Edwards Monkey, Elephant, Turtle Engravings 1743

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Bill of Egyptian Ibis, Least Hummingbird, Horned Beetles EDB309 Reg. Price: ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $95	Drawn from a young Elephant, in London, The female Rhinoceros, drawn from life in London EDB316 Reg. Price: ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $95 old repair right margin into plate as shown	Great Bat of Madagascar and Sparrow of Paradise EDB311 Reg. Price: ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $95


The little bush-tailed Monkey from Surinam EDB324 Reg. Price: ~~$155~~ Sale Price: $99	Man of Siberia EDB313 Reg. Price: ~~$125~~ Sale Price: $85	The Black Maucauco from Madagascar EDB317 Reg. Price: ~~$145~~ Sale Price: SOLD


St. Jago Monkey EDB321 Reg. Price: ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $95	Orangutan, The Satier, Sauage, Wild-man... EDB322 Reg. Price: ~~$155~~ Sale Price: $99	The Sloth EDB323 Reg. Price: ~~$125~~ Sale Price: $85


Pig-tailed Monkey of Sumatra EDB327 Reg. Price: ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $89	Indian Redstart & Thorn-tailed Indian Lizard EDB339 Reg. Price: ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $95	Little Ant-Eater EDB333 Reg. Price: ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $95


Small Kingfisher of a Green and Orange colour, Blue Lizard from the Island of Nevis EDB337 Reg. Price: ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $95	Little Indian Pye and Ground Squirrel EDB331 Reg. Price: ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $95	Butterfly, Small two-headed snake of Barbados EDB347 Reg. Price: ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $95


Flying Fish, Remora EDB340Reg. Price: ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $95	Hand of a Boy with Common Service Berry EDB312 Reg. Price: ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $95	Goldfish, Carp, Koi from China EDB342 Reg. Price: ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $95


Mustelus Spinax Shark, Walking-stick Insect EDB343 Reg. Price: ~~$125~~ Sale Price: $85	Sea Turtle EDB335 Reg. Price: ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $95	Horned Puffer and Sea Scorpion EDB345 Reg. Price: ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $95


Hairy Crab, Herringbone Coralline, Balanus EDB349 Reg. Price: ~~$115~~ Sale Price: $75	The Small Mud Tortoise EDB332 Reg. Price: ~~$155~~ Sale Price: SOLD	Greater Cockroach and Whistle Insect EDB351 Reg. Price: ~~$115~~ Sale Price: $75


Spur-fish and Indian Gattorugina EDB352 Reg. Price: ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $95	Indian Ichneumon EDB353 Reg. Price: ~~$125~~ Sale Price: $85


Great Spotted Lizard, with a forked Tail EDB354 Reg. Price: ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $95	The Porcupine from Hudson's Bay EDB357 Reg. Price: ~~$125~~ Sale Price: $85


Greenland Buck (Reindeer) EDB358 Reg. Price: ~~$155~~ Sale Price: $105	Little Indian Buffalo EDB359 Reg. Price: ~~$125~~ Sale Price: $85


Marmot of America EDB360 Reg. Price: ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $95	Wolverine EDB361 Reg. Price: ~~$125~~ Sale Price: $85

Mango Fish and Great Brown Locust
EDB344 ~~$145~~
Sale Price: $95

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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.”