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Set of Six 18th Century Mannetti Bird Engravings
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
18th century Saverio Manetti hand-coloured bird engravings.
Presented in bespoke hand-painted and
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18th Century Italian Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Paper
$6,079 / set
A Well-Executed Set of Hand-Colored Bird Engravings by George Edwards
By George Edwards
Located in San Francisco, CA
A well-executed set of 5 English hand-colored bird engravings by George Edwards; later french
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Bird Engravings
Bird Engravings by Martinet
By François Nicolas Martinet
Located in Stamford, CT
A set of eight engravings of birds by French artist Francois Nicolas Martinet. The dealer is
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Bird Engravings
Colorful Australian Birds Engraving Set
By John and Elizabeth Gould
Located in Houston, TX
Engraving of an Australian bird from a book published in 1838 titled, "The Birds of Australia." The
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Engraving
Eight Hand colored Bird Engravings.
Located in Downingtown, PA
A Set of Eight Hand Colour Ornithological Engravings,
Francois Martinet
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Bird Engravings
George Edwards Set of Twelve Bird Engravings, circa 1740
By George Edwards
Located in Downingtown, PA
George Edwards set of twelve bird engravings,
within modern decoupage frames,
from a natural
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1730s English Georgian Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Paper
18th Century Hand Colored Bird Engraving by George Edwards
By George Edwards
Located in Alamo, CA
18th century hand colored copper-plate engraving of an exotic bird, "Avis quaedam specici mixtae
Category
1760s Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Engraving
18th Century Hand Colored George Edwards Lanius (Shrike) Bird Engraving
By George Edwards
Located in Alamo, CA
18th century hand colored copper-plate engraving of an exotic bird, "Lanius, cauda forcipata" or
Category
1760s Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Engraving
Beautiful Bird Scenes Captured on Paper style of Audubon Bird Engravings
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Katonah, NY
Hundreds of beautiful bird scenes captured on paper in the style of Audubon bird engravings. These
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Late 18th Century German Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Paper
Sea Birds, English antique bird engraving print, 1879
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Sea Birds
Wood-engraving with original colouring. 1879.
160mm by 245mm (sheet).
Key below the
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Engraving
Bird Engravings on Paper Audubon Style Francois-Nicolas Martinet Group #3
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Katonah, NY
Hundreds of individual bird scenes captured on paper in the style of the Audubon bird engravings
Category
Late 18th Century German Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Paper
Johann Seligmann Bird Engraving of an Oriole, Le Loriot a tete noires Indes
By Johann Michael Seligmann
Located in Downingtown, PA
Johann Seligmann Bird Engraving,
Tab XLIX,
Le Loriot a tete noires Indes,
1770s
The Johann
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Late 18th Century German Georgian Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Paper
Hand-Colored Bird Engravings French 18th Century by Francois-Nicolas Martinet
Located in Katonah, NY
bird engravings.
These small, gem like, hand-colored engravings represent the rare and compelling
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Late 18th Century French Regency Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Paper
Hand-Colored Bird Engravings French 18th Century by Francois-Nicolas Martinet
Located in Katonah, NY
bird engravings.
These small, gem like, hand-colored engravings represent the rare and compelling
Category
Late 18th Century French Regency Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Paper
Bird Engravings on Paper Audubon Style by Francois-Nicolas Martinet Group #2
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Katonah, NY
Hundreds of individual bird scenes captured on paper in the style of the Audubon bird engravings
Category
Late 18th Century German Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Paper
Bird Engravings on Paper Audubon Style by Francois-Nicolas Martinet Group #1
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Katonah, NY
Hundreds of individual bird scenes captured on paper in the style of the Audubon bird engravings
Category
Late 18th Century German Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Paper
Set of 12 18th Century Martinet Bird Engravings
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
engravings are by Francois Nicholas Martinet (1725-1804) the foremost bird artist of the period, engraver and
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18th Century French Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Paper
$8,763 / set
Hand-Colored Bird Engravings by François Nicolas Martinet
By François Nicolas Martinet, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Dallas, TX
Set / group of 14
François Nicolas Martinet (1731-1804) hand-colored bird prints / engravings
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Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Paper
Rare Set of French Hand Colored Bird Engravings
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare set of three antique French 18th century hand colored engravings executed at a time when
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18th Century French British Colonial Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Paint
$2,100 / set
Set of four 18th century hand coloured bird engravings by Martinet circa 1765
By François Nicolas Martinet
Located in Cotignac, FR
best known for his bird engravings. Martinet also illustrated many plays and operas by Voltaire and
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Set of Eight Hand-Colored Bird Engravings by Francois Nicolas Martinet
By François Nicolas Martinet
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A set of eight framed and matted original, hand-colored bird engravings on paper by French engraver
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Linen, Walnut, Burl, Paper
Set of 6 French Colored Copper Plate Bird Engravings
By Martinet
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare and exquisite set of six French colored copper plate engravings of birds by François-Nicolas
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Copper
Framed 18th Century Bird Engraving Depicting a Grey Partridge, France
Located in Atlanta, GA
A 18th century French engraving depicting a grey partridge bird standing on a rock. The engraving
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18th Century French Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Wood, Paper
18th-19th century bird engravings in hand painted tortoise finished frames
Located in Richmond, VA
Set of 6 18th-19th century engravings of birds presented in custom faux tortoise hand painted
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Mid-19th Century Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
Antique French 18th C. Francois Martinet Colored Tropical Bird Engravings Framed
By François Nicolas Martinet
Located in Dayton, OH
"Antique 18th century hand colored copperplate engraving of a pair of tropical bearded and spotted
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Late 18th Century French Provincial Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Paper
Mid-19th Century Bloodstone with Bird Engraving and 9 Carat Gold Signet Ring
Located in Chipping Campden, GB
Beautiful bird crest engraved in a glossy bloodstone and set in a 9ct gold ring. Made in the mid
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Mid-19th Century British Georgian Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
9k Gold
Set of Four French Hand Colored Framed Engravings Bernard Direxit, Circa 1790
By Bernard Direxit
Located in Charleston, SC
Set of four French hand colored exotic bird engravings in burl walnut frames under glass. Signed
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1790s French Louis XVI Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Burl, Glass, Paper, Walnut
George Edwards Engravings of Birds, Set of Twelve, circa 1740-1760
By George Edwards
Located in Downingtown, PA
George Edwards engravings of birds,
Set of twelve,
circa 1740-1760.
Twelve different bird
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Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Paper
18th Century Hand Colored George Edwards Engraving of "Fringilla Africana" Bird
By George Edwards
Located in Alamo, CA
An 18th century hand colored copper-plate engraving of an exotic bird, "Fringilla, Africana
Category
1760s Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Engraving
Framed Colored Engraving Signed by Charles Bird Published by C. Klackner, 1911
By Charles Bird
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This fine signed 1911 Charles Bird, hand colored engraving, of a windmill scene is in good
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Early 20th Century British Edwardian Antique Bird Engravings
Group of 6 Colored Etchings of Birds
By Saverio Manetti
Located in Houston, TX
'. It is "one of the half-dozen or so Great Bird Books in the collector's sense" --- Each bird engraving
Category
18th Century Naturalistic Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Engraving, Etching
An 18th century hand coloured engraving of a
Corneille du Senegal
By François Nicolas Martinet
Located in Cotignac, FR
numerous publication on natural history. He is best known for his bird engravings. Martinet also
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
George Edwards: 18th Century Engravings of Birds
By George Edwards
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761.
A prominent English naturalist and
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18th Century Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
George Edwards: 18th Century Engravings of Birds
By George Edwards
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761.
A prominent English naturalist and
Category
18th Century Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
A Set of Ten Seligmann Engravings of Waterbirds after Edwards
Located in Downingtown, PA
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These beautiful bird engraving are within a hand-made decoupage frame with a light acqua blue ground
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18th Century and Earlier German Antique Bird Engravings
George Edwards, Engravings of Birds, published by Seligmann, 1770.
By George Edwards
Located in Richmond, GB
1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with original hand-colouring
Category
18th Century Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
18th Century French Engravings of Birds
By François Nicolas Martinet
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
François-Nicolas (1725-1804). A set of twelve 18th century French engravings of birds from Histoire
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Late 18th Century French Regency Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Paint
Hand Colored Engraving of Blue Bird
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-1505
Colored engraving.Framed
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19th Century English Antique Bird Engravings
Hand Colored Bird or Parrot Engravings
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Charming set of six 19th century English woodcut parrot engravings hand watercolored by Alexander F
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Paint
$5,950 / set
Hand Colored Bird or Parrot Engravings
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Charming set of six 19th century English woodcut parrot engravings hand watercolored by Alexander F
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Watercolor
Pygmy Parrot and Three Coloured Lorikeet, French bird colour engraving, 1839
By Da Casse after A Fries
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Perroquets 1 Psittacule pygmee 2 Lori tricolore'
Engraving with original hand-colouring by Da
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Engraving
Crowned Heron Bird: A 16th/17th Century Hand-colored Engraving by Aldrovandi
By Ulisse Aldrovandi
Located in Alamo, CA
This very rare, first edition, folio hand-colored engraving of a Crowned Heron bird is plate 362
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Early 17th Century Naturalistic Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Engraving
19th Century Set of 8 Engravings of Birds
Located in Manhasset, NY
A fine set of 8 antique hand colored engravings of birds in different species and vivid forms
Category
19th Century English Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Glass
A 16th/17th Century Hand-colored Engraving of a Spoonbill Bird by Aldrovandi
By Ulisse Aldrovandi
Located in Alamo, CA
This very rare, first edition, folio hand-colored engraving of a Spoonbill bird is plate 385 from
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Early 17th Century Naturalistic Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Engraving
A Set of Eighteen Seligmann Engravings of Birds
Located in Downingtown, PA
. This work would included 220 prints which for the first time systematically illustrated American birds
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18th Century and Earlier German Antique Bird Engravings
Antique French Engraving of Birds, Paris, Late 18th Century
By François Nicolas Martinet
Located in Chappaqua, NY
Antique French engraving of birds, Paris, late 18th century. From the Histoire Naturelle des
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Paper
A 16th/17th Century Hand-colored Engraving of a Grey Heron Bird by Aldrovandi
By Ulisse Aldrovandi
Located in Alamo, CA
This very rare, first edition, folio hand-colored engraving of a Grey Heron bird is plate 378 from
Category
Early 17th Century Naturalistic Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Engraving
A 16th/17th Century Hand-colored Engraving of a White Heron Bird by Aldrovandi
By Ulisse Aldrovandi
Located in Alamo, CA
This very rare, first edition, folio hand-colored engraving of a White Heron bird is plate 395 from
Category
Early 17th Century Naturalistic Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Engraving
Antique Engraving of the Cassican Bird, a Corn Bird or Australian Magpie, 1795
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled ‘Le Cassican’. This print depicts the cassican bird and originates from
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18th Century Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Paper
Superb Set of Twelve Martinet Bird Copper Plate Engravings
By François Nicolas Martinet, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
engravings are by Francois Nicholas Martinet, the foremost bird artist of the period, engraver and artist to
Category
18th Century French Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Paper
Set of 12 Francois Nicolas Martinet Engravings of Birds
By François Nicolas Martinet
Located in Downingtown, PA
Histoire Naturelle Des Oiseaux.
The engravings set in an églomisé and decoupage glass bordered
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1770s French Georgian Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Paper
George Edwards Engravings of Birds, a Set of Six
By George Edwards
Located in Downingtown, PA
George Edwards engravings of birds- A set of Six
The George Edwards engravings of six different
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1740s English Georgian Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Paper
$15,000 / set
Eight Framed Hand Colored Engravings of Birds by Martinet
Located in Essex, MA
Gold frames and matted. Various birds.
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18th Century French Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Paper
Set of Four Framed Hand Colored Engravings of Birds
Located in Essex, MA
In hand painted chinoiserie frames nicely matted with inner gold leaf borders. Blue Breasted Lory among others.
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1850s Antique Bird Engravings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Set of Francois Nicolas Martinet Engravings of Birds, 1770-1786
By François Nicolas Martinet
Located in Downingtown, PA
Set of Francois Nicolas Martinet Engravings of Birds,
Histoire Naturelle Des Oiseaux,
(Twelve
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Late 18th Century Georgian Antique Bird Engravings
A Set of Twelve Francois Nicolas Martinet Engravings of Birds
By François Nicolas Martinet
Located in Downingtown, PA
Histoire Naturelle Des Oiseaux,
Series of bird prints from the most important and comprehensive
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Bird Engravings
Set of 4 Framed "Martinet" Birds Copper Engravings, ca. 1751 Paris
Located in Atlanta, GA
A set of 4 Framed "Martinet" Birds Copper Engravings with later hand coloring. Can be sold in pairs
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Bird Engravings
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Antique Bird Engravings For Sale on 1stDibs
On 1stDibs, there are several options of antique bird engravings available for sale. Browse a selection of Old Masters versions of these works for sale today — there are 21 Old Masters examples available. These items have been made for many years, with versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 19th Century. If you’re looking to add antique bird engravings that pop against an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include that feature elements of beige, gray, white, black and more. Many versions of these artworks are appealing in their rich colors and composition, but George Edwards, John Latham, Francois Nicolas Martinet, John James Audubon and Jacques Barraband produced especially popular works that are worth a look. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in engraving, paint and watercolor. Not every interior allows for large iterations of these items, so small antique bird engravings measuring 3.23 inches across are available.
How Much are Antique Bird Engravings?
Antique bird engravings can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $887, while the lowest priced sells for $65 and the highest can go for as much as $203,187.
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