Little Black and Orange Indian Hawk Hand-Colored Plate Small white call number on

Small white call number on spine

A rare work on the evolution of lobsters and crabs

’  The contests between rival factions in the sea are amusingly drawn in the lines relating to the Lobster

Walson on the front endpaper of each volume and on the front wrapper of the final three parts

sm folio (13 x 10 inches)

Little Black and Orange Indian Hawk Hand-Colored Plate Small white call number onHand colored lithographic plate, 9 inches wide and 11. 75 inches long. From G. Edwards, A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, part III, plate 108, 1750. Edwards describes the bird as being from Bengali in the East Indies and was part of a rarities collection sent to Dr. Mead in 1748. Edwards believed that this hawk had been trained for hunting. Publisher Printed for the Author Publisher Place London Date Published 1750 Date Published Estimated No