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'The Little Black Bullfinch' by Mark Catesby Hand-Colored Copperplate Engraving 1741

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Mark Catesby (1679-1749), pair of hand colored copper: Mark Catesby (1679-1749), pair of hand colored copper plate engravings, (1) The Purple Jack-Daw Monedula Purpuria T12; (2) The Little Owl Noctua Aurita Minor T7, framed and matted, plate size 10" x 14

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1771 Catesby Engraving Little Brown Bean Snake: **Originally Listed At $600** Mark Catesby (British, 1683-1749), "Little Brown Bean Snake", a hand colored, original, copper plate engraving on fine laid paper, from "The Natural History of Carolina,

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'The Bahama Finch' by Mark Catesby Hand-Colored Copperplate Engraving 1741: 1741 Mark Catesby (1683-1749) "The Bahama Finch" Hand-Colored Copperplate Engraving. Page measures 9 1/2" x 16 Overall good condition. Some foxing, toning, small tears along left margin.

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Mark Catesby (After) Engraving, "The Green Turtle": After Mark Catesby Hand-Colored Copper Plate Engraving entitled "The Green Turtle", depicting a sea turtle on beach, from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands, 1771 Edition

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Mark Catesby (After) Engraving "The Green Turtle": Engraving, after Mark Catesby, Hand-Colored Copper Plate Engraving entitled "The Green Turtle", depicting a sea turtle and vegetation, from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Isl

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Mark Catesby (1679-1749), pair of hand colored copper: Mark Catesby (1679-1749), pair of hand colored copper plate engravings, (1) Suillus, The Great Hog-Fish T15; (2) An Acarauna T31 Natural History, framed and matted, plate size 14" x 10" and 10" x

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Mark Catesby (1679-1749), pair of hand colored copper: Mark Catesby (1679-1749), pair of hand colored copper plate engravings of fish, (1) Bagre T23; (2) Turdus Flavus T11, framed and matted, plate size 14" x 10" Provenance: Property from the Credit Suiss

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Mark Catesby (1679-1749), pair of hand colored copper: Mark Catesby (1679-1749), pair of hand colored copper plate engravings of fish, (1) Turdus Rhomboidedis T10; (2) Alburus Turdus T12, framed and matted, plate size 14" x 10" Provenance: Property from t

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Mark Catesby (1679-1749), pair of hand colored copper: Mark Catesby (1679-1749), pair of hand colored copper plate engravings of fish, (1) Anthea T25; (2) Perca Rubra T3, framed and matted, plate size 10" x 14" Provenance: Property from the Credit Suisse

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Mark Catesby (1679-1749), pair of hand colored copper: Mark Catesby (1679-1749), pair of hand colored copper plate engravings of fish, (1) Umbla Mino, Vulpis Bahamentis T1; (2) Hirundo, Perca, Perca Fluvlatilis T8, framed and matted, plate size 14" x 10"

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Mark Catesby (1679-1749), pair of hand colored copper: Mark Catesby (1679-1749), pair of hand colored copper plate engravings of fish, (1) Mormijrus T13; (2) Turdus T9, framed and matted, plate size 14" x 10" Provenance: Property from the Credit Suisse Am

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Mark Catesby (1679-1749), pair of hand colored copper: Mark Catesby (1679-1749), pair of hand colored copper plate engravings of fish, (1) Remora, The Sucking Fish T26; (2) Arbor Populi T24, framed and matted, plate size 14" x 10" Provenance: Prope

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18th C. Mark Catesby Colored Engraving, Flying Squirrel: **Originally Listed At $400** Mark Catesby (British, 1683-1749), "Flying Squirrel", a hand colored copper plate engraving on fine laid paper, Plate 77, Volume II. London: printed for Benjamin White, 1

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Mark Catesby (1683-1749) Hand Colored Engraving: 18th C. hand colored copper plate engraving on laid paper of "Prunus Martima" the Mangrove Grape, by British naturalist Mark Catesby, plate #96 from "Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Baham

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Mark Catesby (1683-1749) Hand Colored Engraving: 18th C. hand colored copper plate engraving on laid paper showing "Lacertus, Lignum Camp" (Jamaican Chameleon with Logwood), plate T66 from "Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Island

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'The Little Black Bullfinch' by Mark Catesby Hand-Colored Copperplate Engraving 1741

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1741 Mark Catesby (1683-1749) 'The Little Black Bullfinch' Hand-Colored Copperplate Engraving.

Measures approximately 8 1/2" x 11 1/2"
With margins 10" x 16"

Overall fair condition. Small tear on left margin.

Mark Catesby (1683 -1749) who became known as the father of American Ornithology, was a naturalist sent over at the request of Queen Caroline to do the birds of the Carolinas in America 1710-1719 and again from 1722-1726. To ensure that the plates in his book should be true to life, he learned to engrave, and did the plates for his book, "The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and Bahama Islands" which was published from 1731 to 1743.

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'The Little Black Bullfinch' by Mark Catesby Hand-Colored Copperplate Engraving 1741

Name: 'The Little Black Bullfinch' by Mark Catesby Hand-Colored Copperplate Engraving 1741
Brand: Mark Catesby
SKU: 170603630
Price: 20 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $400 - $1,000

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