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Natural History by Artist's Last Name
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Description of material |
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| H. Andrews |
Botanical prints - From
Botanist's Repository for New and Rare Plants… Published in London
1797-1809. |
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Ornithology - Barraband illustrated Histoire naturelle des Perroquets published by
Francois Levaillant in Paris 1801-1805. |
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| Samuel Berghuis |
Botanicals (Fruits) - From De Nederlandsche Boomgaard ("the Dutch Orchard") the editors were the principal men of the Pomological Society at Boskoop. Published in Holland and printed in Belgium,
1864-68. |
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| Basilius Besler |
Botanicals - Basilius Besler (1561-1629), was a respected apothecary and botanist. His monumental work Hortus Eystettensis first published in Nuremberg in 1613 and contained 367 black and white copper engravings of 1,084 different plants. |
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| Elizabeth Blackwell |
Botanicals - From A Curious Herbal, containing five hundred cuts of the most useful plants which are now used in the practice of Physick.... Drawn from life, engraved and hand colored by Elizabeth Blackwell. Published in London,
1737. |
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| Marcus Bloch |
Ichthyology (fish) - From Ichthyologie ou Histoire Naturelle Generale et Particuliere des Poissons. Published by the author in Paris and Berlin,
1785-97.
This publication is regarded as one of the most beautiful 18th century books on the subject of fish ever published. |
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| Georgio Bonelli |
Botanicals - From, Hortus Romanus Secundum Systema J.P. Engraved by Magdalena Bouchard. |
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| Rex Brasher |
Ornithology - From Birds and Trees of North America. Published by the artist, Kent, Connecticut, 1929-1932. Photogravure plates produced by the Meriden Gravure Company, Connecticut. All plates were hand colored by the artist. |
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| George Brookshaw |
Fruit & Botanicals – George Brookshaw (c.1751-1823) Published Pomona Britannica; or a Collection of the most esteemed fruits.... in London 1804-1812 in folio size and 1817 in quarto size. |
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| Cassell's Birds
J. W. Ludlow
W. Rutledge |
Ornithology - Cassell was a publisher of many different works including
The Illustrated Book of Pigeons. -
The Illustrated Book of Canaries and Cage-Birds, British and Foreign. and
The Illustrated Book of Poultry. |
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| Mark Catesby (All items)
Birds
Animals
Fish
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Ornithology and Animals - America's earliest naturalist.
From The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands…. First published in 1731-43 with subsequent editions published in 1754, 1777, and 1800. |
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| Mordecai Cubitt Cooke |
Botanical (Mushrooms) - From
Illustrations of British Fungi. Published by
Williams & Norgate, London, 1881-1885. |
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| Pieter Cramer |
Entomology - Pieter Cramer (1721-c.1779) was a Dutch wool merchant and entomologist. He assembled an extensive collection on insects that included butterflies, moths and insects. From
Papillons Exotiques des Trois parties du Monde: l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amerique. Published in Amsterdam by S.J. Baalde and N.T. Gravius,
1779-91. |
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| John Curtis |
Entomology & Botanicals - From, British Entomology; Being Illustrations and descriptions of The Genera of Insects… Published in London,
1823-1840. |
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| Sherman F.
Denton |
Ichthyology (fish) - From the New York State report titled "Fish and Game of the State of New York." The Report was published yearly between 1895-1909. |
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| Dellon Marcus Dewey |
Botanicals and Fruits -
From Dewey's Pocket Series - Colored from Nature. Out of Rochester, New York. A unique work printed in
Pochoir. The series is a seed catalogue and was published over many years between the late 1850's and early 1880's. |
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| Georg Dionysius Ehret |
Botanicals -
from, Plantae Selectae, quarum imagines ad exemplaria naturalia Londini in Hortis Curiosorum nutrita manu artificiosa doctaque pinxit Georgius Dionysius Ehret;..in aes incidit et vivis coloribus repraesentavit primum Johannes Jacobus Haid, inde Johanes Elias Haid, filius. Per decades editae. Published in Nuremberg, 1750-73. |
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| John Nugent Fitch |
Botanicals – Artist from, The Orchid Album, Comprising Coloured Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, and Beautiful Orchidaceous Plants. Conducted by Robert Warner and Benjamin Samuel Williams. Botanical Descriptions by Thomas Moore. Published in London 1883-1885. |
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Johann Frisch |
Ornithology -
From Vorstellung der Vogel in Teutschland und Beylauffig Auch Einiger Fremden, Mit Ihren Eigenschaften Beschrieben…. Published in Berlin,
1733-63.
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| Carl Gustav Jablonsky |
Entomology -
From, Natursystem aller bekannten in- und auslandischen in- und auslandischen Insekten (Schmetterlinge). By Carl Gustav Jablonsky and Joh. Friedr. Wilh. Herbst. Published in Berlin,
1783-1806. |
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| George Wolfgang Knorr |
Shells - From
Les Délices Des Yeux et de L'espirit, ou Collection Generale des Differentes Espèces de Coquillages Que La Mer Renferme. This title translates to, "Delights for the Eyes and the Spirit, or a General Collection of the Different Species of Shells That the Sea Contains." Published in Nuremberg, Germany,
1764-73. |
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| Georgium Knorr |
Botanicals -
From Thesaurus Rei Herbariae Hortensisque Universalis.
Published in Nuremberg 1780. |
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| Jane Loudon |
Botanicals - From The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Perennials, Annuals and Bulbous Plants. Published by
Published by Day & Haghe, London, c.1840. |
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| Maria Sibylla Merian |
Botanicals - From
Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium. Published by Joanem Oosterwyk, Amsterdam, 1719. |
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| Charles Millspaugh, M.D. |
Botanicals -
From Medicinal Plants an Illustrated and Descriptive Guide... Published by John C. Yorston & Co. Philadelphia, 1892. |
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| George Perry |
Shells - From Conchology, or the Natural History of Shells. Published by William Miller, Albemarle Street, London, 1811. This series is best known for its large sized and beautifully colored engravings. Engraved and colored after the original drawings by John Clarke. |
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| Pierre Joseph Redoute |
Botanicals -
Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840) considered the finest botanical artist. Work from the following series - Choix Des Plus Belles Fleurs, published 1827 - Les Roses, published
1817-24 - and
Les Liliacees, published 1802-1816. |
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| Francois Regnault |
Botanicals - From La Botanique Mise a la portee de tout le monde ou collection des plantes d'usage dans la medecine, dans les aliments et dans les arts. Published in Paris, 1774. |
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| Albertus Seba |
Botanical, Animals, Entomology, Ornithology -
From Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri. Published in Amsterdam,
1734-65. |
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| Dr. Robert John Thornton |
Botanicals - Robert John Thornton (1768-1837) produced a unique body of botanical prints with dramatic backgrounds. From The Temple of Flora or the Garden of Nature . Published in folio size 1798-1807, and the lottery edition quarto size in 1812. |
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| Nathaniel Wallich |
Botanicals - From Plantae Asiaticae Rariores; or, Descriptions and Figures of a Select Number of Unpublished East Indian Plants. Printed by Englemann, Graf, Coindet & Co. Published in London, 1830-32. |
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| Johann Weinmann |
Botanicals - From
Phytanthoza Iconographia.
Published in Ratisbon, Germany, 1737-1745. Noted as the first work partially printed in color and finished by hand. |
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| Alexander Wilson |
Ornithology -
From, American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States: Published in Philadelphia by Bradford and Inskeep, 1808-14. |
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| Naturgeschichte der Vogel Mittel-Europas |
Ornithology - from Naturgeschichte der Vogel Mittel-Europas, ed. Carl Richard Hennicke. Published in Gera-Untermhas 1896-1905, folio size. This ornithological work came from the family of Naumann whose original bird publication, “Naturgeschicte der Land- Und Wasser- Vogel Des Nordlichen Deutschlands un Angranaender Lander…” was published in 1795-1817. |
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