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Encyclopedia Londinensis
Compiled by John Wilkes, edited by John Jones
Issued in 24 volumes from 1796-1828
George Edwards and others (J. Pass, engraver)

Original Hand-coloured Engravings Nearly 200 Years Old • Titles in English
Sheet size: approximately 5 x 8½ inches.
Minor foxing present on some plates

An exuberant group of prints by 'The Father of British Ornithology,' George Edwards (1694-1773), well-remembered for his ornithological work and for the publication of his marvelous Natural History of Uncommon Birds, was a familiar figure in British naturalist circles of the mid-eighteenth century. He was a good friend of Mark Catesby, who created the first American ornithology, and of Sir Hans Sloane, the founder of the British Museum. Edwards produced his impressive volumes almost single-handedly, for not only did he make the drawings upon which the prints are based, but he also wrote the text, etched the plates and did his own coloring. For this work, Edwards was elected to the Royal Society and his fame spread throughout Europe. So great was the impact of his History, that Edwards has been credited with almost alone popularizing the art of bird and animal illustration with this historic publication. Thus, these wonderfully decorative prints are as significant as they are delightful and beautiful.

The Red Spider Catcher

The Red Spider Catcher

Purple throated Chatterer

Purple throated Chatterer

The Pine Grosbeak

The Pine Grosbeak, or
greatest Bullfinch Cock & Hen


Cock of the Rock

The Crested Manakin, or
Cock of the Rock


Scarlet Tanager

The Golden Tanager, or Titmouse
The Scarlet Tanager


Numidian Crane

The Numidian, or Balearic Crane
The Cock, The Hen


Striated Tern

Striated Tern


Red-shafted Tropic Bird

The White-bellied Darter, and
Red-shafted Tropic Bird



(trimmed close at top)


The Eider Duck

The Eider Duck

$64.95

The Patagonian Penguin

The Patagonian Penguin


The Great Auk

The Great Auk

Little Stormy Petrel

The Pintado Petrel, and
little Stormy Petrel


$64.95

Awks

The Tufted, The Crested,
The Dusky, and
The Parroquet Awk


$64.95

Winter Mew and Arctic Gull

The Winter Mew
and Arctic Gull

(small unobtrusive
holes in paper)


$64.95

Starlings

The Wattled Starling
The Black and White Indian Starling


The Red-billed Promerops

The Red-billed Promerops


The Horned Screamer and American Jaribu

The Horned Screamer
and American Jaribu


$64.95

The crested Boatbill, and tufted Umbre

The crested Boatbill,
and tufted Umbre


The Paradise Bunting in its Summer dress The same Bird in its Winter plumage

The Paradise Bunting
in its Summer dress
The same Bird in its Winter plumage


The Phytotoma or Chilian Plant-Cutter; and the Chestnut Paradise Flycatcher

The Phytotoma or Chilian [sic]
Plant-Cutter; and the Chestnut Paradise Flycatcher


(note original watercolor smear around beak of lower bird)

The Indian Swallow The Alpine Swift

The Indian Swallow
The Alpine Swift


(note more prominent foxing)

$64.95

The Red Chatterer

The Red Chatterer

$64.95

The Purple-breasted Chatterer

The Purple-breasted Chatterer

$64.95

The Blue-backed Manakin, and the Golden-headed Manakin

The Blue-backed Manakin, and the Golden-headed Manakin

The Long-tailed Titmouse, Cock and Hen

The Long-tailed Titmouse,
Cock and Hen

(light watercolor smear around legs of bird on the left)

The Wood Lark, The Sky Lark, The Red Lark of America

The Wood Lark, The Sky Lark,
The Red Lark of America


(somewhat grubby)

$64.95

The Long-tailed Thrush and Rose-coloured Thrush

The Long-tailed Thrush and Rose-coloured Thrush

The Fork-tailed Goatsucker

The Fork-tailed Goatsucker


$64.95

The White-throated Goatsucker

The White-throated Goatsucker

(note lack of left margin)

$64.95

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Albatross
Plate 88

[Albatross]
(Signed in the plate by Edwards)

Sheet size: approx. 9 x 11½ inches • Image approx. 7½ x 9½ inches
on chain-laid, watermarked paper

NOT FROM SAME VOLUME
AS OTHERS ON THIS PAGE
Probably from

A Natural History of Birds, Most of which have not been figured or described and others very little known..."
London: 1743-1751


$174.95
The King of the Vultures

The King of the Vultures
(Designed by Edwards,
printed in 1739)
Sheet size: 8¾ x 11½ inches
on thick chain-laid, watermarked paper

NOT FROM SAME VOLUME AS OTHERS
ON THIS PAGE


$149.95

 

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