Plate XVI Common Redshank, Winter Plumage Tringa tetanus , Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus and Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
$12,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books
A fine original copper printing plate from the finest and largest book about British Birds Jackson , accompanied by publisher's proof impression before publication. The plate was used to print Plate XVI in Volume II: Water Birds of Selby's major work. Christine Jackson writes of the prints: The copper plates were superbly executed and the monochrome printed plates have an austere beauty unmatched in other bird books illustrated by line. Every feather is clearly visible,
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