Jun 23, 2022 - Sale 2610

Sale 2610 - Lot 315

Price Realized: $ 531
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 800
(BIRDS.) Prideaux John Selby. Group of 13 hand-colored etched and engraved plates from Illustrations of British Ornithology. Folio sheets, 21x26 inches or smaller, many with 1820s "JWhatman" watermarks; scattered tears and soiling. London, 1817-1834

Additional Details

- Common Heron. Plate II.
- Roller. Plate XXXIV.
- Wryneck/Green Woodpecker/Greater Spotted Woodpecker/Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. Plate XXXVIII.
- Kingfisher, Male/Hoopoe. Plate XL.
- Bull Finch, Male/Bull Finch, Female/Common Sparrow, Male/Common Sparrow, Female/Green Finch/Chaffinch, Male/Chaffinch, Female/Mountain Finch, Male/Mountain Finch, Female/Lesser Redpole, Male. Plate LIV.
- Bimaculated Duck, Male. Plate LV.
- Hawfinch/Tree Sparrow/Common Linnet, Male/Common Linnet, Female/Mountain Linnet Male/Siskin, Female/Goldfinch, Male/Goldfinch Female. Plate LV.
- Long Tailed Duck. Plate LXI.
- Tufted Pochard, Male. Plate LXV.
- Eider Duck, Male. Plate LXX.
- Eider, Female. Plate LXX.
- King Eider, Male & Female. Plate LXXI.
- Black Headed Gull, Summer Plumage. Plate XCII.