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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 (about 22.9 x 35.6 cm)
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Plate I [?] |
1. Aberdavine 2. Acontian 3. Admirable 4. White Admirable 5. Grand Admiral 6. Rear Admiral 7. Agouti 8. Albatross |
Condition issues: torn, adhered to backing paper on bottom portion, crease upper right |
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Plate IV |
1. Ant-eater fly 2. Large, or Ourang Outang 3. Pigmy Ape 4. Tufted Ape 5. Arctic Bird 6. Argentine 7. Armadillo 8. Lizard Ast. 9. Ten-rayed Ast. |
Condition issues: nothing note-worthy |
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Plate X |
1. Brown Baboon 2. Large Baboon 3. Lion-tailed Baboon 4. Wood Baboon 5. Babyroussa 6. Common Badger |
Condition issues: light foxing, and smudges |
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Plate XXIX |
1. Great Black Cockatoo 2. Greater Cockatoo 3. White Red-vented Cockatoo 4. White Yellow-crested Cockatoo |
Condition issues: overall age toning, light text offsetting, spotting to left of Black Cockatoo's head, smudges in lower left, faint pencil indentation between two lower birds |
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Plate XXXIII |
1. Black and Blue Creeper 2. Black and Red Indian Creeper 3. Black and Yellow Creeper 4. Blue Creeper 5. Green Creeper 6. Lucon Creeper 7. New Zealand Creeper 8. Purple Indian Creeper |
Condition issues: light age toning, trimmed but ample margins, scattered light spots, original paint smear on upper right bird |
$70 |
Plate XXXIV |
1. Great Spotted Cuckow 2. Green Cuckow 3. Indian Black Cuckow 4. Indian Brown and Spotted Cuckow 5. Larke Heeled Cuckow 6. Little Cuckow [Cuckoos] |
Condition issues: light age toning, trimmed but ample margins |
$70 |
Plate XXXV |
1. Brown Indian Dove 2. Green Dove 3. Green-winged Dove 4. Long-tailed Dove 5. Transverse-striped Dove 6. Violet Red-headed Dove |
Condition issues: light age toning, trimmed but ample margins, scattered unobtrusive pinhole-sized holes in paper |
$65 |
Plate XXXVI |
1. Lesser Cross-bill 2. Crusian 3. Speckled Curlew 4. Spotted Curucui 5. Cushew-bird 6. Cuttle-fish 7. Cypraea |
Condition issues: trimmed but ample margins |
$65 |
Plate XXXVII |
1. Smear-dab 2. Black and Yellow Daw 3. Blue and Green Daw 4. Surinam Daw 5. Rock Day-Fly 6. White-winged Day-Fly 7. Female Moose Deer 8. Rein-Deer |
Condition issues: trimmed but ample margins, a few light smudges |
$65 |
Plate XXXVIII |
1. Cougar 2. Coot 3. Horrid Crab 4. Indian Land Crab 5. Indian Sea Crab 6. Long-clawed Crab 7. Slender-legged Crab 8. Spider Crab 9. Crake |
Condition issues: light foxing |
$65 |
Plate XXXIX |
1. Great Black Duck 2. Grey-headed Duck 3. Eider Duck 4. Ferruginous Duck 5. Little Black and White Duck 6. Little Brown and White Duck |
Condition issues: trimmed but ample margins, spotting in lower right |
$65 |
Plate XLII |
1. Demoiselle of Numidia 2. Globe Diodon 3. Short Diodon 4. Northern Diver [Loon] 5. Purple-throated Diver 6. Red-throated Diver 7. Black and White Dobchick 8. North American Horned Dobchick |
Condition issues: trimmed but ample margins, some smearing, spots |
$55 |
Plate XLIII |
1. Golden-winged Fly-catcher 2. Green Indian Fly-catcher 3. Green Black-throated Fly-catcher 4. Green Blue-headed Fly-catcher 5. Little Blue-grey Fly-catcher 6. Olive-coloured Fly-catcher 7. Yellow-breasted Fly-catcher 8. Yellow-tailed Fly-catcher 9. Yellow-vented Fly-catcher |
Condition issues: trimmed but ample margins, text offsetting |
$60 |