British Ornithology Volume 2, Water Birds- Antique Originals

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Prideaux John Selby’s large-scale engravings were the first work of British ornithology to depict many birds in the size of life. Comprising two volumes with a total of 222 engravings, Illustrations of British Ornithology was published in Edinburgh in 19 parts from 1821 to 1834. Created during the same period that John James Audubon was publishing The Birds of America, both Audubon and Selby employed the Scottish engraver W. H. Lizars. A highly skilled engraver himself, Prideaux John Selby employed W. H. Lizars’ services only for printing and coloring his own exquisite copper plates. Copies vary depending on the folio. Many of the engravings were colored by Daniel McNee. In some folios, all 222 engravings were hand-colored, in others only 218 of the engravings were.

Twenty-six of the plates were drawn by Prideaux John Selby’s brother-in-law, Admiral Mitford, and the rest were executed by Selby, who obtained most of the specimens for the drawings himself. Prideaux John Selby engravings are printed on elephant folio size Whatman paper that is watermarked with the date the paper was made. John James Audubon also used Whatman paper for the Havell edition of The Birds of America.

British Ornithology Volume 2, Water Birds- Antique Originals

Selby Vol 2, Pl. 14, Whimbrel

$500.00

Original Hand-colored engraving from American Ornithology 1st Edition - 1808 – 1814

British Ornithology Volume 2, Water Birds- Antique Originals

Selby Vol 2, Pl. 19, Greenshank

$600.00

Original Hand-colored engraving from American Ornithology 1st Edition - 1808 – 1814

British Ornithology Volume 2, Water Birds- Antique Originals

Selby Vol 2, Pl. 23, Woodcock, Solitary Snipe, Common Snipe, Jack Snipe

$1,800.00

Original Hand-colored engraving from American Ornithology 1st Edition - 1808 – 1814

British Ornithology Volume 2, Water Birds- Antique Originals

Selby Vol 2, Pl. 40, Common Thick Knee

$400.00

Original Hand-colored engraving from American Ornithology 1st Edition - 1808 – 1814

British Ornithology Volume 2, Water Birds- Antique Originals

Selby Vol 2, Pl. 41, Common Wild Goose

$900.00

Original Hand-colored engraving from American Ornithology 1st Edition - 1808 – 1814

British Ornithology Volume 2, Water Birds- Antique Originals

Selby Vol 2, Pl. 42, Bean Goose

$1,800.00

Original Hand-colored engraving from American Ornithology 1st Edition - 1808 – 1814

British Ornithology Volume 2, Water Birds- Antique Originals

Selby Vol 2, Pl. 43, White Fronted Wild Goose

$1,800.00

Original Hand-colored engraving from American Ornithology 1st Edition - 1808 – 1814

British Ornithology Volume 2, Water Birds- Antique Originals

Selby Vol 2, Pl. 45, Common Barnicle

$800.00

Original Hand-colored engraving from American Ornithology 1st Edition - 1808 – 1814

British Ornithology Volume 2, Water Birds- Antique Originals

Selby Vol 2, Pl. 47A, Bewick’s Swan

$4,500.00

Original Hand-colored engraving from American Ornithology 1st Edition - 1808 – 1814

British Ornithology Volume 2, Water Birds- Antique Originals

Selby Vol 2, Pl. 48B, Ruddy Duck

$2,500.00

Original Hand-colored engraving from American Ornithology 1st Edition - 1808 – 1814

British Ornithology Volume 2, Water Birds- Antique Originals

Selby Vol 2, Pl. 49, Common Pintail

$2,800.00

Original Hand-colored engraving from American Ornithology 1st Edition - 1808 – 1814

British Ornithology Volume 2, Water Birds- Antique Originals

Selby Vol 2, Pl. 50, Common Wild Duck, Male

$4,500.00

Original Hand-colored engraving from American Ornithology 1st Edition - 1808 – 1814

British Ornithology Volume 2, Water Birds- Antique Originals

Selby Vol 2, Pl. 53, Garganey Teal

$1,400.00

Original Hand-colored engraving from American Ornithology 1st Edition - 1808 – 1814

British Ornithology Volume 2, Water Birds- Antique Originals

Selby Vol 2, Pl. 55, Bimaculated Duck, Male

$1,800.00

Original Hand-colored engraving from American Ornithology 1st Edition - 1808 – 1814

British Ornithology Volume 2, Water Birds- Antique Originals

Selby Vol 2, Pl. 55A, Bimaculated Teal, Female

$900.00

Original Hand-colored engraving from American Ornithology 1st Edition - 1808 – 1814

British Ornithology Volume 2, Water Birds- Antique Originals

Selby Vol 2, Pl. 59, Smew, Male & Female

$700.00

Original Hand-colored engraving from American Ornithology 1st Edition - 1808 – 1814