Autograph receipt signed by George Edwards [manuscript], 1747 March 7.

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Autograph receipt signed by George Edwards [manuscript], 1747 March 7.

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In this holograph receipt, dated 12 Nov. 1747, Edwards notes that he has received two pounds two shillings from James West (1703-1772) "for [his] second part History of birds."

1 item ; 10 x 21 cm.

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Edwards, George, 1694-1773

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George Edwards, an ornithologist and artist, studied etching under Mark Catesby. His success as an artist enabled Edwards to self-publish via the Royal College of Physicians his multi-volume work: A natural history of uncommon birds (1743-1750). The buyer, noted on the receipt, is James West. West was a politician and noted bookcollector. As R. Charles Lucas notes, in his work, Book-collecting in the eighteenth century: The library of James West (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1949): West "was...

West, James, 1703-1772

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