George Edwards Set of Twelve Bird Engravings,  Within Modern Decoupage Frames, From A Natural History of Uncommon Birds. Circa 1740.

George Edwards Set of Twelve Bird Engravings, 
Within Modern Decoupage Frames,
From A Natural History of Uncommon Birds.
Circa 1740.

Dimensions: 16 3/8 inches high x 13 5/8 inches x 1 1/8 inches deep.

Twelve examples from A Natural History of Uncommon Birds (1743-1751)  by George Edwards.  It was heralded as the most important of all bird books, both from an artistic and an ornithological perspective, and time has certainly not dimmed either its luster or appeal. The colouring is original hand-colouring.

George Edwards was an English draughtsman and a skilled observer of birds and one of the most prominent ornithologists of his day. He worked as Librarian to the Royal College of Physicians, where he was later elected a fellow, and was honored with the Gold Medal of the Royal Society. As the Librarian to the Royal College of Physicians, he oversaw a library of 8,000 volumes. The small honorarium he received for this post liberated him to pursue his ornithological studies and drawings. He died in West Ham, which was also his birthplace, in 1773.

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