Muscicapa Corona Rubra: The Tyrant; Cornus mas odorata, folio trifido margine plano, Sassafras dicta, Tab. 55.
Etching handcolored, 1731.
Paper size 14 1/16 x 20 1/2" (357 x 518 mm).
Good condition with original color. LOCATION: New York City
Inventory Number: 63250
Price: $3,600.00
Publisher :
From, ‘The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands: Containing Figures of Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, Insects and Plants:…’ Engravings by Catesby, published in London 1731-1743 (first edition), 1751-1755 (second edition), 1771-1775 (third edition) c.1800 (fourth edition). This particular impression is from the first edition. 18th-19th Century Subjects, Natural History - Birds, Mark Catesby