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A New Dictionary of Natural History; or,
Compleat [sic] Universal Display of Animated Nature...
by William Frederic Martyn
Published by Harrison and Co., London (1785-1787)
Original 225-year-old hand coloured etchings on chain-laid paper • Titles in English at bottom of page
Sheet size: approx. 9 x 14 inches.
(note: entire sheet did not fit on scanner, so margins may appear narrow, but are generally full as issued, with English titles at bottom)
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Falcons, etc.
Plate XLVI

1. Gentle Falcon  2. Gyr Falcon  3. Spotted Falcon  4. Peregrine Falcon  5. Father Lasher  6. Brazilian Red and Blue Finch  7. Long-tailed Finch  8. Painted Finch

Condition issues: text offsetting, paint smudge on lower right bird
$50
Godwits, etc.
Plate XLVII

1. Cinereous Godwit  2. Great American Godwit  3. Red Godwit  4. Red-breasted Godwit  5. Gojaver  6. Green Goldfinch  7. Red-headed Greenfinch

Condition issues: moderate text offsetting, trimmed but ample margins
$50
Goldfinch, etc.
Plate XLVIII

1. Goldfinch  2. Blue-winged Goose  3. White-fronted Goose  4. Gowry Bird  5. Grayling  6. Eared Grebe  7. Indian Green Finch

Condition issues: moderate browning patches, trimmed margins
$50
Goldfish, etc.
Plate XLIX

1. Gold-fish  2. Goldsinny  3. Common Goosander  4. Red-breasted Goosander  5. Antarctic White-winged Goose  6. Canada Goose

Condition issues: scattered minor fox marks
$60
Grenadier, etc.
Plate L

1. Grenadier  2. Common Gross-beak  3. Blue Gross-beak  4. Malacca Gross-beak  5. Pine Gross-beak  6. Black Grous [Grouse]  7. Black Grous[e]  8. Pin-tailed Grous[e]  9. Wood Grous[e]

Condition issues: fox marks in right margin, narrow left margin
$50
gallinule, etc.
Plate LI

1. Common Gallinule  2. Gambet  3. Gannet  4. Garganey  5. Gattorugine  6. Lunulated Gilt-head  7. Toothed Gilt-head  8. Glutton

Condition issues: minor spotting and smudges
$55
Gulls, etc.
Plate LII

1. Common Gull  2. Winter Gull  3. Spotted Guillemot  4. Guira-Guacuberaba  5. Grey Gurnard  6. Sapphirine Gurnard  7. Streaked Gurnard  8. Gwiniad

Condition issues:  light age toning and smudges
$60
goats, etc.
Plate LIII

1. Common Goat  2. Syrian Goat  3. Goatsucker  4. Lesser Goatsucker  5. Black Goby  6. Spotted Goby

Condition issues: age toning from text offset
$55
hare, etc.
Plate LV

1. Forked Hake  2. Alpine Hare  3. Varying Hare  4. Black and Orange-coloured Indian Hawk  5. Marsh Hawk  6. Ring-tailed Hawk

Condition issues:  light age toning and smudges
$60
Heath cock, etc.
Plate LVII

1. Black and Spotted Heath Cock  2. Ruffed Heath Cock  3. Hedge Hog  4. Helmet Shell  5. Common Heron  6. North American Ash-coloured Heron  7. Hoopoe  8. Horned Fish  9. Hyaena

Condition issues:  a few light smudges, soft crease upper left corner (would not be noticeable once mounted/framed)
$60
lizard, lory
Plate LXII

1. Great Spotted Lizard  2. Black-capped Lory  3. Red-breasted Lory  4. Scarlet Lory  5. Long-tailed Scarlet Lory

Condition issues:  a few smudges and brown spots
$75
lion, etc.
Plate LXIII

1. Lanner  2. Red Lark  3. Hunting Leopard [cheetah]  4. Angola Linnet  5. Black Linnet  6. Olive-coloured Linnet  7. Yellow-headed Linnet  8. Lion
Condition issues:  a few smudges, short tears/nicks/paper loss to edges/corners
$60
launce, lizard, lynx
Plate LXIV

1. Launce  2. Brown Lizard  3. Large Green and Spotted Lizard  4. Scaly Lizard  5. Thorny-tailed Indian Lizard  6. Warty Lizard  7. Bay Lynx  8. Persian Lynx

Condition issues:  plate was torn diagonally through most of the print, then backed with another piece of paper
$20
monkeys
Plate LXVII

1. Black or Ruffed Maucauco  2. Ring-tailed Maucauco  3. Woolly Maucauco  4. Great Eared Monkey  5. Little Lion Monkey
Condition issues:  a few smudges/brown spots
$75
mawcaws
Plate LXVIII

1. Blue and Red Macaw  2. Blue and Yellow Macaw  3. Man of War Bird  4. Blue-backed Manakin  5. Purple-breasted Manakin  6. White-faced Manakin

Condition issues:  a few smudges/brown spots
$75
Mango Fish, etc.
Plate LXIX

1. Mango Fish  2. Maryland Marmot  3. Quebec Marmot  4. Marten  5. Flying Maucauco  6. Tail-less Maucauco  7. Greater Minor  8. Lesser Minor

Condition issues:  a few smudges/brown spots
$65
monkeys
Plate LXX

1. Full-bottomed Monkey  2. Long-nosed Monkey  3. Purple-faced Monkey  4. Silky Monkey  5. Tawny Monkey

Condition issues:  a few smudges/brown spots, trimmed but ample margins
$65
Moufflon, etc.
Plate LXXI

1. Moufflon  2. Mullet  3. Thombi Murex  4. Rock Murex  5. Winged Murex  6. Musk  7. Indian Musk

Condition issues:  a few smudges/brown spots
$65
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