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: SOLD


The Curucui EDB255Reg. 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:SOLD	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:SOLD


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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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.”