Little Black and Orange Indian Hawk Hand-Colored Plate ’ The contests between rival

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

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cover the amphibians and the first part of the Lacertilia (Gekkonidae and Agamidae)

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 ’ The contests between rivalHand 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