Category: Old Prints

1. AN ALBUM OF 55 VARIOUS OLD ENTOMOLOGICAL 18-20th CENTURY PRINTS –
VICTORIAN ALBUM OF PRINTS, AN ALBUM OF 55 VARIOUS OLD ENTOMOLOGICAL 18-20th CENTURY PRINTS –, An original watercolour of a Meadow Brown resting on a sprig of flowers, and a miscellaneous collection of prints mostly hand-coloured from entomological books dating mostly from the nineteenth century a few earlier and some colour printed plates from books of the twentieth century, depicting butterflies, moths and other entomological subjects from Britain, Europe and the tropics including 8 prints by Hochecker & Muller of moths, 4 prints of beetles by R Morgan, a number of plates of mixed subject matter from encyclopedias, plate 3 from Humphreys & Westwood’s Transformations of British Butterflies, all are individually pasted into an album of blank pages of hand-made paper probably dating the second half of the nineteenth century with several dozens of unused sheets, bound into half calf covers and cloth boards with an irrelevant title on spine, most of the prints are in good condition but with very occasional marks or minimal foxing.
Stock No. 454
£175

2. MUSCARUM SCARABEORUM VERMIUMQUE VARIE FIGURE FORMAE, OMNES PRIMO AD UIUUM COLORIBUS DEPICTAE - & EX COLLECTIONE ARUNDELIAN
HOLLAR THOMAS WENCESLAS, MUSCARUM SCARABEORUM VERMIUMQUE VARIE FIGURE FORMAE, OMNES PRIMO AD UIUUM COLORIBUS DEPICTAE - & EX COLLECTIONE ARUNDELIAN, 1646, quarto, engraved title and 11 plates on 6 sheets, each engraved surface measuring approximately 10x8cm, stitched as issued, some light browning but otherwise in good condition, printed in Antwerp. Sold with a hand-made quality modern “book box” in brown cloth and velvet-lined interior. Hagen I; 376). These prints are exceptionally rare either individually or especially as a set. (Each plate figures between four and eight insects most of which are butterflies and moths some being more easily identifiable than others. Most are British or European species and the Swallowtails, Small White, Meadow Brown and Emperor moth are recognisable.
Stock No. 765
£2,000

3. TWENTY EIGHT ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR PAINTINGS
HOLLOWAY I, TWENTY EIGHT ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR PAINTINGS, c1802, a collection of finely executed water colour paintings of butterflies and moths, varying sizes but mostly 10x15cm plus margins, each shows an adult insect with the pupa and larva often on the leaf of its foodplant, the monograph “I H” appears on the majority of the numbered leaves and one is dated 1802, there is also a contemporary manuscript sheet which refers to some of the paintings giving the names of the species and page numbers of “Insecta Lepidoptera” and “Systema naturae”, unbound, all in good bright condition. The paintings are similar in style and layout to the prints found in Donovan’s British Insects or Curtis. Clearly the artist has an accomplished hand as the detail and colour have been skilfully applied. Amongst the butterflies and moths depicted are the Large and Small Tortoiseshells, the Peacock, Large White, several Hawkmoths and a number of other smaller moths
Stock No. 766
£550

4. EUROPEAN BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS....., based on Berge’s Schmetterlingsbuch
KIRBY W F (Sold for the prints in good condition – binding poor), EUROPEAN BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS....., based on Berge’s Schmetterlingsbuch, 1882, 472pp, Complete with 61 coloured lithographic plates each showing a good number of butterflies and moths often with pupae and larvae on artistic background of nectar and food plants, the plates are clean, Cassell, Petter & Galpin.
Stock No. 767
£200

5. Collection of prints 1882
KIRBY as per previous item, Collection of prints 1882, 20 prints of moths, 20 x 25 cms, sold loose, in good condition suitable for framing
Stock No. 768
£50

6. THE BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS OF EUROPE
KIRBY W F (Sold for the prints in good condition – binding poor), THE BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS OF EUROPE, 1907, 432pp, quarto, Complete with 54 finely printed colour chromolitho plates, original blue cloth binding, front cover and spine with pretty coloured figures of butterflies and moths amongst foliage, Cassell & Co
Stock No. 769
£130

7. Collection of prints 1907
KIRBY as per previous item, Collection of prints 1907, 20 prints of moths, 20 x 25 cms, sold loose, in good condition suitable for framing
Stock No. 770
£40