thirteen-antique-bird-prints-includes-three-audubon-octavos
Lot 195
Thirteen Antique Bird Prints, Includes Three Audubon Octavos
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
To include: F. N. Martinet, copperplate engraving of two birds (Paris, 1770-1786), on laid paper (12.5 x 9 in.); two prints from Album of Birds (Philadelphia, circa 1830) (10.25 x 14 in.); three octavo lithographs from Audubon's Birds of America (Philadelphia, 1840-1844), titles include Wild Turkey / Male, No. 58, Pl. 287, with text pages; Wild Turkey Female & Young, No. 58, Pl. 288; Great American White Egret, No. 74, Pl. 370, with text pages (6.5 x 10 in.); Bullfinch and Grapes, Gleanings From Nature (London, circa 1850) (12.25 x 9.75 in.). These prints are presented behind mats, plus six loose prints from Studer's Birds of North America, 1876 (14.5 x 11.75 in.).

Collection from Strawberry Hill Antiques, Alexandria, Virginia

A few scattered spots of foxing; occasional roughness to edges; overall good condition.