Antique Bird Prints

Ornithological illustrations were created not just as part of the pursuit of scientific knowledge
but also as objects of considerable æsthetic beauty.

[ Audubon (folio) | Audubon (first octavo) | Audubon (second octavo) | Catesby | Christian Knowledge ]
[ Daniell | Doughty | Edwards | Gould | Lewin | Pope | Wilson ]

Mark Catesby. [1731-43]. Bird prints from the first natural history of American flora & fauna. Folio. Ca. $1,700 to $4,000.	George Edwards. 1751-1758. Prints by the 'father of British ornithology.' Quarto. $175-$350.
Johann Michael Seligmann. [1749-76]. German edition prints after Mark Catesby and George Edwards. Small folio. $350 to $750.	John James Audubon. 1827-39/1860. Incomparable, double-elephant folio prints by Audubon. Ca. $2,000 to $125,000.
John James Audubon. 1840-44. Lovely and affordable, reduced versions of Audubon's birds. Royal octavo. Ca. $150 to $750	John James Audubon. 1856.. Second edition, octavo prints. Royal octavo. $175 to $275.
William Lewin. 1789-1801. Birds of Great Britian, both first edition watercolors and second edition engravings. Quarto. $90 to $450.	Alexander Wilson. [1803-33]. Bird prints from the first American ornithology. Folio. $250 to $575.
William Daniell. 1807. Natural history prints by this noted British artist. Octavo. $75 to $90.	Thomas Doughty. 1830-32. Unusual images from an early American sporting work. Quarto. $175 to $250.
Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge. 1845-47. Unusual images from a British work. Quarto. $125 to $270.	John Gould. 1832-61. Hummingbirds and birds of prey illustrated by the "Bird Man." Folio. $600 to $1,600.
Alexander Pope. 1877-78. Upland Game Birds and Water Fowl of the United States. Folio $450 to $650.

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[ Audubon (folio) | Audubon (first octavo) | Audubon (second octavo) ]
[ Catesby | Daniell | Doughty | Edwards | Gould | Pope | Wilson ]

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