As the first attempt to produce a set of life-sized illustrations of British birds, Selby's Illustrations of of British Ornithology (1821-1834) is the English equivalent of Audubon's famous works. Selby, an avid field naturalist, sportsman and student of ornithology, was not satisfied with the engravings of his drawings done by others, so he engraved most of the plates himself."The cool, classical quality of Selby's plates belongs to an age of elegance and could never have been achieved by the Victorian John Gould. Selby's bird figures were the most accurate delineation of British birds to that date, and the liveliest. After so many books with small, stiff bird portraits, this new atlas with life-sized figures and more relaxed drawing was a great achievement in the long history of bird illustration." (Jackson)

We are offering plates from the second edition (1841-1846) published in London by Henry Bohn on J. Whatman paper. These plates, in pristine condition, are crisply engraved and richly colored. They measure approximately 27" x 21.5"

Prideux John Selby

RUFF, Plate 25
$300.00
$300.00
SABINES SNIPE & BROWN SNIPE, Plate 24
$300.00
$300.00
SPOTTED SANDPIPER, Plate 17
$300.00
$300.00
PIGMY CURLEWS, Plate 26
$300.00
$300.00
COMMON REDSHANK, Plate 16
$300.00
$300.00
TRINGA, Plate 27
$300.00
$300.00
SANDPIPERS, Plate 27
$300.00
$300.00
GREY PHALAROPE, Plate 28
$300.00
$300.00
RED LOBEFOOT, Plate 28
$300.00
$300.00
COMMON TURNSTONE, Plate 33
$300.00
$300.00

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CREAM-COLORED SWIFTFOOT, Plate 33
$300.00
$300.00
GREY LAPWING, Plate 35
$300.00
$300.00
PLOVERS, Plate 38
$300.00
$300.00
COMMON THICK KNEE, Plate 40
$300.00
$300.00
LITTLE BITTERN, Plate 6
$500.00
$500.00
WHIMBREL, Plate 14
$500.00
$500.00
DUSKY SANDPIPER, Plate 15
$500.00
$500.00
RAIL, Plate 29
$500.00
$500.00

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COMMON CRAKE, Plate 30
$500.00
$500.00
CRAKES, Plate 30
$500.00
$500.00
COMMON GALINULE, Plate 31
$500.00
$500.00

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GREEN LAPWING, Plate 34
$500.00
$500.00
GOLDEN PLOVER, Plate 37
$500.00
$500.00
COMMON DOTREL, Plate 39
$500.00
$500.00
COMMON WILD GOOSE, Plate 41
$500.00
$500.00
COMMON PINTAIL, Plate 49
$500.00
$500.00
SMEW, Plate 59
$500.00
$500.00
SCAUP POCHARD, Plate 66
$500.00
$500.00
SPECTACLE SCOTER DUCK, Plate 69
$500.00
$500.00
EIDER (FEMALE), Plate 70
$500.00
$500.00
GREENSHANK, Plate
$500.00
$500.00
COMMON COOT, Plate 32
$750.00
$750.00
STELLER'S POCHARD, Plate 65
$750.00
$750.00
SQUATED HERON, Plate 6
$1,000.00
$1,000.00

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NIGHT HERON, Plate 7
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
GLOSSY IBIS (YOUNG), Plate 12
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
CURLEW, Plate 13
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
COMMON OYSTER CATCHER, Plate 33
$1,000.00
$1,000.00

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BEAN GOOSE, Plate 42
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
WHITE FRONTED WILD GOOSE, Plate 43
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
BRENT BERNICLE, Plate 45
$1,000.00
$1,000.00

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COMMON BARNICLE, Plate 45
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
FEMALE GADWALL AND PINTAIL DUCKS, Plate 49
$1,000.00
$1,000.00

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SPARROWS, Plate 51
$300.00
$300.00
TEAL DUCKS, Plate 54
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
VELVET SCOTER DUCK, Plate 67
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
BLACK SCOTER DUCK, Plate 68
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
HORNED GREBE, Plate 74
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
FULMAR PETREL, Plate 102
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
WIDGEON DUCKS, Plate 52
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
LITTLE EGRET HERON, Plate 5
$3,000.00
$3,000.00
CIRNEROUS EAGLE YOUNG - Black and White, Plate 3
$200.00
$200.00
RAVEN - Black and White, Plate 27
$350.00
$350.00

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ROOK - Black and White, Plate 30
$250.00
$250.00
JACKDAW MAGPIE - Black and White, Plate 31
$250.00
$250.00
WOODPECKER - Black and White, Plate 38
$250.00
$250.00
GREAT WOODPECKER - Black and White, Plate 38
$350.00
$350.00
KINGFISHER & HOOPOE - Black and White, Plate 40
$250.00
$250.00
BEE EATERS - Black and White, Plate 41
$250.00
$250.00
GOATSUCKER OR NIGHT HAWK - Black and White, Plate 42
$250.00
$250.00
SKY AND WOOD LARKS - Black and White, Plate 50
$250.00
$250.00
FEMALE BUSTARD AND CHICK - Black and White, Plate 64
$350.00
$350.00
ASSORTED BIRD HEADS & FEET - Black and White
$200.00
$200.00