Auction 0005 Huge collection of antique prints and maps
By Britannica auctions
May 26, 2024
2 Yore Mill, Aysgarth, Leyburn DL8 3SR, UK

We are offering a huge selection of over 800 antique prints and engravings from 16th-20th centuries.

Subjects included are natural history, designs, caricatures, maps, sports and pastimes, royal and historical portraits and buildings.

We particularly feature ornithological prints by John Gould, Beverly Morris, FN Martinet, PJ Selby, Cornelius Nozeman, Peter Mazell, William Swainson, William Lewin, Audebert, Robert Gillmor and Edward Lear.

Other notable artists include Audubon, Rev. Houghton, Josiah Whymper, A Thorburn, George Sowerby, John Frederick Miller, George Edwards, Moses Harris, Edward Donovan and HN Humphreys.

There are numerous botanical engravings by Elizabeth Twining, Rory McEwen, Walter Fitch, Pierre-Joseph Redoute, Georg Ehret, JE Giraud, Elizabeth Yeats and FP Nodder.

There are also maps by Heinrich Bunting, Van der Aa, Emanuel Bowen, Morden and title pages by Johann Blaeu,

Other important artists and engravers featured are Thomas Chippendale, George Vertue, Jacobus Houbraken, Bartolomeo Pinelli, Kyd, Joseph Strutt, Charles Riviere and Louis Haghe plus many others.


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LOT 5354:

4 chromolithographs of ferns by James Britten 1879


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£ 10
Estimated price :
£60 - £120
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Auction took place on May 26, 2024 at Britannica auctions
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4 chromolithographs of ferns by James Britten 1879
These chromolithographs are from European Ferns by James Britten FLS. Published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. 1880.

The four prints are of:Lomaria Spicant ;Struthiopteris Germanica;Woodsias;Dicksonia Culcita.

These antique prints have large margins, perfect for mounting and framing. The plates in this work were drawn from nature by D Blair.

Size: 11in x 8.5in (27cm x 21cm)

Condition: Occasional spotting or handling marks - please see images
Condition:  Very good