Antique Bird Print of Seven Parrots of the Order Psittaciformes

Reference
BG-13362-38
Region
Asia
Category
Engraving
Sheet size
27.3 x 22.0 cm (10.7 x 8.7 in)
Condition
Fair
Availability
Available
Price
EUR 190

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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