George Edwards Bird Prints 1745

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Fork-Tailed Butcher Bird
EDB276 Reg. Price: $155
Sale Price: $99		 Three-toed Wood Pecker, Hudson's Bay
EDB297 Reg. Price: $165
Sale Price: $105		 The black and white crested bird of Paradise
EDB278 Reg. Price: $195
Sale Price: $135
The Hen Peacock Pheasant
EDB282 Reg. Price: $185
Sale Price: $125		 The Wall-creeper of Surinam,
Great Swallow-tailed Butterfly from China
EDB283 Reg. Price: $155
Sale Price: $99		 The Wall-creeper or Spider-catcher
EDB284 Reg. Price: $145
Sale Price: $95
The Gree-Pie from the East Indies
EDB274 Reg. Price: $155
Sale Price: $99		 The Great Spotted Cuckow
EDB286 Reg. Price: $155
Sale Price: $99		 The black and white Butcher-bird from Surinam,
and a Small Butterfly from China
EDB287 Reg. Price: $155
Sale Price: $99
The Greater Bullfinch Hen, North America
EDB288 Reg. Price: $155
Sale Price: $99		 Birds from Jamaica
EDB270 Reg. Price: $145
Sale Price: $95		 The Pigeon
EDB290 Reg. Price: $145
Sale Price: $95
The Chinese Quail and the Guernsey Lizard
EDB291 Reg. Price: $155
Sale Price: $99		 The Mock-Bird
EDB292 Reg. Price: $155
Sale Price: $99		 The Schomburger
EDB293 Reg. Price: $145
Sale Price: $95
Yellow-ringed Pie, and the great Locust
EDB299 Reg. Price: $155
Sale Price: $99		 Beaks of Exotic Birds, Hornbills,
from Carolina and the East Indies
EDB295 Reg. Price: $125
Sale Price: $85		 Short-tailed Pie from the East Indies,
Elephant-beetle from the West Indies
EDB296 Reg. Price: $145
Sale Price: $95
The Horned Pheasant
EDB300 Reg. Price: $165
Sale Price: $105		 The Long Tailed Grous, Hudson's Bay
EDB301 Reg. Price: $165
Sale Price: $105		 The Francolin
EDB302 Reg. Price: $155
Sale Price: $99
The Black and Spotted Heath Cock, Hudson's Bay
EDB303 Reg. Price: $155
Sale Price: $99		 The White Partridge, Hudson's Bay
EDB304 Reg. Price: $175
Sale Price: $115		 A Species of the Heath-cock, or Grous, from Pensilvania, where it is called a Pheasant
EDB305 SOLD
The Little Grous from Alleppo where it is called Kata
EDB306 Reg. Price: $155
Sale Price: $99		 The Brown & Spotted Heathcock, Hudson's Bay
EDB307 Reg. Price: $155
Sale Price: $99		 Otis Minor, Canne-Petiere, the field Duck
EDB308 Reg. Price: $155
Sale Price: $99
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George Edwards Bird Prints 1745

We are delighted to offer a selection of bird prints from the increasingly rare & treasured A Natural History of Uncommon Birds (1743-1751) and Gleaning of Natural History (1758-1764) by George Edwards. Initially published as two separate works, they are now considered as one, with 362 plates in all, with 318 of birds & the balance of various mammals, fish & insects. It was heralded as the most important of all Bird Books, both from an artistic and an ornithological perspective, and time has certainly not dimmed either its luster or appeal.

George Edwards was an English draughtsman and a skilled observer of birds and one of the most prominent ornithologists of his day. He worked as Librarian to the Royal College of Physicians, where he was later elected a fellow, and was honored with the Gold Medal of the Royal Society. As the Librarian to the Royal College of Physicians, he oversaw a library of 8,000 volumes. The small honorarium he received for this post liberated him to pursue his ornithological studies and drawings. He died in West Ham, which was also his birthplace, in 1773.

Natural History and Gleanings was illustrated for the first time many foreign species often drawn from live specimens held in captivity in London. Edwards etched his own plates and then hand colored several copies before supervising others in the coloring. The result is a work of superb skill and breathtaking color that remains ever popular and is now increasingly rare. Such was the impact of Natural History and Gleanings, that Edwards is considered to have almost single-handedly popularized the art of bird and animal illustration, and is thus known as “The Father of British Ornithology.”


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