BIRDS

Birds - collectibles - antique prints

A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS

This Page is provided as a REFERENCE RESOURCE - it is NOT an Inventory.

POSTAPRINT supplied picture framers and antiquarian map & print dealers for over over a quarter of a century. Examples of the cartographer's art from the 16th to the 19th century, along with engravings, lithographs and etchings by leading artists of their generation. Historical maps, views, and engravings on virtually every subject, including Vanity Fair (Spy) Cartoons. Postaprint also supplied antique prints and maps to Art Galleries, Shops and Fine Art Retailers.

Although I have now retired and the Postaprint Website & ordering facilities are no longer available, these Reference Pages are being left in place. We do hope you will find them to be helpful and informative. They cover many of the pictures and maps we had the pleasure of dealing in over so many years.
A full index of all such pages will be found HERE.

My wife does have an eBay Store, with a nice range of antique prints, engravings, maps and books.

EMAIL ENQUIRIES

Do visit
JULIE'S ANTIQUE PRINTS

A wide range of genuine antique engravings, maps, prints, lithographs and books.

After very many years in the Trade, I am now retired and the
Postaprint Website as such is no longer available.
However this large collection of Reference Pages is being left on line, as we hope you will find them to informative and helpful. They provide details of many of the maps, books and engravings we had the pleasure of dealing in over so many years.
For a complete index of all such Reference Pages
PLEASE DO CLICK HERE.
However, my wife has a store on eBay, with many offers of delightful antiquarian maps & prints & engravings.
EMAIL ENQUIRIES

Please scroll down to see the example scans provided on this page, or

VISIT THESE PAGES FOR A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF 358 SCANNED IMAGES :-

VOLUME 1: Owls. Eagles. Osprey. Birds of prey. Etc

VOLUME 2: Includes some very colourful species. Cuckoo. Kingfisher. Woodpeckers. Etc

VOLUME 3: Favourite Garden Birds, Sparrow. Thrush. Blackbird. The Finches. Song Birds and many others.

VOLUME 4: Favourite Garden Birds: Robin. Wren. Game Birds: Pheasant. Partridge. Song Birds. Pigeons. Doves.

VOLUME 5: Herons. Sandpipers. Stork. Plover. Wading Birds and many others.

VOLUME 6: Some very colourful ducks and geese. Game birds - Woodcock. Snipe. Wading Birds and others.

VOLUME 7: A good selection of the very colourful and popular Ducks and Geese. Sea Birds such a Puffin. Guillemots.

VOLUME 8: Sea Birds. The Gulls. Terns. Petrels. Kittiwakes and many others.

MORRIS BIRDS SUMMARY - All 358 birds are listed on one page with accompanying Scans.

By The Rev. Francis Orpen MORRIS

Published in London. Various Editions from c.1851 to c.1903.
All were published with Original Hand Colouring, applied at the time
1ST EDITION: 1851/7
358 Hand coloured plates. Overall Size 10x7 inches. These had a shaded background.

FURTHER EDITIONS TO c.1903
The content varied between 358 and 400 plates. 10x7 inches. Plain Background.

CABINET EDITIONS (Groombridge) c.1865 onwards.
These contained exactly the same engravings, but the paper size was c.7x5 inches.

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CANADA GOOSE

GREY-HEADED WAGTAIL

HOOPOE