Description: contact usebay profileebay store I. Radiated Mole II. Long Tailed M. III. Hedge Hog Cartographer : - Shaw, George Kearsley 1751 - 1813 Date: - 1790 Size: - 9 1/2in x 7in (240mm x 180mm)Ref#: - 90976Condition: - (A+) Fine Condition Description: This original hand coloured copper plate engraved engraved antique print by Doctor George Kearsley Shaw & Frederick Richard Polydore Nodder was published in the 1790 edition of The Naturalist's Miscellany. General Definitions: Paper thickness and quality: - Heavy and stable Paper color : - off white Age of map color: - Early Colors used: - Green yellow General color appearance: - Authentic Paper size: - 9 1/2in x 7in (240mm x 180mm) Plate size: - 9 1/2in x 7in (240mm x 180mm) Margins: - Min 1/2in (12mm) Imperfections: Margins: - None Plate area: - None Verso: - NoneBackground: The Naturalist's Miscellany, is distinguished by the refined hand-colored copperplate engravings and astute naturalists' observations, was aptly named as a diverse naturalists' compendium of the birds, mammals, reptiles, insects, fish and crustacean identified by seventeenth and eighteenth century naturalists spanning the globe, particularly around the South Seas. Many of nature's most fascinating and unusual creatures were discovered during this period, several of which were introduced through The Naturalist's Miscellany. Shaw, George Kearsley 1751 - 1813 Shaw was an English botanist and zoologist. He was born at Bierton, Buckinghamshire, and was educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, receiving his M.A. in 1772. He took up the profession of medical practitioner. In 1786 he became the assistant lecturer in botany at Oxford University. He was a co-founder of the Linnean Society in 1788, and became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1789. In 1791 Shaw became assistant keeper of the natural history department at the British Museum, succeeding Edward Whitaker Gray as keeper in 1806. He found that most of the items donated to the museum by Hans Sloane were in very bad condition. Medical and anatomical material was sent to the museum at the Royal College of Surgeons, but many of the stuffed animals and birds had deteriorated and had to be burnt. He was succeeded after his death by his assistant Charles Konig. Shaw published one of the first English descriptions with scientific names of several Australian animals in his Zoology of New Holland first published in 1794. He was among the first scientists to examine a platypus and published the first scientific description of it in The Naturalists Miscellany in 1799. In the field of herpetology he described numerous new species of reptiles and amphibians. His other publications included: - Musei Leveriani explicatio, anglica et Latina, containing select specimens from the museum of the late Sir Ashton Lever (1792–6), which had been moved to be displayed at the Blackfriars Rotunda. - General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History (16 vol.) (1809–1826) (volumes IX to XVI by James Francis Stephens) - The Naturalist\'s Miscellany: Or, Coloured Figures Of Natural Objects; Drawn and Described Immediately From Nature (1789–1813) with Frederick Polydore Nodder (artist and engraver). The standard botanical author abbreviation G.Shaw is applied to species he described. What is an Antique Map The word Antique in the traditional sense refers to an item that is more than a hundred years old. In the past maps were sold in two forms, as a single sheet (broadsheet) or bound in an atlas or book. The majority of antique maps for sale today come from books or atlases and have survived due to the protection offered by the hardback covers. When considering a purchase The first thing to determine when staring a collection or purchasing an item, is what is important to you. Most collectors prefer to build their collections around a theme. You may decide to collect maps from one region or country, charting its development through time. Similarly you could collect maps of one particular period in time, by type (i.e. sea or celestial charts) or by cartographer. The collector might also want to consider the theme of cartographical misconceptions such as California as an island or Australia as Terra Australis or the Great Southern Land. 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Price: 45 USD
Location: Ivanhoe, VIC
End Time: 2024-11-10T09:54:49.000Z
Shipping Cost: 9.99 USD
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Style: Antique
Age: Pre-1800
Original/Reproduction: Original
