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Original antique prints, books, maps and atlases

Name Of Print The Female Bustard. Plate # 39.
Author/Artist Eleazar Albin.
Date of Publication Published London c. 1738. 
Type of Print Original hand colored engraving. Printed on hand made watermarked "laid" paper. 
Size of Image

Folio: 11 1/2" X 9" (sheet size dimensions). 

Condition In overall very good to excellent condition.

Description

We are proud to be able to offer a fine selection of original hand colored engravings by Eleazar Albin  from his masterful work entitled A Natural History Of Birds". 

We are very pleased to offer these original copper plate engravings by Eleazar Albin the 1st English edition of The Natural History of Birds. This is the rarest and most highly prized of Albin’s works as it was hand colored entirely by Albin and his daughter, Elizabeth. There were only 89 sets published.

Albin was a German professional painter who settled in England in 1707, where he married and raised a family, changing his name from Weiss to Albin. He illustrated works on insects and spiders, earning his living by making watercolors of the collections of wealthy patrons, including Sir Hans Sloane, whose collection founded the British Museum. His work on birds was done late in his life & was the first large English work on ornithology, hand colored by Albin and his daughter Elizabeth & published initially in London from 1731-1738.

Thank you for looking and please be sure and look at our other auctions for other fine works by Audubon from the first as well as the 1860 editions of the Birds Of America. We also have other architectural, natural history plates as well as original maps, all guaranteed original.

 

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 Please note that we now have (finally, mercifully) a legitimate "about me" section where you can find more information about who we are and what we do as well as more tips on collecting prints and the various types of printing techniques that have been used over the years. In addition, we have hundreds of rare prints and colorplate books, maps and atlases at set prices. We have recently been fortunate enough to acquire, for example,  the original watercolors from Lewin's "Birds of Great Britain". We also have listed several prints from Shaw and Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany", flower prints from Curtis' "Flora Londinensis", P.J. Redoute's "Les Liliacees". Please also check out our ebay listings for some phenomenal Abbeville edition elephant folio restrikes of Audubon's "Birds Of America" which are what many refer to as the preeminent 20th century facsimile edition of this important work. We will be updating this frequently. We are committed to offering the very best antique prints available with over the top superior service.

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