[Birds] Edward Donovan (1768-1837). Nine bird prints incl.: "Common Hoopoe"
Hand-coloured engraving, 12 x 9 cm., printed number "9", from "The Natural History of British Birds" (London, 1794-1819), mounted in deluxe framing with the 3 letterpress text leaves separately preserved.
With another 4, uniformly framed, hand-coloured engravings from the same work: "Smew", "Short-Eared Owl", "Osprey" and "Tawny Owl", respectively plate numbers 20, 35, 70 and 121, all with text leaves separately preserved. And with another 4 hand-coloured engravings from the same work, mounted together in 1 walnut frame.
(total 9 prints in 6 frames)