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Edward Donovan - 4 Hand-coloured engravings of shells 1800.

These beautiful hand-coloured engravings are from The Natural History of British Shells by Edward Donovan. Printed by F and C Rivington, London 1800.

These prints are prized for their artistry and composition with Donovan drawing the subjects from his own museum and the collections of famous scientists such as Sir Joseph Banks.

Size: 5.5in x 9in (14cm x 23cm).

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The prints are in excellent condition - please inspect the image carefully

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+ Calendar 2025-02-14 15:30:00 2025-02-28 14:00:00 Europe/London Huge Selection of Antique Prints and Engravings We are offering a huge selection of antique prints and engravings from 16th-20th centuries. Subjects included are natural history, architecture & designs, caricatures & humour, classical (including Egyptology), religious & historical, famous buildings and views, maps, sporting events, royal and historical portraits. We particularly feature ornithological prints by John Gould, Edward Lear, PJ Selby, William Lewin, WT Greene, FN Martinet, J-B Audebert, Rene Lesson, Edouard Travies, Charles Lemaire and Cornelius Nozeman. Other notable natural history artists are JJ & JW Audubon, Rev. Houghton, Archibald Thorburn, John F Miller, George Edwards, Moses Harris, William Hewitson, Frederick Nodder, Edward Donovan and HN Humphreys. There are numerous botanical engravings by Elizabeth Twining, Walter Fitch, Ferdinand Vietz, Pierre-Joseph Redoute, Christopher Trew & Georg Ehret, Jane E Giraud, Edward Lowe and P Stroobant. Other important artists and engravers featured are Thomas Chippendale, Christoph Glotch, George Vertue, Jacobus Houbraken, Anthony Desgodetz, Sir William Hamilton, Paul Decker, Georg Winter, Anton Seder, John Sell Cotman, Auguste Racinet, Giovanni Panini, Henri Delange, Rudolf Ackermann, Bartolomeo Pinelli, Kyd, Joseph Strutt, Charles Riviere, J Nash, William Nicholson, Hans Holbein and Louis Haghe. Britannica Auctions Ltd
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