Hand-colored engraving with etching and aquatint, Plate CCXCII from Birds of America, engraved, printed, and colored by R. Havell, London, 1827-38, full title reads Great Crested Grebe (Podices Cristatus), first edition, sheet bears J. Whatman watermark, with wide margins, unframed.

Sheet size 25 1/2 x 38 1/2 in.

Scattered repaired edge tears; corner chips lower left and right; moisture stain along lower edge; few spots.

$2,000 - 4,000