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), using plates that he produced himself specifically for the volume. 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.
The following handcolored etchings were included in Seligmann's Sammlung Verschiedener Auslandischer und Seltener Vogel (Collection of Various Foreign and Rare Birds), published in Nuremburg, 1749-1776. Each plate is engraved with the title in German, Latin and French.
• Related Links: Naturalist Prints by John James Audubon, American Sporting Prints by Frank Benson
Prints after Mark Catesby (1683-1749)
The Fishing Hawk (Accipiter piscatorius)
Plate number 4.
7-7/8 x 11-3/8 inches.
[27101c]
$300
Pigeon Hawk (Accipiter palumbarius)
Plate number 6. A few faint spots in image.
8 x 11-1/8 inches.
[27145c]
$300
Swallowtail Hawk (Accipiter Cauda furcata)
Plate number 8. Faint spot in image.
11 x 8 inches.
[27102c]
$300
Turkey Buzzard (Buteo Specie Gallo-pavonis)
Plate number 12.
8-3/8 x 11-1/2 inches.
[27090c]
$400
Carolina Goat Head (Caprimulgus)
Plate number 16.
8-3/8 x 11-1/2 inches.
[27143c]
$250
Carolina Cuckoo (Cuculus Caroliniensus)
Plate number 18.
8-1/2 x 11-3/8 inches.
[27099c]
$300
Purple Jackdaw (Monedula purpurea)
Plate number 24.
8-3/8 x 11-1/2 inches.
[27095c]
$400
Carolinian Rice Bird (Hortulanus Caroliniensis)
Plate number 28. Stain along bottom sheet edge slightly affecting bottom edge of image.
8-1/2 x 11-1/2 inches.
[27100c]
$300
Small Sparrowhawk (Accipiter minor)
Plate number 30.
8-3/8 x 11-1/2 inches.
[27098c]
$350
Black-headed Nuthatch and Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta capite nigro, Sitta capite fusco)
Plate number 44.
11-1/2 x 8-3/8 inches.
[27140c]
$325
Carolina Turtledove (Turtur Carolinensis)
Plate number 48. Stain affecting top right corner inside plate mark, away from image.
11-3/4 x 8-1/2 inches.
[27105c]
$350
White Crowned Pigeon (Columba, capite albo)
Plate number 50.
8-3/8 x 11-1/2 inches.
[27087c]
$400
Small Speckled Turtledove (Turtur minimus guttatus)
Plate number 52.
11-1/2 x 8-3/8 inches.
[27129c]
$350
Small Thrush (Turdus minimus)
Plate number 62. Small stain in the image.
11-1/2 x 8-3/8 inches.
[27106c]
$325
The Lark (Alavida gutture flavo)
Plate number 64.
11-1/2 x 8-3/8 inches.
[27097c]
$350
Little Sparrow
Plate number 70.
11-1/2 x 8-3/8 inches.
[27088c]
SOLD
Snow Bird (Passer nivalis)
Plate number 72.
11-1/2 x 8-3/8 inches.
[27104c]
$325
Bahama Sparrow (Passerculus bicolor Bahamensis)
Plate number 74.
11-1/2 x 8-3/8 inches.
[27132c]
$350
Violet Grossbeak (Coccothraustes purpurea)
Plate number 80.
11-1/2 x 8-3/8 inches.
[27103c]
$400
Tri-colored Finch
Plate number 88.
11-1/2 x 8-3/8 inches.
[27111c]
SOLD
Crested Duck (Anas Christatus)
Plate number 88.
8-3/8 x 12 inches.
[27355c]
$325
Blue Linnet (Linaria Caerulea)
Plate number 90. Very faint stain affecting top right corner of image.
11-3/4 x 8-5/8 inches.
[27144c]
$300
Chatterer (Garrulus Carolinensis)
Plate number 92. Stain in top right margin affecting top corner of image.
11-3/4 x 8-1/2 inches.
[27147c]
$250
Prints after George Edwards (1694-1773)
American Falcon (Falco, Americanus maculatus)
Plate number 5.
9-7/8 x 7-5/8 inches.
[27154c]
$250
American Black Falcon (Falco niger, Americanus)
Plate number 7.
10 x 7-3/4 inches.
[27115c]
$300
Indian Parakeets (Psittacus minimus, viridis et ruber, Indicus)
Plate number 11.
10 x 7-3/4 inches.
[27114c]
$300
Touraco (Cuculo affinis, avis cristata, Touraco, dicta)
Plate number 13 (Cuculo affinis, avis cristata, Touraco, dicta).
10 x 7-3/4 inches.
[27123c]
$225
Large Gambian Kingfisher (Ispida major, Africana)
Plate number 15.
10 x 7-3/4 inches.
[27108c]
$300
Black & White Kingfisher (Ispida, ex albo et nigro varius, Persica)
Plate number 17.
10 x 7-3/4 inches.
[27109c]
$300
Arabian Bustard (Otis Arabica)
Plate number 23. Some faint spots in image.
10-1/8 x 7-3/4 inches.
[27128c]
$225
Brazilian Pheasant (Phasianus Brasiliensis)
Plate number 25.
10-1/4 x 7-3/4 inches.
[27124c]
$300
Long-Tailed Ground Dove (Columba, macroura)
Plate number 29. Stain in right margin affecting 1/8” area inside plate mark but away from image.
10-1/2 x 8 inches.
[27146c]
$200
Striped Pigeon (Columba, fusca, udulis obserioribus transversis notata)
Plate number 31. Stain along right sheet edge affecting 1/2” area inside plate mark but away from image.
10-3/8 x 8 inches.
[27122c]
$200
Indian Jackdaw (Sturnus Indicus bontii, Sturnus Indicus minor)
Plate number 33.
10-1/4 x 7-15/16 inches.
[27142c]
$250
Blue Sparrow (Merula, caerulea, Passer solitarius dictus)
Plate number 35. Stain along right margin edge affecting 5/8” area inside plate mark.
10-1/4 x 8 inches.
[27153]
$150
Chinese Black Starling (Sturnus, sinensis, niger)
Plate number 37.
10-1/8 x 7-7/8 inches.
[27121c]
$250
Blue Treecreeper, Black Tit (Certhia, Surinamensis, caerulea. Parus niger, capite fulvo)
Plate number 41.
10-1/8 x 7-7/8 inches.
[27113c]
$300
Red-headed Green Finch (Fringillago viridis, capite rubro)
Plate number 45.
10 x 7-5/8 inches.
[27126c]
$250
Blue Robin (Rubecula, dorso caeruleo)
Plate number 47.
10 x 7-3/4 inches.
[27151c]
$225
Black-headed and Blue-headed Flycatchers (Muscicapa viridis, capite nigro, muscicapa viridis, capite caeruleo
Plate number 49.
10 x 7-3/4 inches.
[27152c]
$200
Large Sand Martin (Hirundo, riparia, maxima)
Plate number 53. Stain in right margin, away from image.
9-7/8 x 7-5/8 inches.
[27150c]
$225
Blue-Throated Nightengale (Ruticilla, gutture caeruleo)
Plate number 55.
10 x 7-3/4 inches.
[27112c]
$300
Red-Tailed Gray (Ruticilla, dorso cinereo)
Plate number 56.
10 x 7-3/4 inches.
[27116c]
$300
Wheatear, Male and Female (Oenanthe, fulva, mas et foemella)
Plate number 61.
10 x 7-3/4 inches.
[27110c]
$300
White-chested Colibri, Green and Blue Colibri (Avis mellivora ventre albo, Avis mellivora viridis et caeruleus)
Plate number 69.
10 x 7-5/8 inches.
[27117c]
$300
Tufted Hummingbird (Avis mellivora, minor, cristata)
Plate number 73.
10 x 7-5/8 inches.
[27131c]
$275
Red-Throated Hummingbirds, Male and Female (Avis mellivora, minor, gutture rubro, mas cum foemella)
Plate number 75.
10 x 7-3/4 inches.
[27118c]
$300
Finch, Male (Coccothraustes, simenlis, cinereus, mas)
Plate number 81.
9-7/8 x 7-1/2 inches.
[27135c]
$225
Purple Finch (Fringilla purpurea)
Plate number 82.
11-1/2 x 8-3/8 inches.
[27136c]
$300
A Female Finch (Coccothraustes, simenlis, cinereus, foemella)
Plate number 83.
10 x 7-3/4 inches.
[27137c]
$300
Bahama Finch (Fringilla Bahamensis)
Plate number 84. Faint marginal stain affecting top right corner of image.
11-5/8 x 8-1/2 inches.
[27148c]
$325
Chinese Sparrows (Passer, Sinenlis, Fulvus, mas et foemella)
Plate number 85. Marginal stain slightly affecting top right corner of platemark, away from image.
10 x 7-3/4 inches.
[27138c]
$200
Mexican Linnet (Linaria, Mexicana, capite flavo)
Plate number 87. Some small spots in the image.
10 x 7-3/4 inches.
[27139c]
$200
Sarus Crane (Grus, Indica, major)
Plate number 89. Marginal stain slightly affecting top right corner of platemark, away from image.
10 x 7-3/4 inches.
[27125c]
$200
Sandpiper (Tringa, pedibus Fulicae)
Plate number 91. Marginal stain affecting top right corner of image.
9-7/8 x 7-5/8 inches.
[27149c]
$150
Black-bellied Plover (Pluuialis, Indicus, pectore nigro)
Plate number 93.
11-1/2 x 8-3/8 inches.
[27091c]
$400
Water Goose with Spurred Wings (Gallinula Brasiliensis)
Plate number 95.
10 x 7-3/4 inches.
[27094c]
$300
Dappled Greenland Dove (Columba Graenlandica Hollandis dicta)
Plate number 99. Stain in top right corner of image.
10 x 7-5/8 inches.
[27141c]
$150
Greenland Deer
Plate number 101.
10 x 7-3/4 inches.
[27127c]
$250
Original composition by Johann Seligmann
Bald Eagle (Aquila capite albo)
Plate number 2.
8 x 11-1/4 inches.
[27093c]
$400
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Updated: 3/10/10
Updated: 3/10/10