Antique Bird Prints
Aves
Original bird plates from the great ornithological books, from hand-coloured copper engravings of the 1700s to the lithographed folios of the Victorian age. Every print here is a period original, not a reproduction.
249 prints
- Pl. 241Antique Hand-Colored Engraving of A Hamburgh Treecreeper by Eleazar Albin, 1735
- Pl. 242Embalmed Birds and Nile Fish, Egyptian Natural Curiosities, c.1776
- Pl. 243Chinese Peacock-Pheasant, Hand-Colored Engraving by Edwards & Seligmann, c.1770
- Pl. 244Rare Dutch Bird Print, Hoopoe, Bullfinch, Linnet and Quail, ca. 1770–1829
- Pl. 245Antique Hand-Colored Pigeon Engraving, Copperplate, Circa 1770
- Pl. 246Arab Houses and Pigeon Towers in Egypt, Norden Architectural Engraving, c.1755
- Pl. 247Antique Greater Rhea & Black Swan Engraving, Bertuch, 1798
- Pl. 248Original Antique Print of Toucan, Hornbill and Birds of Paradise, 1790
- Pl. 249Antique Lyrebird & Tailorbird Engraving, Bertuch, 1796
