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Lot 1104
Four Framed Ornithological Prints
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
To include two hand-colored etchings by Martinet, Courvite, de la côte de Coromandel and Crapaud - Volant out Tette-Chevre, au Cayenne, 18th century; a hand-colored engraving from Alexander Wilson's American Ornithology, "Plate 63: Roseate Spoonbill, American Avoset, Ruddy Plover, Sandpiper," 19th century; and an offset lithograph depicting a Burmese Roller; each framed.

Frame dimensions 16 1/4 x 14 3/4 in. (the largest)

Collection of a Lady, Memphis, Tennessee

The first two in overall good condition with some sheet waviness and few foxing marks; the second and third with toning and few foxing marks (more so to the fourth); not examined out of frames.