Land Rail and Ring Pheasant Eggs Hand Colored Plate An early work on the

An early work on the snakes of India and Burma

From the series: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

The printed result is a very fine network of irregular lines building up various depths of tone” (Rix - The Art of Botanical Illustration

This first printing is also called the Widow’s Edition as it was completed by John Ray after Willughby’s death with funding provided by his widow

Land Rail and Ring Pheasant Eggs Hand Colored Plate An early work on theHand colored lithographic plate, approximately 10. 25 inches wide by 14 inches long. From: Meyer, H. L., Illustrations of British Birds, lithographer H. L. Meyer. Image is taken from the Longman and Co. gilt edge folio edition of Meyer's Coloured Illustrations of British Birds and their Eggs which was published 1835 1841, see W. G. Hale. Image is of an land rail egg and ring pheasant egg. Publisher Longman and Co. Publisher Place London Date Published