$165.00

SKU: PR00530 Category:

Description

Description: This folio hand-colored copperplate engraving features an image titled: “Tinnunculus The Kestrel”, another titled: “Accipiter fringillarius The Sparrow Hawk”, and a third titled: “Accipiter Palumbarius The Goshawk”. It is plate V from The Ornithology of Francis Willughby… touted to be “one of the most important treatises on ornithology of all time, being the first systematic classification of the birds of the world.”

Plate mark measures: 12″ x 7 1/2″ on a 13 3/4″ x 9″ sheet. Item #PR00530

Condition: Light staining along platemark edges, light toning around perimeter, otherwise good condition.