George Edwards Bird Prints 1745

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The Green-Pie from the East Indies
EDB274
$155
Sale Price: $99
The Cedar of Libanus, Coccothraustes vulgaris, the Gros-beak or Haw-finch
EDB229
$225
Sale Price: $125
Black Indian Cuckoo
EDB254
Reg. Price: $145
Sale Price: $95
The Curucui
EDB255
Reg. Price: $155
Sale Price: $99
The Blue and Green Dani from the East Indies
EDB256
Reg. Price: $165
Sale Price: $105
The Snow Bird
EDB239
Reg. Price: $145
Sale Price: $95
The Black Headed Indian Icterus
EDB261
$185
Sale Price: $125
The Rose Ouzel EDB264 $155
Sale Price:
$99
The Black and Yellow Daw
EDB266
Reg. Price: $155
Sale Price: $99
The Grey Pye of Brasil,
and the black and yellow Moth from China
EDB267
Reg. Price: $155
Sale Price: $99
The Wall-creeper of Surinam,
Great Swallow-tailed Butterfly from China
EDB283
Reg. Price: $155
Sale Price: $99
The Whip-Poor-Will
EDB269
Reg. Price: $185
Sale Price: $125
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 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:
SOLD
The Chinese Quail and the Guernsey Lizard
EDB291
Reg. Price: $155
Sale Price: $99
Purple Martin of America
EDB277
Reg. Price: $195
Sale Price: $135
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:
SOLD
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
Black Indian Cuckoo
EDB254
Reg. Price: $145
Sale Price: $95
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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