Great Footed Hawk.

£25,000 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Plate 16 from John James Audubon's Birds of America which was printed between 1827 and 1838 with 435 life-size images of North American birds. Hand-coloured engraving with aquatint etching, on J. Whatman Turkey Mill dated 1827, minor surface soiling at margin extremes, otherwise in fine condition. Plate: 648 x 965mm (25½ x 38 in.) Sheet size : 662 x 995 mm (26 1/16 x 39 3/16 in.)

• Binding: Hardcover

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