3 Antique History British Birds Chromolitho Prints Cuckoo Blackcap Nightingale

Description

Set of three antique ornithological colored chromolitho plate prints featuring a Yellow Billed Cuckoo, a Blackcap, and a Nightingale.

Attributed to A History of British Birds Second Edition Volume II, 1870 by Rev Francis Orpen Morris, B.A.

Rev F. O. Morris was a member of the Ashmolean Society and also became an early advocate for conservation and was instrumental in founding the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds).

Condition

Good, only have informational book pages for Blackcap.

Dimensions

2 Horizontal - 17.5” x 0.75” x 16” / Sans Frame - 8” x 5.5” / Vertical - 15” x 0.75” x 19” / Sans Frame – 5.5” x 8.5” (Width x Depth x Height)