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Ornithological Prints

Hand-colored bird prints from the finest European and American ornithological publications of the 18th and 19th centuries.

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9 pieces

Leon Curmer

Tropical Birds

Leon Curmer was the illustrator of Le Jardin des Plantes (1842), produced under the direction of Paul Gervais. This celebrated French natural history publication is distinguished by its exquisite hand-colored lithographs highlighted in gum arabic, producing a luminous quality rarely seen in 19th-century natural history illustration.

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Societe Typographique de Neuwied

Tropical Birds

The Societe Typographique de Neuwied produced a number of important natural history and scientific publications in the 1790s, including the Abrege d'Ornithologie de France -- a scarce late 18th-century French ornithological text with fine copper plate engravings.

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Rev. Francis Smith

Canaries

Rev. Francis Smith's The Canary, its Varieties, Management, and Breeding (London, 1857) is a charming Victorian natural history work illustrated with fine chromolithograph plates depicting canaries in their various colour forms. The plates combine scientific accuracy with decorative appeal, and are among the most attractive bird prints of the mid-19th century.

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