Antique Bird Print of the Red Macaw, Green Macaw and Other Parrots

Name: Antique Bird Print of the Red Macaw, Green Macaw and Other Parrots
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-13362-7
Price: 270 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: circa 1845
Kind: Birds, Plants & Natural History
Size: 26 × 17.1 cm (10.2 × 6.7 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Shows some wear and soiling, blank verso. Please study image carefully.
Reference: BG-13362-7

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

Four South American parrots on one hand-colored plate from The Book of Birds, Edited and Abridged from the Text of Buffon by M. Achille Comte, with illustrations by Victor Adam, translated by Benjamin Clarke and published by R. Tyas of London around 1845. The plate is numbered 156 at the foot.

The upper pair, lettered "L'Ara rouge" and "L'Ara vert", are two macaws on a single curved branch: a scarlet bird with yellow and blue wings and a long blue tail, and a green one with a yellow chest and red-brown wing, partly hidden in foliage. The lower pair, lettered "L'Amazone à tête blanche" and "L'Aouraou-Couraou", sit on perches of crossed sticks. One is a blue-green parrot with a pale head, the other a green parrot with a yellow head and red-patched wing.

The numbered caption in the old description identifies the lower right bird as the Bouraoucon. The color work gives the sheet the bright finish typical of these small Victorian editions of Buffon.

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