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Pl. 23 Lanius pallens, Cassin. Lanius pallisirostris, Cassin. (Steppes Grey Shrike) From The Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences
The Academy of Natural Sciences.
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Publisher Information:
The Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences,
Philadelphia:
1850.
A Fine original hand-colored lithograph. Folio (9.25 x 13 inches, 235 x 330 mm). The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia was established by the learned naturalists of high Philadelphian society in early 19th century America to document the recent natural discoveries of a new nation. The founding members, and contributors, were the luminaries of early American natural history and sciences; Titian Peale, Thomas Say and George Ord, to name a few. The Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences was their clarion, and was illustrated with wonderful folio-sized hand-colored lithographs by J.T. Bowen and Co. in Philadelphia, America's premier lithographers of the mid-19th century, and the very same company to produce John James Audubon's landmark lithographs for the first seven Royal Octavo editions of the Birds of America (c. 1840-65) and both the Imperial Folio and Royal Octavo editions of the Quadrupeds of North America. (c.1840-54). In essence, the same artists and printers who produced Audubon masterful lithographs created this work. We classify these fabulous plates as one of the best unsung values in the art of 19th century Americanornithology.
Edition: First edition
Condition: Fine with original hand-coloring
Book Id: 2676
Price: $495.00
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