English Traditional Antique Bird Bookplates in Burl Wood Frames, a Pair

Description

A handsome pair of bookplates enclosed in walnut burl frames with French matting and gilt molding.

The Pintail. Dafila acuta … more A handsome pair of bookplates enclosed in walnut burl frames with French matting and gilt molding.

The Pintail. Dafila acuta (1908)

Original chromolithograph by Henrik Grønvold (1858-1940) for “The Indian Ducks and Their Allies” published in London by E. C. Stuart Baker. This lithograph is in fine condition, printed on thick paper with a buff-coloured background.

The Sheldrake tadora tadora (1921)

Original chromolithograph by Henrik Grønvold (1858-1940) from The Game Birds of "India, Burma and Ceylon".

Henrik Grønvold (6 September 1858 – 23 March 1940) was a Danish naturalist and artist, known for his illustrations of birds. Grønvold was among the last natural history illustrators to publish lithographs. less