Description: C I R Q L A R Original antique prints, books, maps and atlases Name Of PrintPIC OREILLARD. Plate # XXXV.Author/Artist Alfred Malherbe:Monographie Des Picidees Ou Histoire Naturelle Des Picides, Picumnines, Yuncinés Ou Torcols.. Date of Publication Published by Metz: Jules Verronnais, 1861-1862., 1862 Type of Print Original hand colored lithograph. Size of Image Folio: ~ 21" X 13". Condition In overall very good to excellent condition. Gum arabic added to accentuate the birds' features. The descriptive text page is not available. Description We are proud to be able to offer a fine original hand colored lithograph by Alfred Malherbe (1804-1865) from his masterful work entitled Monographie Des Picidees Ou Histoire Naturelle Des Picides. This is an original antique print from a series of striking images of woodpeckers from Malherbe’s rare monograph on the species. This scholarly work is a comprehensive study on woodpeckers from around the world. It contained 123 illustrations based on Malherbe’s work and drawn by Mesnel, Delahaye and Oudart. The prints are beautifully lithographed and hand tinted with vibrant colors. Only between 80 and 100 sets were ever produced, so these delightful prints are as rare as they are attractive. This work was the most comprehensive and sumptuous book on woodpeckers of the time, with many new species identified and painted life-size. Malherbe, born in Mauritius, was a lawyer with a passion for bird collecting. He became the director of the museum at Metz, where he lived, and president of the Societe d Histoire naturelle de la Moselle. References: Nissen IVB 587; Fine Bird Books, p.92; Anker 321; Wood, p.449; Zimmer, p.415. Thank you for looking and please be sure and look at our other auctions for other fine works by Audubon from the first as well as the 1860 editions of the Birds Of America. We also have other architectural, natural history plates as well as original maps, all guaranteed original. We do not use the eBay check-out system for invoicing so it is not necessary to email us at auction end. You will receive an email from Paypal letting you know the particular payment options available to you. We will also send you an email summarizing your winning bids along with one combined postal charge. We will email you this summary within 24 hours after the auction's end. Cirqlar is a SquareTrade seller in good standing and we will do everything we can make this a positive experience for you. We don't hold checks for clearance (we have yet to receive a bad check after over 25,000 transactions!). Again, we will be happy to combine purchases to save on your shipping costs. News flash! We are now using USPS for our North American shipments. Shipments are easy to track, and, well, frankly we have only lost one singular package out of the tens of thousands of packages we have sent. Good job USPS! If you are one of our International friends, please contact us with your particulars (name of country, insurance requirements if any) so that we might get as accurate a quote as possible to get your purchase to you in a timely fashion. Please note that we now have (finally, mercifully) a legitimate "about me" section where you can find more information about who we are and what we do as well as more tips on collecting prints and the various types of printing techniques that have been used over the years. In addition, we have hundreds of rare prints and colorplate books, maps and atlases at set prices. We have recently been fortunate enough to acquire, for example, the original watercolors from Lewin's "Birds of Great Britain". We also have listed several prints from Shaw and Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany", flower prints from Curtis' "Flora Londinensis", P.J. Redoute's "Les Liliacees". Please also check out our ebay listings for some phenomenal Abbeville edition elephant folio restrikes of Audubon's "Birds Of America" which are what many refer to as the preeminent 20th century facsimile edition of this important work. We will be updating this frequently. We are committed to offering the very best antique prints available with over the top superior service. Click "here" for more information about us. Thank you for looking. <img src="https://ti2.auctiva.com/web/aswCredit.gif" border="0"><br><a href="https://www.auctiva.com/?how=scLnk1" target="_blank"><img src="https://ti2.auctiva.com/images/sc1line1.gif" border="0"></a> <div style="text-align:center"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://mostpopular.sellathon.com/?id=AC951964"><img src="https://www.sellathon.com/Resources/Images/countercredit.gif" border="0"></a></div>
Price: 79.99 USD
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
End Time: 2025-01-31T21:12:07.000Z
Shipping Cost: 16 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Artist: Alfred Malherbe
Production Technique: lithograph
Material: Lithograph
Type: Bird print
Subject: Ornithology
Year of Production: 1861-62
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Date of Creation: 1800-1899
Print Surface: Paper
