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Wirsing - 4 Nest & Egg Engravings - This rare and striking hand-colored oology engraving is from Adam Ludwig Wirsing's Sammlung von Nestern und Eyern verschiedener Vögel or Collection of nests and eggs of various birds . The work was published in Nuremberg by Wirsing between 1767 and 1786. The original hand-coloring is truly remarkable and fresh. Adam Ludwig Wirsing (1734-1798) was a German engraver, publisher, and art dealer. He had a special interest in natural history. In addition to his owl work, he helped engrave plates for Trew's Hortus Nitidissimus and Schaeffer’s Fungorum…