From aardvarks to zebras, via bears, elephants, lions and monkeys, antique illustrations of animals are perennial favourites.

Use a print of a monkey to liven up a boring corner of your house. Also makes an ideal gift for a favourite niece or nephew, or even for your boss.

"I confess freely to you, I could never look long upon a monkey, without very mortifying reflections"
   William Congreve 1695

Selected antique animal prints currently in stock

Simia Monkeys. Copper engraved print of different sorts of Simia. Engraved for the Encyclopedia Londinens 1827. 19 x 25 cm Condition good £40.00 / $65.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Mammalia, Order 1.Primates, Genus 1.Homo, Genus 2.Simia. Copper engraved print of 12 different species from the Royal Encyclopedia, The Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Dedicated to the King, and published by William Henry Hall circa 1780. 21 x 36 cm Condition fair £54.00 / $88.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Howler Monkeys from Oliver Goldsmith's "History of the Earth and Animated Nature"Published by Fullerton c. 1848. 22.5 x 15 cm Condition fair £35.00 / $56.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Lemuroidea. Lemur, Loris, Tarsius. Coloured print from Oliver Goldsmith's History of the Earth and Animated Nature. Published by Fullerton circa 1848. 15 x 22.5 cm Condition good £35.00 / $56.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Watching for his next meal. C.E.Swan, coloured print from The Boy' Own Paper, circa 1920 24 x 18 cm Condition good £28.00 / $46.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Tiger, Lion, Leopard and Jaguar. Hand coloured engraving from Goldsmith's History of the Earth and Animated Nature, circa 1848. 21 x 12 cm Condition good £38.00 / $62.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Cats, Genus Felis. Ocelot, Serval, Wild Cat, Domestic Cat, Angora Cat. Copper plate engraving from Encyclopedia, engraved by J.Scott, published by Longman 1805. 16.5 x 23 cm Condition good £45.00 / $73.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Black Bear of America, Brown Bear of Europe, and Polar Bear. Hand coloured engraving, from Oliver Goldsmith's "History of the Earth and Animated Nature" published by A.Fullarton, circa 1848. 14 x 23 cm Condition good £34.00 / $55.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Oriental Fauna. Orientalische Fauna. Orang-Utan, Gibbon, Indian Elephant, Tiger, and more. Coloured print from Meyers Konvesation Lexicon, 1906 26 x 22 cm Condition good £35.00 / $56.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Giraffe.Drawn from Life by S. Edwards. Copperplate engraving, hand coloured, published by George Kearsley 1808. 12 x 19.5cm Condition good £48.00 / $78.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

The Camel. Oliver Goldsmith's History of the Earth and Animated Nature. Copper plate engraving, published 1790 8 x 13 cm Condition good £32.00 / $52.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

The Llamas. Panormo, Copper plate engraving showing Llamas in the Gardens of the Zoological Society, published by Thomas Kelly, 1829. 27 x 20 cm Condition fair £40.00 / $65.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

The Nyl-Ghaus. Panormo, Copper plate engraving showing the Nyl-Ghaus in the Royal Menagery Tower of London, published by Thomas Kelly, 1829. 27 x 20 cm Condition good £40.00 / $65.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Dorcas Gazelle. Lithograph by W. Kuhnert circa 1890. 19.5 x 14 cm Condition good £30.00 / $48.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Viengna of Peru, Argali or Big Horn. Hand coloured engraving, from Oliver Goldsmith's "History of the Earth and Animated Nature", published by A.Fullarton, circa 1848. 14 x 23 cm Condition good £34.00 / $55.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Dziggtai. The wild mule of the Ancients lives in troops in the sandy deserts of Central Asie. His name in the Mongol language signifies large ear. Coloured print from Oliver Goldsmith's History of the Earth and Animated Nature. Published by Fullerton circa 1848. 22.5 x 14 cm Condition good £38.00 / $62.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

The Pasture, Osborne. T.S.Cooper, steel engraving, showing cows, circa 1880. 25 x 18.5 cm, has margins, showing only part of print. Condition good £38.00 / $62.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

The Sloth. De Seve, copper plate engraving from Oliver Goldsmith's History of the Earth and Animated Nature, engraved by Warner, 1790. 7.5 x 12cm Condition good £30.00 / $48.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Ferret, Weasel, Coloured print from Oliver Goldsmith's History of the Earth and Animated Nature. Published by Fullerton circa 1848. 23 x 14 cm Condition good £34.00 / $55.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Martin. J. Scott, copperplate engraving, published by Bunney, 1801. 14 x 22 cm Condition fair £38.00 / $62.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

The Porcupine. Drawn by W.Daniell, steel engraving, hand coloured, engraved by J.G.Armytage, circa 1840. 15 x 12 cm Condition good £32.00 / $52.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Bats. Chiroptera, Vampire Bat, Bulldog Bat, Kalong Bat, published in an Encyclopedia circa 1880. 24 x 16 cm Condition good £28.00 / $46.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

The Marmout. Copperplate engraving from Oliver Goldsmith's History of the Earth and Animated Nature, 1790. 13x 21 cm Condition good £30.00 / 48.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

The Lynx. Oliver Goldsmith's History of the Earth and Animated Nature. Copper plate engraving, published 1790 8 x 13 cm picture, page 13 x 21cm Condition good £32.00 / $52.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Viverra Fusca. Gray.Brown Long Nosed Civet. B.W.Hawkins Lithograph, coloured, printed by Engelmann and Co. Published by Parburry and Allen 1829. 37 x 26 cm Condition good £48.00 / $78.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Quadrupeds,Genus Didelphis, Oposuum, Genus Macropus, Kanguroo. S.Edwards, copper plate engraving from Encyclopedia, engraved by J.Scott, published by Longman 1809. 19 x 24 cm Condition good £40.00 / $65.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Quadrupeds, Arctic Walrus, Manatus and Seals. S.Edwards, copper plate engraving from Encyclopedia, engraved by J.Scott, published by Longman 1809. 19 x 24 cm Condition good £40.00 / $65.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Cats 3. Domestic Cat, Wild Cat and Angora Cat. Meyers Konversation Lexikon, Bibliograph. Institute, Leipzig, 1906. 13 x 21 cm Condition good £25.00 / $40.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top