Bird of Prey Hand-colored Copper Engraving the English Exploring Expedition under

the English Exploring Expedition under Captain Cook visited Table Bay

A special edition limited to 100 copies

endpapers with central embossed leaf design

Image is approximately 7

text and fine color plates are bright and clean as is the fine binding on this work

Bird of Prey Hand-colored Copper Engraving the English Exploring Expedition underHand colored copper engraving, approximately 14. 5 inches by 9. 5 inches on watermarked chain lined type of soft white paper. From Johann Leonhard Frisch, Vorstellung der Vogel in Teutschland und Beylaugffig auch Einiger Fremden, mit Ihren Eigenschaften Beschriebenund Nach Iheren Naturlichen Farben, class 7, part 2, plate 72. Frisch began publishing this 14 part work with a supplement in 1733. It was finished in 1763 after his death by his sons and