A vintage illustration from the 1800s of a large brown moth with prominent eye spots on its wings. The moth's detailed wings are spread wide, showing the eye-catching patterns and texture, symbolizing the wonders of insect life.
This illustration features the common squid, focusing on its streamlined body, large eyes, and long tentacles. The artistic rendering captures the squid's agility and predatory nature in aquatic environments, showcasing its anatomy in an elegant, detailed sketch.
A realistic illustration of a flying fox bat hanging from a branch, with wings folded. The transparent PNG format makes this image ideal for projects focused on nocturnal wildlife and bats, emphasizing the bat’s unique anatomy and posture.
You're looking at a scarce, 229 year old, steel plate engraving from the original "The New Encyclopaedia Or Modern Universal Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences On A New And Improved Plan" by Hall, William Henry, Bedford Row, London, published by C Cooke, London.
Line art of a Spectral Tarsier with wide eyes perched on a branch, highlighting its small size and unique primate features in detailed line art
A highly detailed illustration of the common loris, showcasing its nocturnal features such as large eyes and gripping hands. This sketch captures the slow movements and distinct fur patterns of this small primate, emphasizing its unique adaptations for night living
Illustration of a Slender Loris with large expressive eyes, depicted walking on a branch in detailed line art, capturing its unique nocturnal features
This 1800s vintage illustration depicts a bamboo lemur sitting on a tree branch, with detailed fur and expressive eyes, typical of historical wildlife art.
Original Colour Vintage Print from Lorenz Okenfuss' 'Oken's Naturgeschichte' (Allgemeine Naturgeschichte für alle Stände), with illustrations by Johann Susemihl (1767-1847), and published in Stuttgart by Hoffman between 1839 and 1841. Lorenz Oken (1 August 1779 - 11 August 1851) was a German naturalist, botanist, biologist, and ornithologist. Oken was born Lorenz Okenfuss (German: Okenfuß) in Bohlsbach (now part of Offenburg), Ortenau, Baden, and studied natural history and medicine at the universities of Freiburg and Würzburg. He went on to the University of Göttingen, where he became a Privatdozent (unsalaried lecturer), and shortened his name to Oken. As Lorenz Oken, he published a small work entitled Grundriss der Naturphilosophie, der Theorie der Sinne, mit der darauf gegründeten Classification der Thiere (1802). This was the first of a series of works which established him as a leader of the movement of "Naturphilosophie" in Germany.
The type foundry and print shop of old would create books, like the one this image was discovered within, to help customers and clients with their design choices. Naturally, these books were jam packed with useful illustrative elements that could be combined to create a final piece. Today, these books are extremely difficult to get a hold of. Especially those that were published in the late 1800s. They were not mainstream publications, they simply served as 'catalogs' and thus were only produced in small numbers. Fortunately, we were introduced to a collector who had precisely what we had been searching for for so long. After some costly negotiations, we're very excited to be able to share the wonderful gems within.
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