May 19, 2015 - Sale 2384

Sale 2384 - Lot 267

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
CATESBY, MARK. Seven hand-colored engraved plates, extracted from the first edition of Catesby's The Natural History of Carolina, [etc.], on full folio sheet of laid paper, various appropriate watermarks. [London: for the Author, 1731-43]

Additional Details

Largest Crest Heron with Spotted Eastern Salamander and Insects. Plate 10. Java Hare with Wild Fig. Plate 18. Perca marina gibbosa cinerea: The Margate Fish. Plate T2. Turdus Pinnis, branchialibus carens: The mangrove Snapper. Plate T9. Anseri Bassano Fusca Avis: The Booby. Plate T87. Pelicanus Americanus: The Wood Pelican. Plate T81. Aurata Bahamensis: The Porgy. Plate T16.