(19th century) 

Four works from A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or Family of Toucans: London, 1833-35, C. Hullmandel & Walten, printer, Pteroglossus inscriptus, Swains., Pteroglossus Humboldti, Ptreoglossus Aracari, and Ptreoglossus Bitoroutis:(Vig.); one from United States Exploring Expedition, Philadelphia, 1858, C. Sherman & son, printer, Aprosmicturs splendens. Peale; Aprosmictus personatus. (G.R. Gray.), Ornithology, plate 20, hand colored lithograph, sheet 21-1/2 x 14-1/4 in.; two in matching wood print frames, 27-1/2 x 20-7/8 x 2 in.; one with text verso from Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or Birds of Paradise and Ptilonorhynchidae, and Bower-Birds by Richard Bowdler Sharpe: London, 1891-1898, Taylor & Francis for Henry Sotheran & Co., publisher, 1. Amlyornis Flavifrons, Rothschild, 2., Inornata, Schl. Adult Male., hand colored lithograph; one with text verso from The Birds of New Guinea: London, 1850-1883, Parotia Lawesi. Ramsey, both sights 20-7/8 x 13-7/8 in.; two in matching gilt wood frames, 30 x 22-7/8 x 1-1/4 in.; 

Provenance: Private Collection, Asheville, North Carolina