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Rare hand-colored copperplate engraving by George Edwards (1694-1773) -- sheet dimensions: approx. 31.5x24cm. -- well preserved. || Rare hand-colored copper engraving by George Edwards (1694-1773) -- in good condition. || George Edwards was an English naturalist and ornithologist. He is considered the father of British ornithology. He was born in Stratford, Essex in 1694. From 1716 onwards he traveled across mainland Europe, studied natural history and became known for his colored depictions of animals, especially birds. He learned the technique of etching from Mark Catesby, an English natural historian. On the recommendation of Sir Hans Sloane he became a Pedell in 1733. Bedell) of the Royal College of Physicians in London. From 1743 to 1751, Edwards published A Natural History of Birds. Three supplementary volumes entitled Gleanings of Natural History were published between 1758 and 1764. Both works together contain more than 600 etchings. Linnaeus often used Edward's first-ever descriptions as the basis for the scientific naming of numerous bird species. A German translation of the Natural History of Birds was printed a few years after its publication by the Nuremberg illustrator Johann Michael Seligmann. Other works by George Edwards include Essays of Natural History (1770) and Elements of Fossilogy: or, An Arrangement of Fossils, Into Classes, Orders, Genera, and Species; With Their Characters. (1776). Edwards was awarded the Copley Medal by the Royal Society in 1750 for A Natural History of Birds. The puffadder catshark Haploblepharus edwardsii was named after Edwards, who first described the species. Around 1764 Edwards retired to Plaistow, where he died in 1773. // George Edwards was an English naturalist and ornithologist. He is considered the "father of British ornithology". He was born in Stratford, Essex in 1694. From 1716 toured the European mainland, studied natural history and became known for its colored animal representations, especially of birds. He learned the technique of etching from Mark Catesby, an English natural historian. On the recommendation of Sir Hans Sloane he became Pedell (Bedell) of the Royal College of Physicians in London in 1733. From 1743 to 1751 Edwards published "A Natural History of Birds". Three supplementary volumes entitled "Gleanings of Natural History" were published between 1758 and 1764. Both works together contain more than 600 etchings. Linnaeus Often used Edwards' first descriptions as the basis for the scientific naming of numerous bird species. A German translation of the "Natural History of Birds" was printed a few years after its publication by the Nuremberg illustrator Johann Michael Seligmann. Other works by George Edwards include Essays of Natural History (1770) and Elements of Fossilogy: or, An Arrangement of Fossils, Into Classes, Orders, Genera, and Species; With Their Characters. (1776). Edwards was awarded the Copley Medal by the Royal Society for A Natural History of Birds in 1750. The puff adder shark Haploblepharus edwardsii was named after Edwards, who first described this species. Around 1764 Edwards retired to Plaistow, where he died in 1773.

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