The Blue and Yellow Maccaw
London: George Edwards, 1750.
Original print. Copper-plate engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 9 1/2" x 7 1/2"
London: George Edwards, 1750.
Exquisitely colored Macaw parrot. Plate 159 in "A Natural History of Uncommon Birds", published by Edwards between 1743 and 1751. The blue-and-yellow Macaw is native to South America.
George Edwards (1694-1773), the "father of British ornithology", was an English naturalist and ornithologist.
Language: English
Price: $600.00
Item #302023
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