Antique prints | North Africa | Burj-Er-Roos, or the Tower of Skulls, Island of Jerbeh

Birds

Zoology. Original steel engraving engraved by H. Winkles after G. Heck. 1856. No title on the plate. Good condition. Hand-coloured. 25x20cm. Matted.

1-3. Garrulus Glandarius, Jay, 2. Nucifraga Caryocatactus, Nutcracker, 3. See 1., 4. Paradisea Minor, Bird of Paradise, 5. Paradisea Regia, King Paradise Bird, 6. Paradisea Superba, Superb Paradise Bird, 7. Paradisea Sexsetacea, Six Shafted Paradise Bird, 8. Trochilus Moschitus, Ruby Topaz Hummingbird, 9a. Trochilus Ornatus, Magnificent Hummingbird, 9b. Trochilus Colubris, Humming Bird, 10. Trochilus Delalandii, De Laiande's Hummingbird, 11. Trochilus Minimus, Smallest Humming Bird, 12. Trochilus Cristatus, Crested Hummingbird, 13. Trochilus Macrourus, Swallow Tailed Hummingbird, 14. Buphaga Africana, Beefeater, 15. Sturnena Ludoviciana, American Lark, 16. Icterus Baltimore, Baltimore Oriole.

Ancient Egypt: The Zodiac

Ancient Egypt. Original steel engraving engraved by H. Winkles after G. Heck. 1849. No title on the plate. Very good condition. Hand-coloured. 25x20cm. Matted.
1. Egyptian Symbol of the Sun, 2. The All-seeing Eye, 3-5. Sacred Ships, 6. Egyptian Amun, 7. Nubian Amun, 8. Kneph Mendes or Pan, 9. Athor with the Dove, 10. Isis upon a Lotus, 11. Statue of Isis, 12. Isis as a Cow, 13. Isis as a Star, 14. Isis nursing Osiris, 15. Osiris upon a Cow, 16. Osisris with the Serpent, 17. Amun, Isis and Osiris, 18. Hermes as Ibis, 19. Horus, 20. The Bull Apis, 21. Typhon, 22. Ailures, 23. Serapis as the Sun, 24. Serapis and the Seven Planets, 25. Harpocrates, 26ab. Sacred Jugs, 27a-c. Egyptian Family Idols, 28. The Sistrum, 29. The Sacred Camel, 30. The Egyptian Zodiac, 31. Priests and Priestesses of Isis.

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