The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands

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The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands

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Description: Mark Catesby (1683-1749) is most famous for the birds he depicted in The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands (2.ed, 1754). Each bird is shown in association with a beautifully drawn and typical New World plant, and Catesby brought with him a rich collection of plants for use as study models when he returned to England in 1719 from his first voyage to Virginia.
Names: Edwards, George, 1694-1773 (Editor); Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749 (Artist)
Dates / Origin: Date Issued: 1754; Place: London; Publisher: Printed for C. Marsh [etc.]
Library locations: Rare Book Division; Shelf locator: *KF+++ 1754 (Catesby, M. Natural history) Copy 1
Topics: Natural history -- Bahamas; Florida; North Carolina; Organisms; Natural history; Natural history -- United States -- south
Genres: Books; Prints; Illustrations
Notes: Content: Title-page in red and black.; Language: English and French in parallel columns.; Citation/reference: Gross, 1994, #44 ; Sabin 11508
Physical Description: Etchings; Hand-colored
Type of Resource: Still image
Identifiers: RLIN/OCLC: 1838956; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14293687; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d3db9230-c635-012f-0e52-58d385a7bc34