selection of great hand-colored and refined copper plates form an important and beautifully-illustrated scientific artwork. “General Zoology” (1800-1826) describes zoological subjects, many new to science, and native to the South Pacific and Australia and New Zealand. "A remarkable serial" (Wood), a monumental work on Natural History. As the original Prospectus stated: "The Plates [are] printed on the best paper and coloured with the utmost care". These prints have become very scarce, on superb Whatman watermarked paper that is in pristine conditions. The condition of these prints is very good, with strong plate marks and dates. There is no foxing. The handcolouring is very fine: very bright and well preserved colours, fine finishing with arabic gum and great rendering of the images. All our prints are authentic hand coloured antique prints, and these are about 220 years old. We describe all items as accurately as possible with any condition exceptions noted. Please use your judgement to confirm our accuracy and take into consideration that unless otherwise stated, these items are used. Please make careful decisions before bidding.