Two specimens of the Bird-of-Paradise Finish:Single 'Explanation of Plate XXX

'Explanation of Plate XXX

seated wearing spectacles and holding an open bok in his right hand

The German Eagle sits mournfully on a rock high above the sinking sun

nor food on the table

dogs run back and forth

Two specimens of the Bird-of-Paradise Finish:Single 'Explanation of Plate XXXOrnithological studies of two dried specimens of the Bird of paradise. Figures 1 2 [left and right] 'The Bird of Paradise in two Views; taken from the Royal Society.' Figure 3 'A Bird of Paradise from Amboina; drawn from Dr. Ruysch's cabinet at Amsterdam.' [Ambon in the Moluka Islands, Indonesia]. Plate 12 from the book A philosophical account of the works of nature, by Richard Bradley (London, 1721). Inscribed 'Plate XII. T. Cole sculp.' Richard