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These attractive original (not reproductions!)  prints are from the 1873 First edition of THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF POULTRY offered here are the original chromolithographs, on heavy stock, free of text on the back. Please click on the name of the print from the list below to view each print individually.

"Perhaps the most famous British 19th - Century Illustrated book on poultry." Anker: Bird books and bird art 542. The ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF POULTRY is often featured as a rare collectable in articles on antiquarian books. One of the lithographs was featured on the cover of a Cornell University magazine (August 1999). The article describes the books in the Universities Rare Book Collection. (See scan of cover below).

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These web images are electronically watermarked, the prints themselves are not.

The original productions containing all fifty handsome superb chromolithographs are valued at $2,000 - $3,000 each. The original Chromolithographs have become a favorite among art collectors, art galleries and interior designers. The illustrations are by A.J. Ludlow. He was also well known as a painter of poultry and cock-fighting portraits. Works by him also appear as illustrations to the Fanciers Gazette. These Poultry portraits are discussed in a very interesting book Farm Animal Portraits by Elspeth Moncrieff. .

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