A. Seligmann: "Der Weg zum Hades" ( Hades = Underworld, god of the underworld)

Going to the underworld proceeded by a bat.

Wood engraving after A. Seligmann ca 1885. Reverse side is printed.
Horizontal centerfold. Light spotting in margins.

30.5 x 23 cm ( 12 x 9 ")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. MYTHOLOGY237444

Fig. 1 La Roussette. Fig. 2. Le Polatouche. Fig. 3. Le Suisse.

Copper etching by Antonio Baretti from "Histoire Naturelle" published 1751 in Paris.
Light creasing in lower left corner margin.

Page size: 40.5 x 26.2 cm (15.9 x 10.3 ")
Image size: 32 x 20 cm ( 12.5 x 7.8 ")

$ 40.00 minus 40% Discount = $ 24.00

Order Nr. RODENT9221

"Hufeisennase ( Rhinolophusferrum equinum) 4/5 Naturl. Grosse"

Wood engraving 1876. Above and below the image is text in German about bats that continues on the reverse side.

7 x12 cm ( 2.7 x 4.7 ")

$ 15.00 minus 40% Discount = $ 9.00

Order Nr. BAT244772

"Wasserfledermaus ( Brachyotus Daubentonii) Naturl. Grosse"

Wood engraving 1876. Above and below the image is text in German about bats that continues on the reverse side.

9 x 13 cm ( 3.5 x 5.1 ")

$ 20.00 minus 40% Discount = $ 12.00

Order Nr. BAT244774

Names of animals are given in German and Latin.

"Mygale, Nycteris, Sorax, Rhinomys, Centetar, Phyllostoma, Rhinolophus,
Erinaceus, Vespertilio, Pteropus...... etc. "

Steel engraving by Soltuekow for "Okens Allgemeine Naturgeschichte " ca 1845. Fine, original hand coloring.
Signs of age and use in margins. Repair in lower corner.

Image: 30.5 x 25 cm ( 12 x 9.8 ")

$ 50.00 minus 40% Discount = $ 30.00

Order Nr. BATS256663

No title. Bats - At bottom:Anatomy of shrews..

Published in "Museum of Animated Nature"

With related text on reverse side.

London, 1861

Page size:

Light natural age toning

34 x 24 cm (ca. 13.4 x 9.4")

$ 50.00 minus 40% Discount = $ 30.00

Order Nr. BATS253225

No title. - Bats.

Anatomy of bats.

Published in "Museum of Animated Nature"

With related text on reverse side.

London, 1861

Page size:

Light natural age toning

34 x 24 cm (ca. 13.4 x 9.4")

$ 50.00 minus 40% Discount = $ 30.00

Order Nr. BATS253224

"Kalong (Pteropus edulis)

Wood engraving on a page of text by Jahrmargt after Muetze ca 1880.
Below the image and on the reverse side os the page is German text about the Kalong and other bats.

Image: 13 x 12.5 cm ( 5.1 4.9")

$ 25.00 minus 40% Discount = $ 15.00

Order Nr. BAT253730

"Geripp einer Fledermaus (Nycteris fulginosus)"

Wood engraving on a page of text about bats that continues on the reverse side.
Published ca 1900.

Image: 7.5 x 13.5 cm ( 2.9 x 5.3")

$ 25.00 minus 40% Discount = $ 15.00

Order Nr. BAT254556

"Handfluegler (Chiroptera) Glattnasen - Fruehfliegende Fledermaus ( Vesperugo noctula)

- Blattnasen - Der Vampir (Phyllostoma Spectrum)"

Wood engraving. From a German Natural Science book. Ca.1875

Natural age toning.

Page size: 22 x 15 cm (ca. 8.7 x 5.9")

$ 30.00 minus 40% Discount = $ 18.00

Order Nr. BATS253222

"Fliegende Hunde" (Flying Dogs)

Wood engraving after Fr. Specht

Reverse side has unrelated text

Light natural age toning.

Printed ca1885

Image: 31 x 23 cm (ca. 10.8 x 7.5")

$70.00 minus 40% Discount = $ 42.00

Order Nr. BATS256652

"Flugfuchs"

Wood engraving ca 1880.

18.5 x 12.5 cm ( 7.2 x 4.9 ")

Order Nr. BAT244848 SOLD

"Kalong ( Pteropus edulis) 1/3 natuerl. Grosse"

Wood engraving 1876. Above and below the image is text in German about bats that continues on the reverse side.

12.5 x 10 cm ( 4.9 x 3.9 ")

$ 15.00 minus 40% Discount = $ 9.00

Order Nr. BAT244770

"Mopsfledermaus (Synotus barbastellus) Natuerl. Grosse"

Wood engraving 1876. Above and below the image is text in German about bats that continues on the reverse side.

10 x 13.2 cm ( 3.9 x 5.1 ")

$ 20.00 minus 40% Discount = $ 12.00

Order Nr. BAT244769

"Klappnase ( Rhinopoma micropyllum) Natuerl. Grosse)

Wood engraving 1876. Above and below the image is text in German about bats that continues on the reverse side.

9 x 11.3 cm ( 3.5 x 4.4 ")

$ 15.00 minus 40% Discount = $ 9.00

Order Nr. BAT244771

"Schedel" (Skulls)

Bat - Flying Dog

Common bat

Hedgehog

Marten

Zibette

Woolfe

Polar bear

Lion

Toned lithograph

Published in "Naturgeschichte"

By Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (1777-1861)

Zurich, 1845

Light general age toning. Some minor traces of age and use.

Page size: 31 x 22,5 cm (ca. 12.2 x 8.9")

$ 50.00 minus 40% Discount = $ 30.00

Order Nr. ANIMAL253221

"Der Flughund ( Pteropus edulis )

Wood engraving 1875. Reverse side is printed.

8.2 x 9.5cm ( 3.2 x 3.7 ")

$ 15.00 minus 40% Discount = $ 9.00

Order Nr. BAT239307

1. La Chauve-Souris cephalote, 2. La chauve-Souris musaraigne.

Lithograph by C. Motte after Meunier ca 1855. Original hand coloring.
Some light scattered spotting.

16 x 9.8 cm ( 6.3 x 3.9 ")

$ 35.00 minus 40% Discount = $ 21.00

Order Nr. BAT0098

Ordnung III Raubmaeuse

Lithograph by St. Schillinger ca 1860. Fine, original hand coloring.
A few minor scatter spots. Crease in lower image.

30.5 x 25 cm (12 x 9.8 ")

$ 125.00

Order Nr. INSECTIVORA9003

"Les chauves-souris vampires"
( Scene in South America )

Wood engraving by Emile Bayard, 1872. Reverse side is printed.

12 x 15.8 cm ( 4.7 x 6.2 ")

$ 15.00 minus 40% Discount = $ 9.00

Order Nr. BAT241656

"Le chat volant" (the flying cat)

Wood engraving published 1837. Below the image and on the reverse side is
an article ( in French ) about bats, especially the "Lemut volans - gateopithecus
variegatus, Pallus"

Page size: 25 x 15 cm ( 9.8 x 5.9")

$ 35.00 minus 40% Discount = $ 21.00

Order Nr. BAT253208

Ohrenfledermaus (Plecotus aritus) Natuerliche Groese.

Wood engraving ca 1880. Reverse side is printed. The bats are shown in the natural size!

13.3 x 13.3 cm ( 5.2 x 5.2 ")

$ 15.00 minus 40% Discount = $ 9.00

Order Nr. BAT235019

Vampire (Phyllostoma spectrum) 1/4 Natuerl. Groesse"
On the backside is an image of the bat "Grosse Hufeisennase (Rhinolphus ferrum-equinum)

Wood engraving by A. Mueller , 1893. Backside is printed.

10.2 x 13.4 cm (4 x 5.2 ")

$ 25.00 minus 40% Discount = $ 15.00

Order Nr. BAT 9120

Chauve-Souris D'Egypte.

1. Rhinolophe Trident. 2. Nyctinome D'Eygpt. 3. Vespertilion Oreillard variete.

Fine copper stipple-line etching by Bouquet and Duhamel from "Description de l'Egypte ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française, Histoire naturelle" by Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1809. Each bat is finely shown with absolute detail with every hair on its frontside and exquisite wing detail.

A bit of light browning and fraying on margin edges.

Large folio page size: 68.8 x 50.5 cm (27 x 19.8 ")

$290.00 minus 40% Discount = $ 175.00

Order Nr. BAT9202

Chauve-Souris D'Egypte

1. Taphien Filet. 2. Nyctere de la Thebaide. 3. Vespertulion Pipistrelle.

Fine copper stipple-line etching by Bouquet from "Description de l'Egypte ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française, Histoire naturelle" by Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1809. Each bat is finely shown with absolute detail with every hair on its frontside and exquisite wing detail.
A bit of light browning and fraying on margin edges.

Large folio page size: 68.8 x 50.5 cm (27 x 19.8 ")

Order Nr. BAT9201SOLD

Chauve-Souris D'Egypte

1. Taphien Perfore. 2. Roussette D'Egypte

Fine copper stipple-line etching by Bouquet from "Description de l'Egypte ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française, Histoire naturelle" by Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1829. Each bat is finely shown with absolute detail with every hair on its frontside and exquisite wing detail.

A bit of light browning and fraying on margin edges.

Large folio page size: 68.8 x 50.5 cm (27 x 19.8 ")

$290.00 minus 40% Discount = $ 175.00

Order Nr. BAT9203

"Abendsegler (Vesperugo noctula) Natuerliche Groesse"

Wood engraving by A. Mueller after E. Schmidt , 1893. Backside is printed.

10 x 13.5 cm ( 3.9 x 5.3 ")

$ 15.00 minus 40% Discount = $ 9.00

Order Nr. BAT 9125