Mark Catesby

Artist's Biography

An Thymelaea foliis obtusis, Anseri Bassano & c. [The Great Booby].

Engraving handcolored, 1754
Paper size 14 7/16 x 20 3/4" (366 x 526 mm).
Good condition. LOCATION: New York City

Inventory Number: 87630
Price: $1,000.00
Publisher : A fine image from "The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands…”. First published in 1731-43 with subsequent editions published in 1754, 1777, and 1800. This is plate is from the second edition, published in London. Catesby was one of the first naturalists to visit and record the flora and fauna in America.Printed on watermarked paper. 18th-19th Century Subjects , Natural History - Birds , Mark Catesby

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