Antique prints of Insects & Reptiles
Butterflies. Heliconia Erato, H.Cynisca, H.Sylvana, Lizars, coloured engraving, circa 1840
Butterflies. Heliconia Erato, H.Cynisca, H.Sylvana, Lizars, coloured engraving, circa 1840.Size 10 x 17 cm. Price £40.00 / $80.00 (plus packing and postage). Click for info

An Insect is a small invertebrate animal usually with a body in three segments, head, thorax, abdomen, six legs on thorax, and 2 or 4 wings.

Cats is 'dogs' and rabbits is 'dogs' and so's Parrats, but this 'ere 'Tortis' is a insect, and there ain't no charge for it.

      Punch vol.1vi, p96. 1869

Insecta is synonymous with Aristotle's term Entoma, meaning the body is cut into and divided into numerous segments

Insects fly, walk, leap, swim, dive, mine into the earth, bore into wood, build structures which astonish us with their instinctive reasoning

Insects furnish us with silk, wax, honey, cochineal. Some are eaten by various tribes, others are food for mammals, birds, reptiles and fishes, and the carnivorous of their own class. Some are remarkable for their beauty, for splendour of colouring, for gracefulness and delicacy.

Selected Insect prints currently in stock

Butterflies. Coloured print circa 1860.

Butterflies. Coloured print circa 1860.

12.5 x 20 cm
Condition good.

£30.00 /$60.00
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Red Admiral, White Admiral, Scotch Argos, Peacock Butterfly. Coloured print from Beautiful Butterflies by H.G.Adams, published by Groombridge and Sons, 1854.

Red Admiral, White Admiral, Scotch Argos, Peacock Butterfly. Coloured print from Beautiful Butterflies by H.G.Adams, published by Groombridge and Sons, 1854.

12 x 17.5 cm
Condition good.

£35.00 /$70.00
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Painted Lady, Scarce Painted Lady, Comma Butterfly. Coloured print from Beautiful Butterflies by H.G.Adams, published by Groombridge and Sons, 1854.

Painted Lady, Scarce Painted Lady, Comma Butterfly. Coloured print from Beautiful Butterflies by H.G.Adams, published by Groombridge and Sons, 1854.

12 x 17.5 cm
Condition good.

£35.00 /$70.00
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Entomology, Beetles Coleoptera, Genus Lucanus, Dermestes, Silpha. Milton, Copperplate engraving, Pubished as the Act directs by Longman, 1814.

Entomology, Beetles,Coleoptera, Genus Lucanus, Dermestes, Silpha. Milton, Copperplate engraving, Pubished as the Act directs by Longman, 1814.

20 x 26 cm
Condition good

£40.00 / $80.00
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Entomology, Hemiptera, Genus Chermes,Cimex, Thrips, Nepa, Aphis. Milton, Copperplate engraving, Published as the Act directs by Longman 1818.

Entomology, Hemiptera, Genus Chermes,Cimex, Thrips, Nepa, Aphis. Milton, Copperplate engraving, Published as the Act directs by Longman 1818.

20 x 26cm
Condition good

£40.00 / $80.00
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Entomology, Aptera, Genus Lepisma, Podura, Termes. Great African White Ant. Milton, Copperplate engraving  published as the Act directs by Longman, 1819.

Entomology, Aptera. Genus Lepisma, Podura, Termes. Great African White Ant. Milton, Copperplate engraving published as the Act directs by Longman, 1819.

20 x 25 cm
Condition good.

£40.00 /$80.00
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Beetles 6. The National Encyclopedia, published by William Mackenzie, circa 1860.

Beetles 6. The National Encyclopedia, published by William Mackenzie, circa 1860.

16 x 24 cm
Condition good.

£28.00 /$56.00
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Arachnida Spider. Bird Spider, Scorpion, tick MiteBeetles 6. The National Encyclopedia, published by William Mackenzie, circa 1860

Arachnida Spider. Bird Spider, Scorpion, tick MiteBeetles 6. The National Encyclopedia, published by William Mackenzie, circa 1860.

16 x 24 cm
Condition good.

£28.00 /$56.00
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Insects, William Henry Hall, Encyclopaedia or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, copper plate engraving by I. Taylor, 1778.

Insects, William Henry Hall, Encyclopaedia or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, copper plate engraving, hand coloured, engraved by I. Taylor, 1778.

22 x 37 cm
Condition good.

£56.00 /$112.00
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Microscopic Objects of the Animal Kingdom in their natural size and as they appear when magnified. Showing a Louse, Trips, Mite,Flea, Lobster Insect, Itch Insect and a non descript Insect of the Hemiptera Class. Copperplate engraving, published by C.Cook 1795.

Microscopic Objects of the Animal Kingdom in their natural size and as they appear when magnified. Showing a Louse, Trips, Mite, Flea, Lobster Insect, Itch Insect and a non descript Insect of the Hemiptera Class. Copperplate engraving, published by C.Cook 1795.

21 x 36 cm
Condition good, but has slight spotting.

£60.00 /$120.00
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Cicada plebeia, and Cicada septendecim. Lizars, coloured engraving circa 1840.

Cicada plebeia, and Cicada septendecim. Lizars, coloured engraving circa 1840.

10 x 15 cm
Condition good

£38.00 /$76.00
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Lizards. Agama aculeata, Striped Dragon, Stellio cordylinus, Chirotes lumbricoides. The National Encyclopedia, published by William Mackenzie, circa 1860.

Lizards. Agama aculeata, Striped Dragon, Stellio cordylinus, Chirotes lumbricoides. The National Encyclopedia, published by William Mackenzie, circa 1860.

10 x 15 cm
Condition good

£28.00 /$56.00
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Urodela Salamander. Spotted Salamander, Great Water Newt, Menopoma alleghaniensis- hellbender. The National Encyclopedia, published by William Mackenzie, circa 1860.

24 x 15 cm
Condition good

£28.00 /$56.00
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Pipa.  Copper engraving, hand coloured, published by G. Kearsley 1801.

Pipa. Copper plate engraving, published by G. Kearsley 1801.

21 x 12.5 cm
Condition good

Price £38.00 / $76.00
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Brasilian Toad. Copper plate engraving,  published by G. Kearsley 1801.

Brasilian Toad. Copper plate engraving, published by G. Kearsley 1801.

21 x 12.5 cm
Condition good

£38.00 / $76.00
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Mitred Toad. Copper engraving, hand coloured, published by G. Kearsley 1801.

Mitred Toad. Copper engraving, hand coloured, published by G. Kearsley 1801.

21 x 12.5 cm
Condition good

£38.00 / $76.00
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Embroidered Boa. Copper plate engraving, hand coloured, published by G. Kearsley 1801.

Embroidered Boa. Copper plate engraving, hand coloured, published by G. Kearsley 1801.

21 x 12.5 cm
Condition good

£38.00 / $76.00
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Viper-Headed Snake. Copper plate engraving,  published by G. Kearsley 1801.

Viper-Headed Snake. Copper plate engraving, published by G. Kearsley 1801.

21 x 12.5 cm
Condition good

£38.00 / $76.00
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Loggerhead Turtle.Copper plate engraving,  published by G. Kearsley 1801.

Loggerhead Turtle.Copper plate engraving, published by G. Kearsley 1801.

21 x 12.5 cm
Condition good

£38.00 / $76.00
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Green Turtle. Copper plate engraving, published by G. Kearsley 1801

Green Turtle. Copper plate engraving, published by G. Kearsley 1801.

21 x 12.5 cm
Condition good

£38.00 / $76.00
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