April 17, 2024
Medusa Jellyfish - 1783 RARE SHAW & NODDER Hand Colored Copper Engraving
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Original 18th Century Hand-colored Numbered Copper Engraving from The Naturalist's Miscellany (1789-1813) by George Shaw & Frederick NodderSize approximately 5 5/8 in x 9 1/8 in (14.5 x 23.5 cm)About the Author/ArtistGeorge Shaw (1751 -- 1813) Between 1790 and 1813 -- with F.P. Nodder as illustrator -- Shaw published the " The Naturalist's Miscellany" an extensive compendium of the birds, mammals, reptiles, insects, fishes, crustacean and sea marine life - that were new to science - discovered and described by naturalists and explorers in and around Australia and New Zealand during Eighteenth Century expeditions.Frederick Polydore Nodder ( 1770 - 1800) was a British natural history artist who illustrated both plants and animals. " The Naturalist's Miscellany" is Nodder's most extensive and important artwork: the images were highly refined, and executed with the most scrupulous Adherence to Nature." The Naturalist's Miscellany" (1789-1813) was published in 287 monthly parts over ~24 years and was organized to be bound in a potential 24 volumes. It describes zoological subjects, many new to science, and native to the South Pacific and Australia."A remarkable serial" (Wood), a monumental work on Natural History. As the original Prospectus stated: "The Plates [are] printed on the best paper ... executed with the most scrupulous Adherence
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