Bidspirit auction | Frisch - Cockatoo

Frisch - Cockatoo - This first edition, originally hand-colored engraving is from Johann Leonhard Frisch's Vorstellung der Vogel in Teutschland und Beylaugffig auch Einiger Fremden, mit Ihren Eigenschaften Beschrieben…und Nach Iheren Naturlichen Farben . The work was published in 1733 and completed posthumously in 1763. It is considered the first great German bird book. Paper Size: ~ 9” by 14” Paper Type or Special Features: Originally Hand-colored Engraving