Anonymous.

[Set of six Japanese woodcuts of birds.]

Six woodcuts with hand colour, published in Japan c.1880.

Johann Seligmann after George Edwards

FALCO Americanus maculates and AQUILA cauda alba Americana

Etching in original hand colour engraved by Johann Seligmann (1720-1762) after the life drawing of the English Natural Historian, George Edwards; published in Germany circa 1760.

Xaverio Manetti

Merlo in gran parte bianco

A copper-plate etching in original hand-colouring, published in Florence in 1767-76.

John Selby

Little Bustard

Etching in original hand colour published in P. J. Selby's "Illustrations of British Ornithology" in London in 1834.

John Selby

Ptarmigan

Etching in original hand colour published in P. J. Selby's "Illustrations of British Ornithology" in London in 1834.

John Gould

Buff-Breasted Tringa

Lithograph in full original hand colour issued in John Gould's "Birds of Europe" in London between 1832 and 1837.

John Gould

Whimbrel

Lithograph in full original hand colour issued in John Gould's "Birds of Europe" in London between 1832 and 1837.

William Hayes

Sheldrake

An etching by William Hayes with original hand colour; published in "Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds, with their descriptions, from the Menagerie... at Osterley Park", London 1777.

Beverley Morris

Great Snipe [&] Brown Snipe

Steel plate engravings with original hand colour by Beverley Morris and published in London in 1855.

Edward Julius Detmold

Cockerel

A magnificent, large scale etching of a Cockerel or Rooster; published in London in 1901.

Jacques Barraband

Pair of Parrots:
Le Perroquet a franges souci male
Variete du Perroquet a taches souci

A pair of colour printed stipple engraving by Jacques Barraband published in Paris between 1801 and 1805.

John Frederick MILLER

Birds of Paradise

A pair of copper plate engravings in full original hand colour; painted, engraved and also published by J. F. Miller and issued in his Cimelia Physica, in London in 1776.

George EDWARDS

Brazilian Toucan

An etching in original hand colour published in George Edwards' famous ornithological work, A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, in London between 1748 and 1764.

Benjamin WATERHOUSE HAWKINS.

Strix Coromanra, Lath Coromandel Owl. Lath Coromandel.

Lithograph with fine original colour, by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807-1894) for John Edward Gray's "Illustrations of Indian Zoology", London 1830-34.

Xaverio MANETTI

Falcons

A pair of copper-plate etchings in original hand-colouring, published in Florence in 1767-76.

John Frederick MILLER

Parrots

A pair of copper plate engravings in full original hand colour; painted, engraved and also published by J. F. Miller and issued in his Cimelia Physica, in London in 1776.

Mark Catesby.

Le Grand Heron hupe.

An etching in full original colour issued in 'Verzameling van Uitlandsche… Vogelen', published in Amsterdam between 1772 and 1781.

John Gould and H. C. Richter,

Dendrocygna Arcuata. (The Whistling Duck)

A lithograph by Gould and Richter in exceptionally vibrant original hand colour, published in Gould's magnificent opus 'The Birds of Australia' in London between 1840 and 48.

Charles Bonnet

Serins Male et Female

A soft ground etching by Charles Bonnet printed in sepia ink and published in Paris in 1770.

John Gould

Tadorna Radjah

A magnificent lithograph in original hand colour depicting the Radjah Shelduck (Tadorna Radjah). This plate was drawn and lithographed by J. Gould and H. C. Richter and appeared in Gould’s famous ornithological collection, The Birds of Australia, published in London between 1840 and 1869.

John and Elizabeth Gould

HYBRID GROUSE

A lithograph in original colour published in London between 1832 and 37.

Joseph WOLF after Daniel Giraud ELLIOT

Thaumalia Picta [Golden Pheasant]

A magnificent hand coloured lithograph by Wolf, Smit and Keulemans published as part of Elliot’s famous work, A Monograph of the Phasianidae or Family of the Pheasants, in New York in 1872.

Daniel Giraud ELLIOT

1. EUPLOCOMUS ALBO-CRISTATUS ~ White Crested Kaleege
2. EUPLOCAMUS NOBILIS ~ Bornean Fire Back

A magnificent pair of hand coloured lithographs by Wolf, Smit and Keulemans published as part of Elliot’s famous work, A Monograph of the Phasianidae or Family of the Pheasants, in New York in 1872.

Mark CATESBY

The Red Curlew

A copperplate etching, coloured by hand, published in the Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands in London between 1731 and 1743.

Prideaux John SELBY

Bittern

A copper plate etching with original hand colour, by P. J. Selby and William Lizars after Selby’s original drawings, published in London in 1834.

Prideaux John SELBY

Goosander (male)

A copper plate etching with original hand colour, by P. J. Selby and William Lizars after Selby’s original drawings, published in London in 1834.

George EDWARDS
[Group of Six Parrots & Tropical Birds]

Six etchings in exceptional, original hand colour published in A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, in London between 1748 and 1764.

Prideaux John SELBY

Black Scooter. Male.

Copper plate etching with original hand colour, by P. J. Selby and William Lizars after Selby’s original drawings.18½ x 22¼".

£950

Pass and Barlow after George Edwards

The Yellow Crested Cockatoo

A charming and quirky hand coloured etching by Pass after the drawing of the famous English ornithologist, George Edwards; published in London in 1798.

Pass and Barlow after George Edwards

Pair of Owls

1. The Passerina or Little Owl
2. The Great Horned Owl

A charming pair of hand coloured etchings by Pass and Barlow after the drawings of the famous English ornithologist, George Edwards; published in London in 1798.