| PERTAINING T0 BIRDS-50 PLATES-DORIS ROSENTHAL |
| WOW! A COLLECTION OF RELIEF PRINTS PRESENTED AS PLATES DEPICTING HISTORIC FOLK REPRESENTATIONS OF BIRDS FROM VARIOUS CULTURES. IN ORGINAL FOLDER, IT READS.- PERTAINING TO BIRDS, 50 PLATES COMPILED BY DORIS ROSENTHAL [copyright symbol] BROWN-ROSENTHAL CO., INC. EDUCATIONAL ART PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK. THESE APPEAR TO BE RELIEF PRINTS (POSSIBLY A BLOCK) AND MEASURE APRX 14 1/4" x 11 1/4" EACH. THEY ARE RENDITIONS OF BIRDS FROM VARIOUS CULTURES INCLUDING ATHENIAN, UKRAINE, PRE-COLUMBIAN MEXICAN, ZUNI, PERUVIAN, JAPANESE, MAGYAR, ITALIAN, PERSIAN, GOTHIC, ETC. PICS BELOW SHOW PLATES 1, 9-10, 14-15, 29-30. ON THE BACK OF PLATE 1 IS A SMALL STAMP THAT READS - OCT 13, 1928. IN MY OPINION, IT IS EASILY THAT OLD. THE FOLDER NOTES 50 PLATES BUT THERE ARE A FEW MISSING HERE. SALE INCLUDES PLATES 1-33, 37-38, 45-46. ALSO, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE FOLDER HAS BEEN PATCHED W MASKING TAPE IN PLACES AND HAS TEARS. HOWEVER, THE PLATES ARE IN GREAT CONDITION. |
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