Copper engraved plate with original hand-colouring. Paper size: 22.6cm by 28.7cm (9 by 11 1/4 inches). Some condition issues, light offset, spotting, and some marginal toning. Further images can be sent on request.
ALBIN, Eleazar – The Contra
This Bird was brought from Bengall in the year 1734: and is Called by the Natives the Contra. Plate 21.
A Natural History of Birds. Illustrated with Two-Hundred and Five Copper Plates, Curiously Engraven from Life. And Exactly Colour’d by the AUTHOR, Eleazar Albin. Published London 1731-1738.



