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The Great Bird Illustrators and their Art 1730-1930
by Skipwith, Peyton
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0600314758
- ISBN 13
- 9780600314752
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
(London: Hamlyn, 1979) 0600314758. 4to; original dark brown cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; tinted top edge; pp. 176, incl. index; portraits; full-page colour ornithological illustrations (recto) with descriptive text to facing page (verso). Dustwrapper a little edgeworn and rubbed, partially sunned, and foxed to reverse side; a little spotting to edges. Very good condition, in a good dustwrapper. "Sixty-five carefully selected, exquisite colour plates present the fascinating history of the illustrated bird book through two centuries. The voyages of discovery, particularly to the New World, fostered tremendous interest in the natural sciences and this enthusiasm culminated in many fine books illustrated by hand coloured and hand-engraved plates. This book includes the work of fifteen famous bird illustrators, including John Gould and John James Audubon and will appeal equally to the naturalist and lover of the fine arts." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
(ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8814
- Title
- The Great Bird Illustrators and their Art 1730-1930
- Author
- Skipwith, Peyton
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0600314758
- ISBN 13
- 9780600314752
- Publisher
- (London: Hamlyn, 1979) 0600314758
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Engravings. Birds. Ornithology. Birds
- Bookseller catalogs
- Birds;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Biblio member since 2018
Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Dustwrapper
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- Gilt
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- Sunned
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- New
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- Fine
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