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Sydenham Edwards - Hand-coloured engraving of birds 1820.

This beautiful hand-coloured engraving is from Abraham Rees’ Cyclopaedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Paternoster Row 1820.

It is from the Natural History Plates Volume of this work, drawn by Sydenham Edwards and engraved by Milton.

The engraving features a lark, starlings and goatsuckers or nightjars.

Size: 8.25in x 10.6in (21cm x 27cm).

The print is in excellent condition - please inspect the image carefully.

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