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Antique Bird Print of Seven Parrots of the Order Psittaciformes

€ 190

One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.

Sheet size
27.3 × 22 cm (10.7 × 8.7 in)
Condition
Fair
Reference
BG-13362-38

Condition

General age-related toning. Shows wear and soiling. Small tears in left and upper margin, slightly affecting title of print. Blank verso. Please study image carefully.

About this sheet

Original antique print. Part Ornithology. Plate I Divn. 1st. Land Birds, order 2d. Picae titled: Genus Psittacus (Parrot). It shows: 1. P. Macao, 2. P. Alexandri, 3. P. Aestivus, 4. P. Garrulus, 5. P. Moluccensis, 6. P. Banksii, 7. P. Pullarius. This original antique print originates from Rees’ ‘The Cyclopaedia. or, Universal Dictionary opf Arts, Sciences and Literature’. This important 19th-century encyclopedic work was published in serialized form from 1802 to 1820. The entire Cyclopaedia consisted of 39 volumes of text, 5 volumes of plates and an atlas. Engraved by Milton after Sydenham Teast Edwards.

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Antique Bird Print of Seven Parrots of the Order Psittaciformes
Antique Bird Print of Seven Parrots of the Order Psittaciformes
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