Natural History Prints

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[Elch Moose]

One Latin text page with on recto a wood cut illustration of an Elch Moose (11,5 x 16 cm). From Münster's Cosmographia Universalis.The Cosmographia by Sebastian Münster...

$15 / ≈ €13.95

Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basle, ca. 1564
Selling price: $15
Sold in 2018

[River horse]

On verso a presentation of a river horse, a fantastic animal. From a French text edition of his Cosmographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge. In 1575 Seb...

$5 / ≈ €4.65

Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basle 1575 - 1580
Selling price: $5
Sold in 2015

Rhino. On verso elephant.

An early representation of a Rhino.VERSO: an early depiction of an elephant carrying people in a basket.From a French text edition of his Cosmographia , that great compen...

$125 / ≈ €116.23

Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER,S.
Place & Date: Basle 1580
Selling price: $125
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[Crocodile]

On recto a crocodile and on verso an early birds-eye Alexandria in Egypt.From a German text edition of his Geographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge.

$10 / ≈ €9.30

Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1590
Selling price: $10
Sold in 2015

Nigra Sylva olim pars Herciniae Sylvae.

On recto an early scene showing the Foret Noire with different animals (a wolf, dear, bear, etc. (Print : 77x150 mm).From a Latin text edition of his Geographia , that gr...

$25 / ≈ €23.25

Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER,S.
Place & Date: Basle 1550-1590
Selling price: $25
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'Crab and lobster'.

A copper engraving. Print showing 2 lovely crustaceans.

$50 / ≈ €46.49

Maker / Publisher: Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R.
Place & Date: English, ca 1650
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2020

'Lions'.

A copper engraving. Print showing lions in different poses.

$50 / ≈ €46.49

Maker / Publisher: Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R.
Place & Date: English, ca 1650
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2019

'Peacocks'.

A copper engraving. Print showing peacocks in different poses.

$50 / ≈ €46.49

Maker / Publisher: Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R.
Place & Date: English, ca 1650
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2020

Grijphus, Grijps, Hippopotanus. . .

Decorative and early copper engraving showing a griffin and two sorts of hippopotamus, from : Historiae Naturalis de Quadrupedibus libri.The re-edition of the edition of ...

$30 / ≈ €27.90

Maker / Publisher: JONSTON, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1657
Selling price: $30
Sold in 2020

Draco hipes apteros in Agro Bononiensi. . . .

Decorative and early copper engraving showing four dragons, from : Historiae Naturalis de Quadrupedibus libri.The re-edition of the edition of Frankfurt of 1650-53 illust...

$60 / ≈ €55.79

Maker / Publisher: JONSTON, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1657
Selling price: $60
Sold in 2020