(Band 4)
A volume of natural history bird plates from 1755, with text by George Edwards and Mark Catesby and plates engraved and coloured by Johann Michael Seligmann, held by Heidelberg University Library. The hand-coloured plates show birds set on rocks, water and grass with a plain background, drawn in careful naturalistic detail that a designer could use for botanical or wildlife motifs, pattern work or vintage-style print layouts.
