Antique print-NATURAL HISTORY-BIRD-CHATTERER-COLY-AMPELIS-COLIUS-Rees-1820

original etching/engraving on a velin type watermarked paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 21 x 27 cm. The image size is ca. 18.5 x 22.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 8.3 x 10.6 inch. The image size is ca. 7.3 x 8.9 inch.

Part Ornithology. Plate IV, Div. 1st. Land Birds, order Passeres titled: Genus Ampelis (Chatterer), g. Colius (Coly). It shows: 1. A. Carunculata (Carunculated C.), 2. A. Cotinga (Purple Breasted C.), 3. A. Pompodora (Pompadore C.), 4. A. Carnifex (Red C.), 5. C. Capensis (Cape C.), 6. C. Erythropus (White-Backed C.). 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.Artists and Engravers: Engraved by Milton after Sydenham Teast Edwards.

Condition: Very good, given age. General age-related toning and mild foxing. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-NATURAL HISTORY-BIRD-CHATTERER-COLY-AMPELIS-COLIUS-REES

(PCO) C212-39