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Antique Print Department

313 Occidental Ave S. • Seattle, WA 98104 (Map)

Director: Emily Pothast (email) • 206 624.6700
Hours: Tue-Sat 10am-5:30pm

Etchings after Mark Catesby & George Edwards

Birds of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands

In 1749, German publisher Johann Michael Seligmann began to issue a nine-volume compilation of the work of renowned British naturalists Mark Catesby (1683-1749) and George Edwards (1694-1773). Over the next thirty years, the gradual release of these eagerly anticipated volumes brought vivid, charming images of New World birds to continental European audiences and made Seligmann a venerated name in natural history circles.

• Related Links: Naturalist Prints by John James Audubon, American Sporting Prints by Frank Benson

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  Bahama Sparrow
  Handcolored etching. Plate number 74 for Sammlung Verschiedener Auslandischer und Seltener Vogel (Collection of Various Foreign and Rare Birds). Published in Nuremburg, 1749-1776.
  11-1/2 x 8-3/8 inches.
  [27132c]
  $385
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  Black-headed Nuthatc and Brown-headed Nuthatch
  Handcolored etching. Plate number 44 for Sammlung Verschiedener Auslandischer und Seltener Vogel (Collection of Various Foreign and Rare Birds). Published in Nuremburg, 1749-1776.
  11-1/2 x 8-3/8 inches.
  [27140c]
  $350
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  Snow Bird
  Handcolored etching. Plate number 72 for Sammlung Verschiedener Auslandischer und Seltener Vogel (Collection of Various Foreign and Rare Birds). Published in Nuremburg, 1749-1776.
  11-1/2 x 8-3/8 inches.
  [27104c]
  $350
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  Small Sparrowhawk
  Handcolored etching. Plate number 30 for Sammlung Verschiedener Auslandischer und Seltener Vogel (Collection of Various Foreign and Rare Birds). Published in Nuremburg, 1749-1776.
  8-3/8 x 11-1/2 inches.
  [27098c]
  $385
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  Crested Duck
  Handcolored etching. Plate number 88 for Sammlung Verschiedener Auslandischer und Seltener Vogel (Collection of Various Foreign and Rare Birds). Published in Nuremburg, 1749-1776.
  8-3/8 x 12 inches.
  [27355c]
  $325
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  Purple Finch
  Handcolored etching. Plate number 82 for Sammlung Verschiedener Auslandischer und Seltener Vogel (Collection of Various Foreign and Rare Birds). Published in Nuremburg, 1749-1776.
  11-1/2 x 8-3/8 inches.
  [27136c]
  $325
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  Small Speckled Turtledove
  Handcolored etching. Plate number 52 for Sammlung Verschiedener Auslandischer und Seltener Vogel (Collection of Various Foreign and Rare Birds). Published in Nuremburg, 1749-1776.
  11-1/2 x 8-3/8 inches.
  [27129c]
  $400
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  The Lark
  Handcolored etching. Plate number 64 for Sammlung Verschiedener Auslandischer und Seltener Vogel (Collection of Various Foreign and Rare Birds). Published in Nuremburg, 1749-1776.
  11-1/2 x 8-3/8 inches.
  [27097c]
  $400
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  Little Sparrow
  Handcolored etching. Plate number 70 for Sammlung Verschiedener Auslandischer und Seltener Vogel (Collection of Various Foreign and Rare Birds). Published in Nuremburg, 1749-1776.
  11-1/2 x 8-3/8 inches.
  [27088c]
  $450
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  Black-bellied Plover
  Handcolored etching. Plate number 93 for Sammlung Verschiedener Auslandischer und Seltener Vogel (Collection of Various Foreign and Rare Birds). Published in Nuremburg, 1749-1776.
  11-1/2 x 8-3/8 inches.
  [27091c]
  $475
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  Violet Grossbeak
  Handcolored etching. Plate number 80 for Sammlung Verschiedener Auslandischer und Seltener Vogel (Collection of Various Foreign and Rare Birds). Published in Nuremburg, 1749-1776.
  11-1/2 x 8-3/8 inches.
  [27103c]
  $400
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  White Crowned Pigeon
  Handcolored etching. Plate number 50 for Sammlung Verschiedener Auslandischer und Seltener Vogel (Collection of Various Foreign and Rare Birds). Published in Nuremburg, 1749-1776.
  8-3/8 x 11-1/2 inches.
  [27087c]
  $465
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  Turkey Buzzard
  Handcolored etching. Plate number 12 for Sammlung Verschiedener Auslandischer und Seltener Vogel (Collection of Various Foreign and Rare Birds). Published in Nuremburg, 1749-1776.
  8-3/8 x 11-1/2 inches.
  [27090c]
  $450
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  Purple Jackdaw
  Handcolored etching. Plate number 24 for Sammlung Verschiedener Auslandischer und Seltener Vogel (Collection of Various Foreign and Rare Birds). Published in Nuremburg, 1749-1776.
  8-3/8 x 11-1/2 inches.
  [27095c]
  $475
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  Carolina Goat Head
  Handcolored etching. Plate number 16 for Sammlung Verschiedener Auslandischer und Seltener Vogel (Collection of Various Foreign and Rare Birds). Published in Nuremburg, 1749-1776.
  8-3/8 x 11-1/2 inches.
  [27143c]
  $285
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  Small Thrush
  Handcolored etching. Plate number 62 for Sammlung Verschiedener Auslandischer und Seltener Vogel (Collection of Various Foreign and Rare Birds). Published in Nuremburg, 1749-1776.
  11-1/2 x 8-3/8 inches.
  [27106c]
  $350
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  Tri-colored Finch
  Handcolored etching. Plate number 88 for Sammlung Verschiedener Auslandischer und Seltener Vogel (Collection of Various Foreign and Rare Birds). Published in Nuremburg, 1749-1776.
  11-1/2 x 8-3/8 inches.
  [27111c]
  $425
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  Le Touraco
  Handcolored etching. Plate number 13 for Sammlung Verschiedener Auslandischer und Seltener Vogel (Collection of Various Foreign and Rare Birds). Published in Nuremburg, 1749-1776.
  10 x 7-3/4 inches.
  [27123c]
  $325
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  Water Goose with Spurred Wings
  Handcolored etching. Plate number 95 for Sammlung Verschiedener Auslandischer und Seltener Vogel (Collection of Various Foreign and Rare Birds). Published in Nuremburg, 1749-1776.
  10 x 7-3/4 inches.
  [27094c]
  $450
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  Large Gambian Kingfisher
  Handcolored etching. Plate number 15 for Sammlung Verschiedener Auslandischer und Seltener Vogel (Collection of Various Foreign and Rare Birds). Published in Nuremburg, 1749-1776.
  10 x 7-3/4 inches.
  [27108c]
  $375
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  Black & White Kingfisher
  Handcolored etching. Plate number 17 for Sammlung Verschiedener Auslandischer und Seltener Vogel (Collection of Various Foreign and Rare Birds). Published in Nuremburg, 1749-1776.
  10 x 7-3/4 inches.
  [27109c]
  $400
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  Oenanthe
  Handcolored etching. Plate number 61 for Sammlung Verschiedener Auslandischer und Seltener Vogel (Collection of Various Foreign and Rare Birds). Published in Nuremburg, 1749-1776.
  10 x 7-3/4 inches.
  [27110c]
  $385
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  Blue-Throated Nightengale
  Handcolored etching. Plate number 55 for Sammlung Verschiedener Auslandischer und Seltener Vogel (Collection of Various Foreign and Rare Birds). Published in Nuremburg, 1749-1776.
  10 x 7-3/4 inches.
  [27112c]
  $375
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  Indian Parakeets
  Handcolored etching. Plate number 11 for Sammlung Verschiedener Auslandischer und Seltener Vogel (Collection of Various Foreign and Rare Birds). Published in Nuremburg, 1749-1776.
  10 x 7-3/4 inches.
  [27114c]
  $385
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  American Black Falcon
  Handcolored etching. Plate number 7 for Sammlung Verschiedener Auslandischer und Seltener Vogel (Collection of Various Foreign and Rare Birds). Published in Nuremburg, 1749-1776.
  10 x 7-3/4 inches.
  [27115c]
  $385
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  Red-Throated Hummingbirds
  Handcolored etching. Plate number 75 for Sammlung Verschiedener Auslandischer und Seltener Vogel (Collection of Various Foreign and Rare Birds). Published in Nuremburg, 1749-1776.
  10 x 7-3/4 inches.
  [27118c]
  $350
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  Greenland Deer
  Handcolored etching. Plate number 101 for Sammlung Verschiedener Auslandischer und Seltener Vogel (Collection of Various Foreign and Rare Birds). Published in Nuremburg, 1749-1776.
  10 x 7-3/4 inches.
  [27127c]
  $300