Description
Description of Henry Dresser's History of the Birds of Europe
These rare hand-colored lithographs come from Henry Dresser's monumental work, History of the Birds of Europe, published in London by the author between 1871 and 1881. With detailed lithography and finely applied hand-coloring, this work is one of the finest works of the ornithological world. The plates found within Birds of Europe were completed by J.G. Keuelmans, J. Wolf, E. Neale, and A. Thorburn. Keuelmans is known far and wide for his talents as a natural history artist. History of the Birds of Europe is monumental in its field for its inclusive nature of all European birds. There were only an estimated 240 copies of this work printed and is one of the last publications to contain original hand coloring. They are on woven paper that measures ~ 12 1/4" by 9 1/2".