Little Black and Orange Indian Hawk Hand-Colored Plate mild foxing to a few

mild foxing to a few plates

cover the amphibians and the first part of the Lacertilia (Gekkonidae and Agamidae)

Small white call number on spine

sm folio (13 x 10 inches)

The title of the volume “Book of Great Nishikigoi” originated in Takeo Kuroki’s naming of all the prize koi in the All Japan Nishikigoi Show as the ‘greatest Nishikigoi’

Little Black and Orange Indian Hawk Hand-Colored Plate mild foxing to a fewHand colored lithographic plate, 9 inches wide and 11. 75 inches long. From G. Edwards, A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, part III, plate 108, 1750. Edwards describes the bird as being from Bengali in the East Indies and was part of a rarities collection sent to Dr. Mead in 1748. Edwards believed that this hawk had been trained for hunting. Publisher Printed for the Author Publisher Place London Date Published 1750 Date Published Estimated No