Lot #222 - Ebenezer Sibly & George Edwards - Engravings

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Ebenezer Sibly. Group of Hand-Colored Copperplate Engravings from "An Universal System of Natural History: Including the Natural History of Man." London, 1794-1810. Comprising eighteen plates depicting animals and one depicting a bird, nine plates depicting figures and figural groups and two plates depicting mythological creatures, all variously printed J. Chapman, J. Ihle, J. Pass (sculpt.); two bird plates from George Edwards. "A Natural History of Uncommon Birds and of Some Other Rare and Undescribed Animals." London: George Edwards, 1743-1751. (32); and Frederic Sorrieu (French, 1807-1887). Cottage in a Landscape. Watercolor on paper, signed and dated "27 mai 1871" lower left, and inscribed "Henri Garden, seen from my bedroom window." (4.5 x 7.125 inches).

Each plate: H: 5.25 in., W: 8.25 in.