1856 Morris Antique Ornithogical Print Eggs of Black Throated & Red Throated Diver Botanical By the late 19th century

By the late 19th century

one of the earliest complete sets still extant

Founded in August 1837

Plate size: - 14 1/2in x 9in (370mm x 230mm)

followed by the Venus de' Medici by the 1630s

1856 Morris Antique Ornithogical Print Eggs of Black Throated & Red Throated Diver Botanical By the late 19th centuryTitle : CCIV Date : 1856 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Ref: 90418 Size: 9 3 4in x 6 1 4in (250mm x 160mm) Description: This fine original, antique hand coloured engraved print, the Eggs of Morris Birds (top) Black Throated Diver (below) Red Throated Diver ; Plate CCIV from Volume III, was published in the 1856 edition of Francis Morris 'A Natural History of the Nest and Eggs of British Birds' A History of British Birds The inspiration for Francis