255. Audubon, John James (1780-1851).
Swamp Hare.

Plate XXXVII from Audubon's Quadrupeds of North America. Double Matted. Image size: 6" x 9". Frame size: 16 1/4" x 19 1/4". Drawn on the stone from R. Trembly. J.T. Bowen, Lithographer and Colorist Philadelphia.

1849

150/300     SOLD: $178.25

256. Bridgham, J.
Pair of 20th-C. Prints of Caterpillars.

"Citheronia regalis" and "Citheronia regalis". From Vol. 9 "National Academy of Sciences". Lithographer: A. Hoen and Co., Baltimore. Image size 9 1/2" x 8". Mat size 14 3/4 x 16".

40/80     SOLD: $46.00

257. Cuvier, Baron Georges (1769-1832).
Pair of 19th-C. Handcolored Steel Engravings of Monkeys.

From Cuvier's "The Animal Kingdom" published London by Henry G. Bohn 1863. Double matted: Image size 4 1/2" x 5 1/2". Mat size 10 1/2" x 11 3/4".Cuvier was one of the foremost comparative anatomists of his time. "Le Regne Animal", first published in 1817 embodied a lifetime of research on living and extinct species, but was only one of his many books which had enduring success.

25/50     SOLD: $69.00

258. Edwards, George (English 1694-1773).
Bird with Two Butterflies.

18th-C. fine Handcolored Engraving of bird with two butterflies. Inscribed and numbered 304 in the plate: The White throated Sparrow, from Pensiluania, and the Yellow Butterfly, from Carrolina. natural size. (Written in reverse) Drawn by George Edwards, October the 24 AD 1758.

Double matted: Actual plate size: 9 1/4" x 7 5/16". Window size: 10 1/2" x 8 3/8". Mat size: 16 1/2" x 14 1/2". George Edwards was an English Naturalist who served as the Librarian of the Royal College of Physicians from 1733. He drew animals for Sir Hans Sloane and was taught by Mark Catesby how to etch the plates for his own books on natural history.

100/200     SOLD: $115.00

259. Edwards, George (English 1694-1773).
Engraving of Five Beetles.

18th-C. fine handcolored engraving of beetles. Double Matted. Image size 9 5/8" x 7 5/8". Mat size 18" x 16". Engraver: Hemerich. Hand-numbered in ink 285.

George Edwards was an English Naturalist who served as the Librarian of the Royal College of Physicians from 1733. He drew animals for Sir Hans Sloane and was taught by Mark Catesby how to etch the plates for his own books on natural history.

c. 1757.

150/300     SOLD: $57.50

260. Edwards, George (English 1694-1773).
Mountain Sparrows.

18th-C. fine handcolored engraving of birds. Inscribed in the plate, Mountain Sparrows, Drawn from nature from the size of Life. G. Edwards Delin et Sculp /AD1757/Handwritten numbered in ink 269.

Double matted, actual plate size 9 3/16" x 7 3/8". Window size 10 3/8" x 8 3/8". Mat size 16 1/2" x 14 1/2". George Edwards was an English Naturalist who served as the Librarian of the Royal College of Physicians from 1733. He drew animals for Sir Hans Sloane and was taught by Mark Catesby how to etch the plates for his own books on natural history.

100/200     SOLD: $94.30

261. Gould, John (1804-1881) and Henry Constantine Richter (1821-1902).
19th-C. hancolored lithograph; Pitta Arquata.

French Mat, possibly acidic. Image size 20" x 13". Framed size 28 1/2" x 21".

200/400     SOLD: $80.50

262. Gould, John (1804-1881) and Henry Constantine Richter (1821-1902).
19th-C. handcolored lithograph; Carpodacus Erythrinus.

Image size 20" x 12 7/8". Framed size 28 3/4" x 20 3/4". Forms a pair with Yuhina Diademata.

200/400     SOLD: $120.75

263. Gould, John (1804-1881) and Henry Constantine Richter (1821-1902).
19th-C. Handcolored Lithograph; Malurus Callainus.

Image size 16 1/2" x 11 1/2" Framed size 21 3/4" x 16 1/4". Printer: Walter. Pair with Malurus Hypoleucus.

200/400     SOLD: $93.15

264. Gould, John (1804-1881) and Henry Constantine Richter (1821-1902).
19th-C. Handcolored Lithograph; Malurus Hypoleucus.

Image size: 16 1/2" x 11 1/2" Framed size: 21 3/4" x 16 1/4". Printer: Walter. Pair with Malurus Callainus.

200/400     SOLD: $103.50