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A 1749 natural history volume of hand-coloured bird plates, compiled from the work of naturalists George Edwards and Mark Catesby and engraved by Johann Michael Seligmann, held by Heidelberg University Library and made for collectors and scientific readers. The plates show single birds posed on branches, stumps and mossy stones with muted watercolour washes, giving a designer a model for engraved botanical-style animal studies with restrained earthy palettes.
