AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Cedarbird or Cedar Wax-wing (Plate 246), 1839-1844 Cartographer_Charles Parsons Lear’s nonsense books were highly

Lear’s nonsense books were highly popular during his lifetime

Ferdinand Verbiest was a Jesuit missionary who served in China during the seventeenth century

but it seems reasonable to suppose that he trained as an artist in his native town

with distinct boundaries and color-coded regions

and fortifications are also named throughout

AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Cedarbird or Cedar Wax-wing (Plate 246), 1839-1844 Cartographer_Charles Parsons Lear’s nonsense books were highlyJohn James AUDUBON Cedarbird or Cedar Wax wing (Plate 246) New York: J. J. Audubon; Philadelphia: J. B. Chevalier, 1839 1844 Hand colored lithograph Paper size: approx. 10 1 4 x 6 1 2 in.