Bird of Prey Hand-colored Copper Engraving and remained the standard for

and remained the standard for more than a century

he worked chiefly from specimens in the garden of John Fothergill at Upton in Essex

a tight copy in near fine condition

the English Exploring Expedition under Captain Cook visited Table Bay

endpapers with central embossed leaf design

Bird of Prey Hand-colored Copper Engraving and remained the standard forHand colored copper engraving, approximately 14. 5 inches by 9. 5 inches on watermarked chain lined type of soft white paper. From Johann Leonhard Frisch, Vorstellung der Vogel in Teutschland und Beylaugffig auch Einiger Fremden, mit Ihren Eigenschaften Beschriebenund Nach Iheren Naturlichen Farben, class 7, part 2, plate 72. Frisch began publishing this 14 part work with a supplement in 1733. It was finished in 1763 after his death by his sons and