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The Head and Bill of the Man of War Bird: Price: US$440.00 (includes shipping cost).
Hand-coloured engraving from the Natural History of Birds, by Eleazar Albin published from 1731-38, 1st English edition. Pg. 81.
Size: approximately 9 1/4 inches wide by 11 5/8 inches long, (23.5cm x 29.7cm). The paper is hand made chain-linked, watermarked. This print has a watermark.
Condition: very good, upper left corner trimmed on angle, please see larger image.
Text: no descriptive text.
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Solan goose or gannet: Price: US$135.00 (includes shipping cost).
Hand-coloured engraving from the Natural History of Birds, by Eleazar Albin published from 1731-38, 1st English edition. Pg. 86.
Size: approximately 9 inches wide by 11 3/8 inches long, (22.5cm x 29cm). The paper is hand made chain-linked, watermarked. This print has a watermark.
Condition: good, with close trimming especially on the left edge. Please see larger image.
Text: no descriptive text.
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The Bittern: Price: US$380.00 (includes shipping cost).
Hand-coloured engraving from the Natural History of Birds, by Eleazar Albin published from 1735-50.
Size: approximately 9 inches wide by 11 3/8 inches long, (22.5cm x 29cm). The paper is hand made chain-linked, watermarked. This print has a watermark.
Condition: very good, please see larger image.
Text: no descriptive text.
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The Crested Grebe: Price: US$300.00 (includes shipping cost).
Hand-coloured engraving from the Natural History of Birds, by Eleazar Albin published from 1735-50.
Size: approximately 9 inches wide by 11 3/8 inches long, (22.5cm x 29cm). The paper is hand made chain-linked, watermarked. This print does not have a watermark.
Condition: excellent, please see larger image.
Text: no descriptive text.
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Crested Lark: Price: US$260.00 (includes shipping cost).
This is plate 52 from Eleazar Albin's "A Natural History of British Birds", published in London, 1731-1738. It was the first large English work on ornithology to be illustrated exclusively with hand-coloured plates. This is a fine copperplate engraving on hand-laid paper dated July 29, 1737.
Size: approximately 9 1/4 inches wide by 11 1/4 inches long. Condition: very good, the engraving is over 271 years old with normal paper age toning and some spotting and faint offset but the hand colouring is still beautiful.
Text: no descriptive text.
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The Bald or Vulturine Eagle: Price: US$395.00 (includes shipping cost).
Hand-coloured engraving from the Natural History of Birds, 1st English edition, by Eleazar Albin published from 1731 - 38. Plate 3, Vol. II. Eliz. Albin delin. The paper is hand made chain-linked.
Print size: 8 15/16 by 10 7/8 inches approximately (22.7cm x 27.7 cm).
Condition: excellent, with very little foxing. Please see the large images.
Text: no text included.
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The Canada Goose, Anser Canadensis: Price: US$300.00 (includes shipping cost).
Hand-coloured engraving from the Natural History of Birds by E. Albin del., 1st English edition, was published between 1731-38. Plate 92. The paper is hand made chain-linked.
Print size: 9 3/16 by 11 1/4 inches approximately (23.5 x 28.8 cm).
Condition: excellent.
Text: no text included.
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The Greater Sea Swallow, Hirundo Marina major: Price: US$415.00 (includes shipping cost).
Hand-coloured engraving from the Natural History of Birds by Eleazar Albin from the 1st English edition published between 1731-38. The paper is hand made chain-linked, watermarked. Plate 88, Vol. II.
Print size: 9 1/4 by 11 1/4 inches approximately (23.6 x 28.8 cm).
Condition: excellent.
Text: no text included.
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Redpol: Price: US$230.00 (includes shipping cost).
Hand–coloured engraving from the Natural History of Birds by Eleazar
Albin 1731-38. Eliz. Albin delin. The paper is hand made chain-linked, watermarked. This print has no watermark.
Print size: 9 1/8 by 11 1/4 inches approximately (23.4 x 28.8cm).
Condition: excellent, with some age toning and very little foxing. Please see the large images.
Text: no text included.
Note about the larger photos: The images appear to have a blue tone background. The background is actually a light buff colour.
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Starling: Price: US$230.00 (includes shipping cost).
Hand-coloured engraving from the Natural History of Birds (French edition, Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux) by Eleazar Albin published from 1735-50. The 1st English edition was published between 1731-38. The paper is hand made chain-linked,
watermarked. This print does not have the watermark.
Print size: 9 1/8 by 11 1/4 inches approximately (23.4 x 28.8cm).
Condition: very good, with some age toning and some foxing. Please see the large images.
Text: no text included.
Note about the larger photos: The image appears to have a blue tone background. The background is actually light buff coloured. The colour is closer to reality in the two close-up photos.
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The Nightangale: Price: US$140.00 (includes shipping cost).
Hand–coloured engraving from the Natural History of Birds by Eleazar
Albin 1731-38. Eliz. Albin delin. The paper is hand made chain-linked, watermarked. This print has no watermark.
Print size: 9 1/8 by 11 3/8 inches approximately (23.3 x 29 cm).
Condition: excellent, with some age toning and very little foxing.
Text: no text included.
Note about the larger photo: The image appears to have a blue tone background. The background is actually light buff coloured.
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Yellow hammer: Price: US$195.00 (includes shipping cost).
Hand-coloured engraving from the Natural History of Birds (French edition, Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux) by Eleazar Albin published from 1735-50. The 1st English edition was published between 1731-38. The paper is hand made chain-linked, watermarked. This print has no watermark.
Print size: 8 13/16 by 11 inches approximately (22.5 x 28.2 cm).
Condition: excellent, with some age toning and almost no foxing.
Text: no text included.
Note about the larger photos: The images appear to have a blue tone background. The background is actually light buff coloured.
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The Stock-Dove or Wood-Pidgeon: Price: US$210.00 (includes shipping cost).
Hand-coloured engraving from the Natural History of Birds (French edition, Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux) by Eleazar Albin published from 1735-50. The 1st English edition was published between 1731-38. The paper is hand made chain-linked, watermarked. This print has no watermark.
Print size: 9 1/4 by 11 3/8 inches approximately (23.6 x 29 cm).
Condition: excellent, with almost no foxing.
Text: no text included.
Note about the larger photos: The images appear to have a blue tone background. The background is actually very light buff coloured.
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Hedge Sparrow, Curinca: Price: US$215.00 (includes shipping cost).
Hand-coloured engraving from the Natural History of Birds by Eleazar Albin published from 1731-38. The 1st English edition.
Size: approximately 9 1/2 inches wide by 11 1/2 inches long (23.7cm x 29.2cm). The paper is hand made chain-linked, watermarked. This print has the watermark.
Condition: very good, with some age toning and minimal foxing.
Text: no descriptive text.
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