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Shaw and Nodder
Shaw and Nodder, The Naturalists
Miscellany, fine hand colored
copperplate engravings c. 1789-1813
More popularly known as "Shaw-Nodder" or on eBay as just "Nodder," this
is an original hand colored copperplate engraving on Whatman paper from
"The Naturalists Miscellany" by George Shaw, published by Frederick P. Nodder,
Brewer Street, London. The work, published in 24 volumes between 1789 and
1813, consists of over 1,000 appealing, whimsical figures of some 284 birds,
together with fish, shells, exotic marine life, butterflies, insects, quadrupeds
reptiles, and a very few botanicals. A further work, The Zoological Miscellany"
published in 3 volumes from 1814-1817 by Wm. Elford Leach is considered a
continuation of this series. One edge is slightly uneven where the print was
attached to the book but this will not affect framing. Photocopy of title page
together with the original descriptive text (sometimes in both English and
Latin) when available is included. Each single print measures approximately
5-l/4 inches by 9-l/2 inches. The occasional "double" print is only slightly
larger. Other works contemporary with Shaw Nodder which are the same
size, on the same paper and of the same high quality, which thus can be
mixed and combined in a framed grouping with the Shaw Nodder prints include
those by Edward Donovan: "The Natural History of British Birds"
(1794-1819) "British Insects" (1796-1811) and "The Naturalists' Repository
(1823-26).
References: Sitwell, Buchanan & Fisher (1990) "Fine Bird Books 1700-1900"
pp. 115, 129, 142
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