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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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![[Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands] Rana Terrestris. Sarraccena flava. T.69.](jpegs/58764.jpg)
[Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands] Rana Terrestris. Sarraccena flava. T.69.
MC [monogram of Mark Catesby].
[Printed at the expence of the author, and sold by W. Innys and R. Manby, at the West End of St. Paul's, by Mr. Hauksbee, at the Royal Society House, and by the author, at Mr. Bacon's in Hoxton, MDCCXXXI-MDCCXLIII [1729-47].
Etching. 355 x 265mm (14 x 10½"), with large margins. Edges chipped and stained, old ink mss. by the titles.
Illustrations of a Southern Toad (Anaxyrus terrestris), a Yellow Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia flava) and a Hooded Pitcher Plant, all native to the south-east USA. The plate was drawn and engraved by Mark Catesby (1683-1749) for his 'Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands', the first published account of the flora and fauna of North America. Catesby learned to etch so that he had control over the creation of the plates, signing them with a monogram 'MC' with an inverted C for the left sweep of the M. Mark Catesby (24 March 1683 – 23 December 1749) was an English naturalist who studied the flora and fauna of the New World.
[Ref: 58764] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
MC [monogram of Mark Catesby].
[Printed at the expence of the author, and sold by W. Innys and R. Manby, at the West End of St. Paul's, by Mr. Hauksbee, at the Royal Society House, and by the author, at Mr. Bacon's in Hoxton, MDCCXXXI-MDCCXLIII [1729-47].
Etching. 355 x 265mm (14 x 10½"), with large margins. Edges chipped and stained, old ink mss. by the titles.
Illustrations of a Southern Toad (Anaxyrus terrestris), a Yellow Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia flava) and a Hooded Pitcher Plant, all native to the south-east USA. The plate was drawn and engraved by Mark Catesby (1683-1749) for his 'Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands', the first published account of the flora and fauna of North America. Catesby learned to etch so that he had control over the creation of the plates, signing them with a monogram 'MC' with an inverted C for the left sweep of the M. Mark Catesby (24 March 1683 – 23 December 1749) was an English naturalist who studied the flora and fauna of the New World.
[Ref: 58764] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)