{"product_id":"115432","title":"The Ash-colour'd Heron of North-America. Pl. 135.","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003eDecorative plates for \"A Natural History of Birds\" one of the most important and comprehensive of all English 18th-century natural history books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Edwards FRS (3 April 1694 – 23 July 1773) was an English naturalist and ornithologist, known as the \"father of British ornithology\".\u003cbr\u003eEdwards was born at West Ham, then in the county of Essex. In his early years, he travelled extensively through mainland Europe, studying natural history, and gained a reputation for his coloured drawings of animals, especially birds. He was appointed as beadle to the Royal College of Physicians in 1733. He was an English draughtsman and a skilled observer of birds and one of the most prominent ornithologists of his day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginal hand-coloured copper engraved plate, some minor soiling, mainly to margins, paper size: 29.3 cm x 23.5 cm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSITWELL, Sacheverell 'Fine Bird Books', 1990 pp.93; Nissen IVB 286-88; Zimmer pp. 192-98\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"EDWARDS, George.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57124538286455,"sku":"115432","price":543.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/115432_1b49b1d1-1560-4f32-9a10-e29354af7b89.jpg?v=1779900849","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/en-us\/products\/115432","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}