Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2621BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 18, 2012 11:00AM
Description:
Selby, Prideaux John (1788-1867) Goshawk, Adult. [from] Illustrations of British Ornithology. London: Henry Bohn, 1821-1834.
Hand-colored etching, matted and framed, with plate mark and 16 1/4 x 22 in. of the sheet visible; marked Plate XII in top right corner, title in bottom left corner, with P.J. Selby's signature etched into the plate, on the stump under the goshawk's left foot.
Estimate $1,000-1,500