Avium vivae icones, in aes
Avium vivae icones, in aes is an engraved book of living birds made by Adriaen Collaert, published in Antwerp around 1610 and likely intended for naturalists, artists and collectors of prints. Its plates show single birds or pairs set in landscapes with towns, hills, trees and water, each labelled with a Latin or vernacular name in a fine, even etched line. A designer could draw on the precise hatching, the calm pastoral backgrounds and the clear, labelled poses of the birds for botanical or natural history styled work.
