Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
A collection of the birds of paradise / engraved & published by R. Havell.
Call Number
Oversize 2012-0008F
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc2b88qp62w
Publisher
[London : R. Havell, ca. 1835]
Language
English
Date Created
1835
Extent
[23] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 45 cm.
Provenance
GAX copy: Inscribed in ink, first blank leaf, "R. Lionel Foster, 9 Terlingham G[ar]d[e]ns, Folkestone".
GAX copy: From the estate of Major General Sir Rohan Delacombe, 1906-1991.
Source Acquisition
GAX copy: Purchased with funds from the Henry Matthews Zeiss Memorial Book Fund, the Graphic Arts Collection, and Princeton University Library.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Comprised of engraved t.p. and 22 full-page aquatints; each plate hand-colored.
Engraving based on Le Vaillant's Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis, 1806.

Discovery Information

Subject
Havell, Robert 1793-1878
Birds of paradise (Birds) in art
Prints, British—19th century—Specimens
Engravings—Great Britain—19th century

Physical Characteristics

File Count
54

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/7efded6b-ddfe-4ea1-9489-7c206e583709/manifest