Catesby Green Sea Turtle Hand-Colored Plate This is the original issue

This is the original issue of this monograph which was later issued as a book

5 x 27 cm)

Signature of former owner on the front endpaper

long disputed

Catesby Green Sea Turtle Hand-Colored Plate This is the original issueHand colored lithographic plate, image size 13. 75 inches wide by 10 inches long, page size approximately 21 inches wide by 13 inches long. From: Catesby, M., The Natural History of Carolina, Florida & the Bahama Islands, 1736 1771, Volume 2, plate number 38. Plate was previously framed without accompanying text. This hand colored plate came from either the first or second edition. There were no changes to the plates between the first and second