Rare Collection (page 6)

Dark green fritillary, Argynnis aglaia (Charlotte butterfly, Papilio charlotta). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare

Sowerbys beaked whale, Mesoplodon bidens (Physeter bidens, two-toothed cachalot). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare

Ghost orchid, Epipogium aphyllum (Epipogium gmelini). Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

Scarlet ourisia, Ourisia coccinea, rare perennial from the Chilean Andes. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Frau Jobst Planckfelt by Durer - report in ILN
Page from The Illustrated London News reporting on a rare oil painting by Albrecht Durer of Frau Jobst Planckfelt of Antwerp, mentioned in his diary of 1521

Cavalry Soldier Horseback Canon
Cover illustration: The battle of Dorking : reminiscences of a volunteer bySir George Tomkyns Chesney, 1830-1895.Rare Book: Blackwood, 1871. Date: 1871

Rare image Aviation Militaire Francaise - Nieuport X AR
(Rare image) Aviation Militaire Francaise - Nieuport X AR, two-seat fighter-reconnaissance aircraft. A rare image of the Nieuport X with the machine gun flexibly mounted over the centre-section

A rare King Edward VIII pillar box, Lilliput, Dorset, England. He reigned from January - December 1936, when he abdicated to marry divorcee Wallis Simpson. Date: 1936

A long snouted sow plays a harp, walks on stilts and wears the fashionable French steeple-shaped headdress known as a Hennin. A style rare in England. Date: late 15th century

Disderi Portrait Mosaic of English Luminaries of the 1860s
Collage Mosaic photograph by Disderi reproduced on a carte de visite showing well-known English luminaries of the period (the 1860s)

Booths Silicon china mug - 8 Allies including India
A very rare Booths Silicon china mug, dated A.D. 1914, with hand enamelled multi-coloured transfer, It has a continuous decoration showing the 8 Allies (which are all named) including India

Caricature of French Royals
A caricature of the French Royal Family as Rare Animals being herded into exile by a revolutionary shepherd. Date: 18th Century

de Havilland Mosquito NF Mk. XV high-altitude fighter. This is an example of the rare NF Mk. XV with the extended wing-span wings, pressurised cockpit, 70 series Merlin engines, nose AI Mk

Laird LC-RW450
Laird LCRW-450 mail-plane, a rare image of a little-known aircraft from Laird. Date: 1930s

Rare Postcard - Alexandra Feodorovna - Empress of Russia
Rare Russian Postcard - Alexandra Feodorovna - Empress of Russia (1872-1918) - sent from Odessa, Ukraine on 9th May 1900. Date: 1900

Colonel John Okey, from a rare print. Etching published by W Richardson, 1812. Associated with the English Civil War (1642-1649). Date: circa 1650

Salvelinus alpinus, or Arctic Char, this particular one described as the Torgoch of Llanberris (Llanberis, Snowdonia), a rare cold water fish of the Salmonidae family. Date: 1865

African Elephant - Sitting in the middle of the track feeding on grass (Loxodonta africana). Kruger National Park - South Africa

Proboscis / Long-nosed MONKEY (Nasilis larvatus)

Proboscis / Long-nosed MONKEY - side view of face (Nasilis larvatus)

MOUSE LEMUR - eating Banana (Microcebus rufus). Madagascar

WWI - Robbins of Dudley Trench Fighting Punch Dagger
First World War Robbins of Dudley Trench Fighting Punch Dagger. A rare example, double edged blade with double central fuller leading into the cast alloy finger shaped grip with steel knuckle bow

Carl Auer Welsbach
CARL AUER baron von WELSBACH Austrian chemist who discovered two rare-earth elements and invented the incandescent gas mantle. Date: 1858 - 1929

Carabus intricatus, blue ground beetle

Limoniscus violaceus, violet click

Space Memorabilia - lunar meteorite
Space Memorabilia - stunning NWA 11303 Lunar Meteorite weighing eight grams and measuring 37mm. Moon rocks are incredibly rare, making up only 1 per cent of meteorite falls

Space Memorabilia - the three Apollo 11 astronauts
Space Memorabilia - Apollo 11 photograph from the collection of Joan Aldrin. Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin. Date: 1969

White Star Line - RMS Olympic launch menu
White Star Line - RMS Olympic extremely rare launch menu dated 20 October 1910. The launch luncheon was held at The Grand Central Hotel, Belfast

HMHS Britannic - dinner menu, WW1
HMHS Britannic - extremely rare dinner menu from the hospital ship Britannic, Titanic's ill-fated sister ship. The menu is dated 25 September 1916, in the middle of WW1

RMS Titanic in the stocks, Harland & Wolff, Belfast
RMS Titanic - rare cabinet style photograph of the Titanic in the stocks at Harland and Wolff, Belfast. In the foreground a sign reading White Star Royal Mail Steamer can clearly be read

Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm lunch and dinner menu
Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm lunch and dinner menu for Sunday 14 April 1912. The Prince Frederick Wilhelm was one of the ships in the vicinity when the Titanic hit the iceberg

HMHS Britannic, group photo of surviving crew, WW1
HMHS Britannic, rare photo postcard of the surviving crew. The ship became a hospital ship in 1915, until sinking near the Greek island of Kea in 1916 after striking a German mine. Date: circa 1916

RMS Titanic - Titanic passengers rescued by Carpathia
RMS Titanic - Hutchinson Archive - first generation image of the passengers on the Hutchinsons table on board the Carpathia, with handwritten notation naming them

RMS Titanic - Wallace Hartley, musician
RMS Titanic - memorial card for Wallace Hartley, violinist and bandleader, who lost his life when the Titanic sank. Date: 1912

RMS Titanic - pre-maiden voyage postcard
RMS Titanic - rare pre-maiden voyage postcard by Thomas, Lordswood Avenue, Southampton, postally unused

RMS Titanic - the ship at sea
RMS Titanic - rare sepia photo postcard of the ship at sea, postally unused

Silk postcard, HMS Olympic, giving the liner's measurements

RMS Olympic - silk postcard
RMS Olympic - extremely rare hand coloured prototype for a silk postcard

The Niagara Falls Frozen in winter, NY State, USA Date: circa 1890

Ruth Harkness and her baby Giant Panda Diana, 1938
Following the success of her trip to China to capture a live Giant Panda, Manhattan socialite Ruth Harkness(Mrs. William Harness Jnr)(1900-1947) returns to China for another Giant Panda

Rare Mtepe dhow off Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa
Rare Mtepe dhow off the Mombasa coast, Kenya, East Africa. 1923

The City Hall, Sarajevo - Bosnia and Herzegovina, built in 1896. Became the National and University Library in 1949 - damaged by fire during the Siege of Sarajevo in 1992

Male St Helena giant earwig
Named in 1798 by the Danish zoologist Fabricus, Labidura herculeanais theworlds longest earwig speciesreaching up to 78mm in length including its forceps. Date: 1798

African Elephants - drinking (Loxodonta africana). Zambesi River - Lower Zambesi National Park, Zambia, Africa

Bengal / Indian Tiger - at night, with eyes glowing in the dark (Panthera tigris). India

Great Indian / One-horned RHINOCEROS / rhino - Close up of head in water, side on. (Rhinoceros unicornis). Chitwan National Park, Nepal

Clouded LEOPARD - snarling (Neofelis nebulosa). Distribution: Nepal - South China. Sumatra, Borneo and Taiwan

Booths Silicon china mug - 8 Allies including India
A very rare Booths Silicon china mug, dated A.D. 1914, with hand enamelled transfer in blue. It has a continuous decoration showing the 8 Allies (which are all named) including India

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