Edward Lear Short-toed Ptarmigan Hand-Colored Plate Herpetological Library

Herpetological Library

25 inches wide by 14 inches long

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Only a few hundred copies were published

Edward Lear Short-toed Ptarmigan Hand-Colored Plate Herpetological LibraryHand colored lithographic plate, approximately 14. 5 inches wide by 21 inches long. From: Gould, J., The Birds of Europe, 1832 1837, plate number 256. Image is of a Short toed Ptarmigan, Lagopus brachydactylus (Temm.). Gould's The Birds of Europe documented native Europe birds to the same artistic standards that had been previously applied to foreign birds. This volume was the first time he worked with Edward Lear who was a master of painting live