Creeping Birthwort (Aristolochia dematitis), plate 255, from the Delux Edition of Elizabeth Blackwell's work entitled "A Curious Herbal, containing five-hundred cuts of the most useful plants which are now used in the practice of physick. Engraved on folio copper plates after drawings taken from the life." Volume 11 Published 1739 in London. An extremely popular work picturing a large variety of flowers, fruits and shrubs, with original handcoloring by Mrs. Elizabeth Blackwell...

Bistort or Snakeweed (Bistorta), plate 254, from the Deluxe Edition of Elizabeth Blackwell's work entitled "A Curious Herbal, containing five-hundred cuts of the most useful plants which are now used in the practice of physick. Engraved on folio copper plates after drawings taken from the life." Volume 11 Published 1739 in London. An extremely popular work picturing a large variety of flowers, fruits and shrubs, with original handcoloring by Mrs. Elizabeth Blackwell...

Great Woolfs-bane or Leopards-bane (Doronicum Romanorum), plate 239, from the Delux Edition of Elizabeth Blackwell's work entitled "A Curious Herbal, containing five-hundred cuts of the most useful plants which are now used in the practice of physick. Engraved on folio copper plates after drawings taken from the life." Volume 1 Published 1737 in London. An extremely popular work picturing a large variety of flowers, fruits and shrubs, with original handcoloring by Mrs. Elizabeth Blackwell...

Colt's-foot or Fole's-foot (Tussilago or Farfara), plate 204, from the Deluxe Edition of Elizabeth Blackwell's work entitled "A Curious Herbal, containing five-hundred cuts of the most useful plants which are now used in the practice of physick. Engraved on folio copper plates after drawings taken from the life." Volume 1 Published 1737 in London. An extremely popular work picturing a large variety of flowers, fruits and shrubs, with original handcoloring by Mrs. Elizabeth Blackwell...

Red-backed Dicaeum (Dicaeum Cruentatum) in Natural Size from the "Birds of Asia" series by John Gould. Published in 1850-83 hand-colored lithograph plates from drawings by Gould, Hart, Richter and Wolf. Measuring 21.625 inches x 15.000 inches. Includes full text page. Condition: Light spotting throughout; Dark spots upper edge near center (see enlargement 3); impurities in paper; Binding holes along right edge. There is white in the photographs that does not appear on the print...

Himalayan Creeper (Certhia Himalayana) in Natural Size from the "Birds of Asia" series by John Gould. Published in 1850-83 hand-colored lithograph plates from drawings by Gould, Hart, Richter and Wolf. Measuring 21.625 inches x 15.000 inches. Includes full text page. Condition: Light spotting and impurities in paper; Top right corner is browned at edge; Binding holes along right edge. Please study the photographs.

Indian Wryneck (Yunx indica) in Natural Size from the "Birds of Asia" series by John Gould. Published in 1850-83 hand-colored lithograph plates from drawings by Gould, Hart, Richter and Wolf. Measuring 21.625 inches x 15.000 inches. Includes full text page. Condition: Minor light spotting, and impurities in paper, (see enlargement 6); Top right corner dark at tip; Binding holes along right edge. Please study the photographs.

Red-breasted Accentor (Accentor rubeculoides) in Natural Size from the "Birds of Asia" series by John Gould. Published in 1850-83 hand-colored lithograph plates from drawings by Gould, Hart, Richter and Wolf. Measuring 21.625 inches x 15.000 inches. Includes full text page. Condition: Light spotting especially bottom half; impurities in paper; Binding holes along right edge. There is white in the photographs that does not appear on the print. Please study the photographs.

Northern Mountain Finch (Montifringilla arctoa) in Natural Size from the "Birds of Asia" series by John Gould. Published in 1850-83 hand-colored lithograph plates from drawings by Gould, Hart, Richter and Wolf. Measuring 21.625 inches x 15.000 inches. Includes full text page. Condition: Light yellow blotches lower left quadrant, minor spotting, and impurities in paper, (see enlargement 6); Top right edge dark areas; Binding holes along right edge. Please study the photographs.

Bridled Weasel, #60 from the work “The Quadrupeds of North America” by John James Audubon, F.R.S., &c., &c. and The Rev. John Bachman, D.D., LL.D. &c. &c.; Hand-colored lithographs. Published New York by V. G. Audubon 1849-1860...

Soft Haired Squirrel, #19 from the work “The Quadrupeds of North America” by John James Audubon, F.R.S., &c., &c. and The Rev. John Bachman, D.D., LL.D. &c. &c.; Hand-colored lithographs. Published New York by V. G. Audubon 1849-1860. Royal Octavo Edition (7.00 inches x 10.50 inches or 17.78.4 cm x 26.67 cm).

Condition: Clean and crisp. Binding holes; Pinhole in upper right leaf; Offsetting on backside of print; Tape residue on backside corners and small pencil marks in one corner...

Townsend's Arvicola, Sharp-nosed Arvicola and Bank Rat, #144 from the work “The Quadrupeds of North America” by John James Audubon, F.R.S., &c., &c. and The Rev. John Bachman, D.D., LL.D. &c...