Natural History Prints, Twenty-two.

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Natural History Prints, Twenty-two.
Portfolio containing loose natural history prints, including eight John Gould chromo lithographs of birds (mid-19th century); ten unidentified, smaller-format color lithographs of birds; a plate from a German book of the 19th century depicting lizards; a large-folio sheet of hand-colored lizards from Gravenhorst's Uber Phrynosoma Orbicularis, and two hand-colored engravings of owls from Johann Leonard Frisch's Vorstellung der Vogel in Teutschland, 18th century; varying sizes and conditions. (22)
Estimate $500-700


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