Olof Rudbeck The Younger

This large Falcon Gyr is digitally remastered and printed on acid-free cotton rag paper with archival inks. These Giclee prints are from scans of the original watercolors. (#1 Das grosse Vogelbuch des Olof Rudbeck d. J Belser Verlag – Zurich, 1985) Olof Rudbeck the Younger (1660–1740) was born and educated in Uppsala, Sweden, where he received an excellent education from his father and other qualified teachers. He studied medicine, and his thesis De propagatione plantarum, published in 1686, is considered to mark the birth of modern botany in Sweden The so-called Great Book of Birds by Olof Rudbeck the Younger is a work begun ca. 1693 but was never published until a facsimile was made in 1985. Rudbeck continued to give a series of ornithological lectures between 1727 and 1731, which were the first of their kind in Sweden. Each page is adorned with full-page illustrations of various birds that are both artful and realistic. Frame 74x 52 cm, Print 53 x 36 cm