This is the first volume in a series of selections of natural history prints from around the world and celebrates the achievements of bird artists over two centuries. The 60 plates are arranged chronologically and range from Eleazar Albin's "Hoopoe", from the early 19th century, through aquatints from Audubon's "Birds of America" and Edward Lear's colourful "Parrots" some hundred years later, to the work of 20th-century artists such as Archibald Thorburn and George Lodge. The author has written many books and articles, both scientific and popular, on natural history topics.
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Höhe: 356 mm
Breite: 254 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-85585-065-1 (9781855850651)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Hoopoe; common cardinal; pelican; dodo; tawny owl; magnificent frigate bird; yellowhammer; shelduck; Guianan cock-of-the-rock; yellow-crowned night heron and others; common coot; white-fronted goose; ocellated turkey; ostrich; Andean condor; Indian courser; brown thrasher; trumpeter swan; greater flamingo; red bishop; Major Mitchell's cockatoo; scarlet macaw; western tragopan; short-eared owl and great horned owl; short-billed jay and others; eagle owl; celebes hornhill and others; Victoria crowned pigeon; bullfinch; common rhea; pileated guan; American jacana; Des Murs' wiretail; garnet-throated humming-bird; fork-tailed emerald; yellow-cheeked amazon; Society Islands pigeon; Perouse's fruit dove; quetzal, knysna touraco; blue plantain-eater; gyrfalcon; snowy owl; robin; gannet; common paradise kingfisher; torrent duck; golden pheasant; red jungle-fowl; chestnut-breasted coronet; crossbill; Hawaiian goose; blue bird of paradise; raggiana bird of paradise; blue-bellied roller; Hawaii O'O; great auk; one-wattled cassowary; common partridge; kestrel.
