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