Plate XXXI Jack-daw / Magpie
$14,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books
An original etched copper printing plate, from Illustrations of British Ornithology Edinburgh and London: 1821- 1834 -1839 , Plate-maker's stamp on verso Willm. Pontifex Son & Co./ No 46/ Shoe Lane London. With: An uncoloured proof print from the plate. A fine original copper printing plate from the finest and largest book about British Birds Jackson . The plate was used to print plate 31 from Selby's major work. Christine Jackson writes of the prints: The copper plates were
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