Antique Bird Prints

Ornithological illustrations were created not just as part of the pursuit of scientific knowledge
but also as objects of considerable æsthetic beauty.

Mark Catesby. [1731-43].
Bird prints from the first natural history of American flora & fauna. Folio. Ca. $1,700 to $4,000.

George Edwards. 1751-1758.
Prints by the 'father of British ornithology.' Quarto. $175-$350.

Johann Michael Seligmann. [1749-76].
German edition prints after Mark Catesby and George Edwards. Small folio. $350 to $750.

John James Audubon. 1827-39/1860.
Incomparable, double-elephant folio prints by Audubon. Ca. $2,000 to $125,000.

John James Audubon. 1840-44.
Lovely and affordable, reduced versions of Audubon's birds. First edition. Royal octavo. Ca. $150 to $3,250

John James Audubon. 1856.
Second edition, octavo prints. Royal octavo. $175 to $275.

William Lewin. 1789-1801.
Birds of Great Britain, both first edition watercolors and second edition engravings. Quarto. $90 to $450.

Alexander Wilson. [1803-33].
Bird prints from the first American ornithology. Folio. $250 to $575.

William Daniell. 1807.
Natural history prints by this noted British artist. Octavo. $75 to $90.

Thomas Doughty. 1830-32.
Unusual images from an early American sporting work. Quarto. $175 to $250.

Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge. 1845-47.
Unusual images from a British work. Quarto. $125 to $270.

John Gould. 1832-88.
Hummingbirds and other birds illustrated by the "Bird Man." Folio. $350 to $1,900.

Alexander Pope. 1877-78.
Upland Game Birds and Water Fowl of the United States. Folio $450 to $650.

Thomas Gentry. 1882.
Nests and Eggs of Birds of the United States. Quarto. $65 to $150.

John Frederick Miller. [1796-]1822.
Cimelia Physica. Folio. $425 to $750.

Thomas Pennant. 1766.
The British Zoology. Folio. $300 to $700.