Seligmann Edwards Bird Prints Bird Prints

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Parus Surinamensis vertice EDS162 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $95	Fringilla ventre caeruleo EDS163 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: SOLD	Hummingbid, Icterus minor, Rubecula viridis, Physalis ramosissima, Alkekengi indicum EDS164 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $95


Oenanthe fulva EDS165 ~~$155~~ Sale Price: $105	Rubicilla fusca major EDS174 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $85	Passer sinensis fulvus EDS167 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $95


Avis mellivora minor cristata, hummingbird and nest EDS183 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $95	Certhia fusca minor EDS180 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $95	Avis mellivora minor gutture, hummingbird nest and egg EDS185 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $95


Certhiae Indicae purpureae EDS186 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $95	Ruticilla dorso cinereo EDS190 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $85	Mellivora pectore rubro, Mus avellanarum minor EDS188 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $85


Ruticilla gutture caeruleo EDS192 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $85	Merula pectore rubro EDS196 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $85	Rubecula dorso caeruleo EDS194 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $85


Rubicilla fusca minima, Parus niger et fulvus EDS203 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $85	Regulus cristatus, Trochilus antiquorum, Vespa ichneumon Virginica EDS199 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $85	Turtus vertice aureo, Muscicapa coerulea EDS200 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $85


Parus viridis maculatus, Muscicapa cinerea et lutea, no text EDS206 ~~$115~~ Sale Price: $75	Ficedula tertia EDS208 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $85	Muscicapa viridis gutture nigro, Certhia et alba EDS209 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $85


Fuscinia fusco luteo varia, margin tight on left EDS210 ~~$115~~ Sale Price: $75	Certhia minor ex albo nigro EDS182 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $85	Muscicapa gutture rubro EDS212 ~~$125~~ Sale Price: $85


Lanius minimus EDS213 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $85	Muscicapa Indica viridis EDS214 ~~$125~~ Sale Price: $85	Muscicapa cauda lutea, Muscicapa lutea maculata EDS215 ~~$125~~ Sale Price: $85


Hirundo caerula Canadensis, margin tight on left EDS216 ~~$115~~ Sale Price: $75	Bird of Paradise, Manucodiata major Mesembryanthemum articulis, margin tight on left EDS217 ~~$115~~ Sale Price: $75	Montifringilla major Canadensis, Euphorbium heptagonum Cactus, margin tight on left EDS218 ~~$115~~ Sale Price: $75


Lanius cauda forcipata EDS222 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $85	Parus coeruleus pectore purpureo, Manakin EDS223 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $85	Coccothraustes sinensis EDS224 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $85


Cuculus fulvus maculatus EDS225 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $85	Merula rosea EDS226 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $85	Cuculus indicus niger EDS227 ~~$115~~ Sale Price: $75


Caryocatactes nucifraga EDS228 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $85	Loxia, Crossbill EDS229 ~~$115~~ Sale Price: $75	Lanius collurio Surinamensis, margin tight on left EDS230 ~~$115~~ Sale Price: $75


Rubicilla America Willughby, Virginianus pyracanthae EDS219 ~~$165~~ Sale Price: $115	Coccothraustes sinensis EDS235 ~~$125~~ Sale Price: $85	Muscicapa aureo vertice EDS234 ~~$115~~ Sale Price: $75

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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.”

(References include: Fine Bird Books 1700-1900, pg. 93 and Dictionary of Bird Artists of the World, pg. 232)

These prints are in excellent condition with the ORIGINAL hand coloring still very vivid and vibrant, with no oxidation of colors. The paper is strong & chain-lined and light creamy in color, with strong plate marks and some watermarking. There is very little to no foxing, and it is almost all marginal. Most prints are named, dated & signed in the plate by the hand of Edwards himself. Each print measures 9 inches wide by 11 1/4 inches long. The condition is superb for a work that is about 270 years old. This set is the most complete we have ever had & it is a great please to view prints we have never before seen.

George Edwards Bird Prints from Seligmann Edition

Seligmann Edwards Bird Prints Bird Prints