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Gallinula Americana. [The Soree; Gentiana Virginiana...] Tab XL.

  • ARTIST: Mark Catesby

  • PUBLISHER: Published by Johann M. Seligmann, Germany.

  • MEDIUM: Hand colored copper plate engraving,

    DATE: 1749-76.

  • EDITION SIZE: Paper size: 15 1/2 x 9 3/4" (394 x 248 mm) plus margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: From, the 1749-76 edition of George Edwards A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, and of some other rare and undescribed animals, with, Gleanings of Natural History and The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and The Bahama Islands (Mark Catesby), Nuremberg edition. Translated and selected by Georg Leonhard Huth and plates re-engraved by Johann Michael Seligmann called, “Sammlung verschiedenen auslandischer und seltener Vogel”.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition. Some minor smudging in lower margin.

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