885 Sterna Elegans. 19th century American School.
Sterna Elegans

A common Pacific Coast seabird in action.

Sterna Elegans

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1860. Lithograph and engraving with handcoloring in watercolor on white wove paper, 11 1/2 x 9 inches (290 x 230 mm) (Sheet), full margins. Chip at each of the corners, and at the left sheet edge, all well outside of image area.

A single plate from The Birds of North America; the descriptions of species based chiefly on the collections in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution / by Spencer F. Baird; with the cooperation of John Cassin and George N. Lawrence. With an atlas of one hundred plates, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co.,1860.

Item number: 885

Price: $50.00

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