CATESBY, MARK. 8 hand-colored engraved plates
CATESBY, MARK. 8 hand-colored engraved plates extracted from Catesby's Natural History of Carolina... on folio sheets of laid paper bearing various watermarks (Strasbourg Lily, JWhatman and others); wide margins with binding edge; faint mat tone and foxing but overall no major faults. - London, eighteenth century (mixed editions)
* The Fox Coloured Thrush; plate 28
* The Chatterer; plate 46
* The Basterd Baltimore Bird; plate 49
* The Bahama Titmous; plate 59
* The Hooded Titmous; plate 60
* Ruticilla Americana [American Redstart/Black Walnut]; plate 67
* [Manchineel Tree]; volume 2, plate 95
* Black Pye with Spider Lily; supplement plate 5
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CATESBY, MARK. 8 hand-colored engraved plates extracted from Catesby's Natural History of Carolina... on folio sheets of laid paper bearing various watermarks (Strasbourg Lily, JWhatman and others); wide margins with binding edge; faint mat tone and foxing but overall no major faults. - London, eighteenth century (mixed editions)
* The Fox Coloured Thrush; plate 28
* The Chatterer; plate 46
* The Basterd Baltimore Bird; plate 49
* The Bahama Titmous; plate 59
* The Hooded Titmous; plate 60
* Ruticilla Americana [American Redstart/Black Walnut]; plate 67
* [Manchineel Tree]; volume 2, plate 95
* Black Pye with Spider Lily; supplement plate 5