THIS ITEM IS A GENUINE ORIGINAL VINTAGE PRINT
FROM THE SOURCE/DATE LISTED
Name - Bee Eater. Blie Rake, King Fisher, Bearded Cuckoo, Surukus
Date - 1878 is an assumed date as we received the prints & text with no covers or title pages. Based on a advertising broadside that was included in the lot, and the original print size of 12x15", we have to conclude that this is the 1878 First Bound Edition
Source - Birds of North America, Volume 2 - Note that Volume 2 seems to study birds from around the world, not just North America
By - Jacob Studer
Comment - Studer bird prints are known as the “poor man’s Audubon bird prints”, that is, about as good as Audubon’s prints, but less expensive
Figure Identification -
1 Common Bee Eater
2 Blue Rake
3 Mot-Mot
4 Java Broad-Throat
5 Todi
6 European King Fisher
7 Red Breasted Tree Halicon
8 Green Jacamar
9 Bearded Cuckoo
10 Surukus
Type - lithograph, tinted black/white, blank backed
Size - 12x15"
Note - the line in the left border is where the protective tissue was formerly attached
Condition - Very Nice, top edge of border has some light wear in blank border areas only
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