Australian King Cricket, Anostostoma Australasiae. Lizars engraving c1835

$100.00

Australian Cricket, Anostostoma Australasiae. Antique Print c1834 by W.H. Lizars.

Superbly detailed original hand coloured steel engraving by Edinburgh engraver William Home Lizars (1788-1859), published in London circa 1834 for a series by Sir William Jardine called 'The Naturalist's Library'.

This wonderful small engraving is mounted in antique white acidfree boards and ready for framing.
Size of engraving is 7 x 4 inches or 18 x 10cm:  Mounted size is 11.5 x 8.5 inches or 29 x 22cm