Bidspirit auction | Linnaeus - Pair of Bird

Linnaeus - Pair of Bird Engravings: Purple Indian Creeper & Green and Cinereous Tody - This scarce first edition engraving is from Sir Charles Linnaeus & Ebenezer Sibley's A Genuine and Universal System of Natural-History... or Magazine of Natural History . The work was printed for the propietor in London between 1794 and 1810. Carl Linnaeus was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist who formalized the system of binomial nomenclature which is still in practice today. He is considered the Father of Taxonomy. Paper Size ~ 4” by 8 1/8”