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The Art of Bird Illustration: A Visual Tribute to the Lives and Achievements of the Classic Bird Illustrators
by Lambourne, Maureen
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1555215858
- ISBN 13
- 9781555215859
- Seller
-
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Secaucus, New Jersey: Wellfleet Press, 1990. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Blue cloth with gilt, 192 pages with full page full colour illustrations through-out, Near Fine condition, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition now in Mylar. "The art of bird illustration is a time-honored craft. This lavishly illustrated survey is the ultimate visual tribute to the work of the great bird illustrators across the centuries & the dynamism and eyecatching apeal of their creations" Contents include: Intro / Early Beginnings: from "Cave Art to the Romans" / from "Medieval Manuscript to the Printed Book" / Engravings and Paintings: from 1660 to 1800 / America: from John White to J. J. Audubon / The Great Illustrators: from Thomas Bewick to Edward Lear / The Birds of Australia / Bird Artists of the Late Nineteenth Century / The Twentieth Century / Appendix: Print Collecting / Bibliography / index. Check out the scans. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Nessa Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009296
- Title
- The Art of Bird Illustration: A Visual Tribute to the Lives and Achievements of the Classic Bird Illustrators
- Author
- Lambourne, Maureen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1555215858
- ISBN 13
- 9781555215859
- Publisher
- Wellfleet Press
- Place of Publication
- Secaucus, New Jersey
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- Lambourne, Maureen The Art of Bird Illustration: A Visual Tribute to the Lives and Achievements of the Classic Bird Illustrators Wellfleet Press 1555215858 -----The scan you see is the book you get. Blue cloth with gilt, 192 pages with full page fu
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art & Artists; Biographies; Birds and Birding;
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
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