Little brown bittern (1 Ergebnisse)

Print. Engraving with coloring. Sheet measures 7 7/8" x 14". This lovely print is from Martyn's book, A New Dictionary of Natural History; or, Compleat Universal Display of Animated Nature with accurate representations of the most curious and beautiful animals, elegantly coloured. Martyn is a pseudonym for William Fordyce Mavor (1758-1837) a Scottish writer and teacher. The prints are set out alphabetically, with the plates reflecting this classification, so they may portray lizards and lynx side by side on the same plate. Rare. William Frederic Martyn (illustrator).…