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Illustrations from "A Natural History of Birds" by Eleazar Albin and Elizabeth Albin, 1731-1738 Request Item

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Three prints: Macao #11 (colored by Elizabeth), The Brant Goose #93 and The Sheldrake of Bergander #94

Dates: 1731-1738

2 pages of test prints of birds by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, undated Request Item

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: Papers consist largely of research notes and manuscript materials for her book "The History of American Ornithology Before Audubon" published in 1951, her unpublished biographical study of the colonial naturalist, John Abbot, and other published and unpublished work on early ornithologists such as Mark Catesby and Alexander Wilson. Research includes correspondence with professional colleagues; photographs of early ornithologists and ornithological illustrations; pamphlets; travel literature;...
Dates: undated

Duck Hawk illustration, undated Request Item

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: Papers consist largely of research notes and manuscript materials for her book "The History of American Ornithology Before Audubon" published in 1951, her unpublished biographical study of the colonial naturalist, John Abbot, and other published and unpublished work on early ornithologists such as Mark Catesby and Alexander Wilson. Research includes correspondence with professional colleagues; photographs of early ornithologists and ornithological illustrations; pamphlets; travel literature;...
Dates: undated