4 GEORGE EDWARDS 18TH CENTURY ORNITHOLOGICAL COLORED ETCHINGS: Lot of 4 Bird prints by George Edwards, one of the foremost naturalists of the Age of Enlightenment (1700-1800). Plate 74, Parrot & Dragonfly, 1745, approx. 11 1/4'' x 9''; Plate 114, The Three Toed Wood Pecker, 1748, approx. 11 1/4'' x 9''; Plate 230, The Blue-Faced Green Parrot; Le perroquetvert face de bleu, 1755, approx. 11 1/4'' x 9''; Plate 346, The Wall Creeper of Surinam and The Great Swallow-tailed Butterfly from China, done in the 70th year of the artists age, approx. 11 1/4'' x 9''.
CONDITION: All prints with decorative oval mat framing set with glue that is old and now separating, perhaps allowing for full restoration to their original state.