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Lot description
Mark Catesby (British/American, 1683-1749) "Cancer Chelis Rubris" (The Red Claw Crab), Plate T37, watermark J. Ruse 1800, indicating the third edition of 1771-1810, further inscribed Titanokeratphyton (a massive fossilized or stony horn shaped sea rod or coral) Included is the original sheet of text from the folio describing The Red Claw Crab. Already cut in half when the folio was acquired by the present owner. A hand-colored copper plate engraving from Catesby's "The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands" - one of the most famous original color-plate books illustrating American plant and animal life forms created during the colonial period of America. Catesby's work is considered by many as the most significant work of American natural history prior to Audubon's "Birds of America". Note: This collection of Catesby engravings came to the present owner in a cardboard sleeve approximately 50 years ago. These prints have not been exposed to light until recently matted.