzel, ca 1880. Backside is printed. Overall age-toning.

15.3 x 18.5 cm ( 6 x 7.2 ")

$ 50.00

Order Nr. SEA9624

No Title

Chromolithograph, ca 1890.
Light browning on margin edges.

31.3 x 22 cm ( 12.3 x 8.6 ")

$ 60.00

Order Nr. SEA9618

Sea Anemones

Chromolithograph published by Selmar Hess, 1898 in New York.
Lithograph is mounted on backing. Wide margins.
Browning on right margin edge.
Repaired tear in upper left margin corner.

20.5 x 13.5 cm ( 8 x 5.3 ")

$ 65.00

Order Nr. SEA9619

"Valuable Addition to the Aquarium"

"Tom (who has had a very sucessful day) presents his sisters with a fine specimen if the Cuttle-Fish (Octopus vulgaris)."

Wood engraving from "Punch" ca 1890. Narrow margins. Backside is printed.

12 x 17.2 cm ( 4.7 x 6.7 ")

$ 45.00

Order Nr. SEA9623

Histoire Naturelle, Oursins

Copper etching by Benard after Martinet for "Histoire Naturelle", published 1751 in Paris.
Modern hand coloring. Light browning on margin edges.

32 x 20.6 cm ( 12.5 x 8.1 ")

$ 220.00

Order Nr. SEA9600

Histoire Naturelle, Fig. 1. et 2. Oursins.
Fig. 3, 4 et 5. Plumes de Mer.

Copper etching published in "Histoire Naturelle", 1751 in Paris.
Modern hand coloring. Fraying on left margin edge from binding.

32.3 x 20.5 cm ( 12.7 x 8.1 ")

$ 220.00

Order Nr. SEA9602

Fig. 1. La Lmproye. Fig. 2. Le Serpent Marin. Fig 3. La Trompette De Mer

Copper etching by Benard after Martinet for "Histoire Naturelle", published 1751 in Paris.
Binding marks on left margin edge.

31.5 x 20 cm ( 12.4 x 7.8 ")

$ 125.00

Order Nr. SEA9617

Polypiers

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

30.5 x 19.5 cm ( 12 x 7.6 ")

$ 125.00

Order Nr. SEA9631

Polypiers

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

30.5 x 19.5 cm ( 12 x 7.6 ")

$ 125.00

Order Nr. SEA9632

Polypiers

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

32.5 x 20.7 cm ( 12.8 x 8.1")

$ 125.00

Order Nr. SEA9633

Polypiers

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

31.5 x 20.5 cm ( 12.4 x 8 ")

$ 125.00

Order Nr. SEA9628

Polypiers

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

31 x 19.5 cm ( 12.2 x 7.6 ")

$ 125.00

Order Nr. SEA9629

Polypiers

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

31.5 x 20 cm ( 12.4 x 7.8 ")

$ 125.00

Order Nr. SEA9630

Korallen auf dem Meeresboden

10.7 x 9 cm ( 4.2 x 3.5 ")

Backside:

Die Edelkoralle (Corallium rubrum)

6 x 5 cm ( 2.5 x 1.9 ")

Wood engravings ca 1875. Some light spotting in margins and text.

$ 40.00

Order Nr. SEA9640

Devonshire Cup-Coral, Endive Coral, Tuft Coral, Tree Coral

7.4 x 12.2 cm ( 2.9 x 4.8 ")

Backside:

Gorgonia flabellum, Tubipora syringa, Corallium fecunum, Corallium nobile.

10 x 12.5 cm (3.9 x 4.9 ")

Wood engravings ca 1875. Light stain on margin edge.

$ 45.00

Order Nr. SEA9639

Bei den italienischen Korallenhaenlern.
(By Italian coral dealers)

Wood engraving ca 1870.
Backside is printed. Narrow margins.

11.3 x 9.3 cm ( 4.4 x 3.6 ")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. SEA9636

Coelenteraten

LochKoralle (Porites furcata Lamk.), Hirnkoralle (Maeandrina cerebrisormis Lamk.), Edelkoralle (Corallium rubrum), Pilzkoralle (Fungia echinata), Venusfaechel (Gorgonia flabellum), Phyllactis praetexta Dana.

Narrow left margin.

Backside:

Praya diphyes Blainv., Cassiopea Andromeda Tiles, Die Galeere, Rhizostoma Cuvieri, Rhizotoma Aldrovandi Peron.

Wood engravings ca 1875.

Page size: 29.5 x 20.2 cm ( 11.6 x 7.9 ")

$ 60.00

Order Nr. SEA9635

Red Coral and Eight-Armed Cuttle

19.7 x 12.5 cm ( 7.7 x 4.9 ")

$ 45.00

Order nr. SEA9645

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.

Manghala arbor Curassavica folis Salignis
Frutex trifolius refinosus floribus tetra-petalis albis racemosis.

Repaired tear ( 11.7 cm ) in upper right margin ca 1 cm from plate border.
Right margin edge is frayed with some tiny tears.

$ 1500.00

Order Nr. CATESBY4503

Cancer marinus chelis rubris.

Titanokeratophyton ramosissimum, crusta eleganti tuberculata.

A few small spots in margins.

Page size: 32.8 x 42.8 cm (12.9 x 16.8 ")

$ 1200.00

Order Nr. CATESBY4510

"L'Ile est une oasis flottante, reposant
sur le branchage enchevêtré dÔun
arbre tout de corail"

Wood engraving published in Paris, 1868. Backside is printed.
Minimal spottin in margins.

12.5 x 8.7 cm ( 4.9 x 3.4 ")

$ 45.00

Order Nr. AUSTRALIA2428

Argonauta

Wood engraving 1844.
Backside print lightly visible on frontside.

$ 45.00

Order Nr. SEA9634

Crabs and Shells

No Title

Wood engraving with tone printing and finished with hand coloring. Published by
Hochdanz in Stuttgart, dated 1866.

21 x 16.3 cm ( 8.2 x 6.4 ")

$ 85.00

Order Nr. SEA9608

 

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