Aquila imperialis, the Imperial Eagle. From Cassell's Book of Birds, circa 1860. 15 x 22 cm (1/4 natural size). Antique print, condition fair to good. £54.00 / $81.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info

Antique bird prints are a sure-fire winner in the gift stakes.

Do you soar like an eagle in the bedroom? Squawk like a parrot in the bathroom? Tear at your food like a vulture in the kitchen? If so, you may need an antique bird print.

Over the years, some of the world's leading artists and engravers have taken birds as their subjects. Antique prints of birds bring a bit of drama to your home. And kids love them - you can't have a bad word to say about a penguin (unless you are a fish, of course).

Birds are warm-blooded oviparous vertebrates, clothed with feathers, having forelimbs modified into wings.

"Besser ein Vogel in der Hand, als zehn auf dem Dache
(A bird in hand is worth two in the bush)
   Anon

Selected Antique Bird prints currently in stock

Parrots, Papageien. Chromolithograph, showing 10 named Parrots. From Meyers Konvesation Lexicon, Leipzig, 1905. 26.5 x 21 cm Condition good £32.00 / $48.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Palaeornis Alexandri, Alexandrine ring Parrakeet, by E.Lear. Coloured engraving from The Naturalists Library, engraved by Lizard after Swainson, published by Henry Bohn, 1860. 9.5 x 15 cm Condition good £48.00 / $72.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Birds, Order Passeres. Genera Paradisea Sturnus Corythaix Buceros. Coloured engraving from Encyclopedia, circa 1860. 17 x 22 cm Condition good £38.00 / $57.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

The Nightingale, Luscinia Philomela, Cassells Book of Birds, coloured print, circa 1860. 13 x 19 cm Condition good £45.00 / $67.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Little Bittern, Hand coloured engraving, circa 1800. 12 x 19 cm Condition good £30.00 / $45.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Falcunculus Frontatus, Hand coloured engraving, circa 1800. 12 x 16 cm Condition good £30.00 / $45.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Tengmalin's Sight-Owl, Coloured print by Stewart,engraved by Lizars, circa 1840. 10 x 14 cm Condition good £40.00 / $60.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Black Cockatoo. Copper plate engraving, engraved by M. Griffith, published by C.Kearsley, 1811. 13 x 22 cm Condition good. £38.00 / $57.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Tabuan Parrakeet. Copper plate engraving, engraved by M. Griffith, published by C.Kearsley, 1811. 13 x 22 cm Condition good. £38.00 / $57.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Gnat Catcher. From Goldsmith's 'History of the Earth and Animated Nature', coloured engraving, published by Fullerton, circa 1840. 22 x 14 cm Condition good £30.00 / $45.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

The Pomatorhine Skua, Stercorarius pomatorhinus. From Birds of the British Islands, illustrated by Lilian M.Medland. Hand coloured lithograph, 1909 25 x 20 cm Good condition £40.00 / $60.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Quail, Long-tailed Quail and Montezuma's Quail,From Goldsmith's History of the Earth and Animated Nature,hand coloured engraving, published by Fullerton, circa 1840. 12.5 x 14 cm Condition good £30.00 / $45.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Cocks-fighting. Franz Snyders, steel engraving, showing cocks fighting and hens watching, engraved by T.Heawood, published by A.H.Payne, circa 1840. 17 x 12 cm Condition good £40.00 / $60.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Farmyard Birds, Game Cock,Polish Cock, Bantam Hen, Malay Cock and Hen, painted by C.H.Weigall,engraved by J.Bishop, hand coloured print, published by Blackie and Son, circa 1860. 20 x 12.5 cm Condition good £35.00 / $52.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Egret. Hand coloured engraving, circa 1800. 12x 18 cm Condition good £30.00 / $45.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

The Capercaillie Tetrao Urogallus, about 1/3 natural size.From Birds of the British Islands, illustrated by Lilian M.Medland. Hand coloured lithograph, 1909. 21 x 28 cm Condition good £40.00 / $60.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

The Northern Diver, The Godwil, The Norway Partridge and others. Copper plate engraving, hand coloured from Rev. Eric Pontoppidan History of Norway, 1755. 22 x 14 cm Condition good £48.00 / $72.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Water Birds, Order Anseres, Genus Phaeton, Genus Colymbus. Copper plate engraving, hand coloured, circa 1812. 19 x 26 cm Condition fair £32.00 / $48.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

The Angola Vulture Gyphierax Angolensis, One third Natural Size. Coloured print from Cassell's Book of Birds, circa 1860. 16 x 24 cm Condition good £40.00 / $60.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

European Birds Eggs. Chromolithograph, showing 78 named birds eggs. From Meyers Konvesation Lexicon, Leipzig, 1905. 25 x 21 cm Condition good £30.00 / $45.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

The Patagonian Pinguin. Copper plate engraving from The Gentlemen's Magazine, October 1769. 11 x 17.5 cm Condition good £38.00 / $57.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Berwick's Swan and Black-necked Swan. Goldsmith's History of the Earth and Animated Nature,hand coloured engraving, published by Fullerton, circa 1840. 22 x 14 cm Condition good £38.00 / $57.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Ducks, Enten, showing 6 different species of Ducks, Chromolithograpg, From Meyers Konvesation Lexicon, Leipzig, 1905. 20.5 x 14 cm Condition good £28.00 / $42.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Wild Swan, Lobated Duck, Shoveller, Goosander. Coloured print published by William Mackenzie circa 1840. 16 x 26 cm Condition good £28.00 / $42.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top