Antique Prints of Ducks, Geese and other Waterfowl and Water Birds

Antique Prints of Waterbirds

Enjoy viewing these historical prints of waterfowl. All prints are in good condition unless otherwise noted.

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Lieferbedingungen

Various antique bird Prints

Ducks and Geese

Ornithology
Order Grallae Genus Ardea
A. Ciconia A. Dubia A. Exilis A. Egretta A. Tigrina

Copper engraving by Milton after Syd Edwards dated 1811. Left margin is narrow.

28.3 x 18.5 cm ( 9.2 x 7.3 ")

$ 45.00

Order Nr. WATERBIRD6428

Ornithology
Order Anseres
Genus Procellaria G. Domedia
Petrol Albatross Pintado Sooty Stormy Giant P. chocolate A. Yellow Nosed A.

Copper engraving by Milton after Syd Edwards dated 1811. Left margin is narrow.

22.9 x 18.8 cm ( 9 x 7.4 ")

$ 45.00

Order Nr. WATERBIRD65341

Great Bustared

Fine, original hand-colored engraving from "A History of British Birds"
by Rev. Francis Orpen Morris, 1870.

Page size: 24 x 30.5 cm ( 9.4 x 12 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. WATERBIRD6309

Little Bustard

Fine, original hand-colored engraving from "A History of British Birds"
by Rev. Francis Orpen Morris, 1870.

Page size: 24 x 30.5 cm ( 9.4 x 12 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. WATERBIRD6314

Snipe

Fine, original hand-colored engraving from "A History of British Birds"
by Rev. Francis Orpen Morris, 1870.

24 x 30.5 cm ( 9.4 x 12")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. WATERBIRD6315

No Tiltle - (Snipe?)

Fine, original hand-colored engraving from "A History of British Birds"
by Rev. Francis Orpen Morris, 1870.

Page size: 20 x 24.7 cm ( 7.8 x 9.7 ")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. WATERBIRD6313

Purple Heron.

Fine, original hand-colored engraving ca 1865.

13.9 x 8.6 cm (5.5 x 3.4'')

$ 45.00

Order Nr. WATERBIRD6227

Der Purpurfarbige Reiher. Ardea purpurea.

Copper engraving ca 1780. Original hand coloring.

12.8 x 7.8 cm (5 x 3.1'')

$ 65.00

Order Nr. WATERBIRD6226

No title. Great crested grebe.

Copper etchingby Peter Mazell after the painting by Peter Paillou. Published in: The British Zoology. London, 1766. Very good original hand-coloring. Very decorative.

Condition: Near perfect

Sheet size: 52 x 35.5 cm (20.4 x 14")

$ 450.00

Order Nr.WATERBIRD65402

The red godwit

Copper etchingby Peter Mazell after the painting by P. Brown. Published in: The British Zoology. London, 1766. Very good original hand-coloring.

Lower margin has repaired tears with no effect to image. Otherwise very good condition.

Sheet size: 54.5 x 36.5 cm (21.5 x 14.4")

$ 280.00

Order Nr.WATERBIRD65401

Ohne Titel.

Lithograph by C. Stach in Stuttgart dated 1843. Original hand coloring.

19.3 x 17.5 cm (7.6 x 6.9'')

$ 60.00

Order Nr. WATERBIRD6224

"Larus minor cinereus, Mas." (Sea gull)

Anonymous copper etching from: “Nederladsche Vogelen..." by Cornelius Nozeman. Amsterdam, 1770. Original hand-coloring. (The most important Dutch work on birds)

Wide margins. Clean. Very good condition.

Sheet size: 37 x 54 cm (14.6 x 21.3")

$ 350.00

Order Nr.WATERBIRD234620

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"Larus Marinus" “Sea gull

Anonymous copper etching from: “Nederladsche Vogelen..." by Cornelius Nozeman. Amsterdam, 1770. Original hand-coloring. (The most important Dutch work on birds)

Wide margins. Clean. Very good condition.

Sheet size: 37 x 54 cm (14.6 x 21.3")

$ 350.00

Order Nr.WATERBIRD234619

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"Recurvirostra" (Stilt)

Anonymous copper etching from: “Nederladsche Vogelen..." by Cornelius Nozeman. Amsterdam, 1770. Original hand-coloring. (The most important Dutch work on birds)

Text reads: “E Collectione celeberrima A. & J.J. van Rensselaar, Amstelaedamensium"

(From the famous collection of...)

Wide margins. Clean. Very good condition. One little repaired tear in upper margin

Sheet size: 37 x 54 cm (14.6 x 21.3")

$ 350.00

Order Nr.WATERBIRD234618SOLD

Ohne Titel.

Wood engraving dated 1854. Fine, original hand coloring.

20.9 x 15.3 cm (8.2 x 6'')

45.00

Order Nr. WATERBIRD6225

No title (Cormorants in China)

Wood engraving dated 1858. Fine, original hand coloring.

21.4 x 15.5 cm ( 8.4 x 6.1 ")

$ 60.00

Order Nr. WATERBIRD6533

Der Vogelberg, mittlere Ryke, in Vesteraalen (Norwegen).

Teisten Scharbe Lummen Lunde Moeve Ulf (German names of the birds.)

Wood engraving from an illustrated work ca 1885. Reverse side is printed.

19.5 x 28.3 cm (7.7 x 11.1'')

$ 65.00

Order Nr. NORWAY1085

Very Decorative Waterbirds by Selby

Collard Prattincole (Plate LXIII)

Copper etching by Prideaux John Selby (1788 - 1867). From: “Illustrations of British Ornothology". London, 1820 - 1834). Finest original hand coloring.

Very good condition

Sheet size: 34 x 49 cm (13.4 x 19.3")

$ 280.00

Order Nr. WATERBIRD65403

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Sanderling in summer plumage and in winter plumage (Plate XXXVI)

Copper etching by Prideaux John Selby (1788 - 1867). From: “Illustrations of British Ornothology". London, 1820 - 1834). Finest original hand coloring.

Very good condition

Sheet size: 49 x 34 cm (19.3 x 13.4")

$ 280.00

Order Nr.WATERBIRD65404

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Common Gallinule (Plate XXXI)

Copper etching by R. Mitford after Prideaux John Selby (1788 - 1867). From: “Illustrations of British Ornothology". London, 1820 - 1834). Finest original hand coloring.

Very good condition

Sheet size: 34 x 49 cm (13.4 x 19.3")

$ 280.00

Order Nr.WATERBIRD65405

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Black Tern in summer and in winter plumage (Plate XCI)

Copper etching by Prideaux John Selby (1788 - 1867). From: “Illustrations of British Ornothology". London, 1820 - 1834). Finest original hand coloring.

Very good condition

Sheet size: 34 x 49 cm (13.4 x 19.3")

$ 280.00

Order Nr.WATERBIRD65406SOLD

American Bittern

Wood engraving by Morris, 1875. Original hand coloring.
Light age toning on image.

Page size: 16 x 25 cm ( 6.2 x 9.8 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr.WATERBIRD6524

Puffin

Steel engraving ca 1850. Original hand coloring.

9.5 x 12.6 cm ( 3.7 x 5 ")

$ 45.00

Order Nr. WATERBIRD6523

The following series of waterfowl prints are "photogravures" printed in color after the original watercolors by P. Mahler.

MIMARD & BLACHON, a company focusing on the manufacture of hunting rifles and bicycles published these prints as collection to be used as a gift to their best customers. The name of the book was "Les Chiens, le Gibier et ses Ennemis" which means: "The Dogs, the Game and their Enemies". By P. Mahler. Published in Saint-Étienne, 1907.

The prints do not have titles.

Very decorative.

Page size for the prints: 19 x 28 cm ( 7.4 x 11 ")
Image sizes vary slightly. Average ca 11.6 x 19 cm ( 4.5 x 7.4 ")

$ 45.00

Order Nr.WATERBIRD6529

$ 45.00

Order Nr.WATERBIRD6530

$ 45.00

Order Nr.WATERBIRD6531

$ 45.00

Order Nr.WATERBIRD6532

$ 45.00

Order Nr. DUCKSGEESE6316

$ 45.00

Order Nr. DUCKSGEESE6317

$ 45.00

Order Nr. DUCKSGEESE6318

$ 55.00

Order Nr. DUCKSGEESE6329

$ 55.00

Order Nr. DUCKSGEESE6320

$ 55.00

Order Nr. DUCKSGEESE6321

$ 45.00

Order Nr. DUCKSGEESE6322

$ 45.00

Order Nr. DUCKSGEESE6319

$ 45.00

Order Nr. DUCKSGEESE6320

$ 45.00

Order Nr. DUCKSGEESE6318

$ 45.00

Order Nr. DUCKSGEESE6331

$ 55.00

Order Nr. DUCKSGEESE6330

$ 45.00

Order Nr. DUCKSGEESE6325

$ 45.00

Order Nr. DUCKSGEESE6326

$ 45.00

Order Nr. DUCKSGEESE6327

$ 45.00

Order Nr. DUCKSGEESE6328

$ 45.00

Order Nr. DUCKSGEESE6329

$ 45.00

Order Nr. DUCKSGEESE6330

$ 45.00

Order Nr. DUCKSGEESE6331

Ohne Titel.

Wood engraving printed in brown tone ca 1860. Hand colored white birds and highlights.
Left margin is narrow. Hardly visible fold in lower image.

17.9 x 23.1 cm (7 x 9.1'')

$ 55.00

Order Nr. WATERBIRD6228

Flammingo

Wood engraving dated 1875.
Original hand coloring.
Very light imprint from previous page.

15 x 11 cm ( 5.9 x 4.3 ")

$ 50.00

Order Nr. WATERBIRD6898

"Ardea naevia" (Species: Nyyticorax- heron)

Copper etching by John Frederick Miller. From his book “Icones Animalium. Published in London, 1785. Origional hand-coloring.

Of this book only two incomplete copies survived. A second edition, from which this etching most likely stems, was published in 1796 by George Shaw, who identified the birds, as Miller had used non-scientific names.

Light age toning. Otherwise fien!

Sheet size: 50 x 35 cm (19.7 x 13.8")

$ 280.00

Order Nr. WATERBIRD65408

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"Platalea leucorodia" (White spoon bill)

Copper etching by John Frederick Miller. From his book “Icones Animalium. Published in London, 1785. Origional hand-coloring. This print is signed: Painted, Engraved and Published by J,F, Miller according to the act 1777

Light age toning. Otherwise fine!

Sheet size: 50 x 35 cm (19.7 x 13.8")

$ 280.00

Order Nr.WATERBIRDS65407

Great Plover

Fine, original hand-colored engraving from "A History of British Birds"
by Rev. Francis Orpen Morris, 1870.

Page size: 24.3 x 30.5 cm ( 9.5 x 12")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. WATERBIRD6316

Golden Plover

Fine, original hand-colored engraving from "A History of British Birds"
by Rev. Francis Orpen Morris, 1870.

Page size: 24 x 30.5 cm ( 9.4 x 12 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. WATERBIRD6310

Little Egret

Steel engraving from " The Naturalist's Library" that was published by Henry Bohn in London about 1860.
Original hand coloring.

Height of bird: 12.2 cm ( 4.8 ")
Page size: 18.3 x 12 cm ( 7.2 x 4.7 ")

$ 45.00

Order Nr. WATERBIRD6895

Jack Snipe

Steel engraving from " The Naturalist's Library" that was published by Henry Bohn in London about 1860.
Original hand coloring.

8.6 x 13.3 cm ( 3.4 x 5.2 ")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. WATERBIRD6522

Brown Snipe

Steel engraving from " The Naturalist's Library" that was published by Henry Bohn in London about 1860.
Original hand coloring.

8.5 x 13.9 cm ( 3.3 x 5.5 ")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. WATERBIRD6521

Sabines Snipe

Steel engraving from " The Naturalist's Library" that was published by Henry Bohn in London about 1860.
Original hand coloring.

8.6 x 13.6 cm ( 3.4 x 5.3")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. WATERBIRD6520

Ruff

Steel engraving from " The Naturalist's Library" that was published by Henry Bohn in London about 1860.
Original hand coloring.

8.7 x 13.5 cm ( 3.4 x 5.2 ")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. WATERBIRD6519

Surf Scoter

Fine, original hand-colored engraving from "A History of British Birds"
by Rev. Francis Orpen Morris, 1870.
Small, repaired tear on upper margin edge. Outer margins are a bit lighter.

Page size:

24 x 30.5 cm (9.4 x 12 ")

$ 45.00

Order Nr. WATERBIRD6312

Bernicle Goose

Fine, original hand-colored engraving from "A History of British Birds"
by Rev. Francis Orpen Morris, 1870. Outer margins are lighter.

Page size: 24.2 x 30.7 cm ( 9.5 x 12 ")

$ 55.00

Order Nr. WATERBIRD6308

Hand-Colored Lithographs
from Naumann:

"Naturgeschichte Der Voegel MittelEuropas"

published in several volumes from 1822-1860.

Very fine lithographs with information below the title about the
size and habits of the waterfowl shown. Notice that on some
of the prints is an egg of the particular species. Many of the
lithographs are by H.L. Meyer and dated after his signature
in the image.

Page size: (horizontal) 26.5 x 36.5 cm ( 10.4 x 14.3 ")
Page size: (vertical) 36.5 x 26.5 cm ( 14.3 x 10.4 ")
Prints have very minimal light spotting.

SMEW
Mergus Albellus

Small repair in upper right margin corner.

$ 120.00

Order Nr. WATERBIRD6301

HARLEQUIN DUCK
Anas histrionica

$ 120.00

Order Nr. WATERBIRD6302

GOOSANDER
Mergus Merganser

$120.00

Order Nr. WATERBIRD6303

WESTERN POCHARD
Fuligula dispar.

Spot on right margin edge and in upper left margin corner.

$120.00

Order Nr. WATERBIRD6304

BLACK SCOTER
Oidemia nigra

Page size: 25 x 36.5 cm ( 9.8 x 14.3 ")

A few very light spots in margins.

$130.00

Order Nr. WATERBIRD6305

RED-BREASTED MERGANSER
Mergus serrator

One small spot in lower area above title.

$140.00

Order Nr. WATERBIRD6306

HOODED MERGANSER
Mergus cuculatus.

Small crease on lower right margin edge.

$140.00

Order Nr. WATERBIRD6307