Price: $575.00 USD
Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots: The greater Part of them Species Hitherto Unfigured, containing forty-two lithographic Plates, drawn from Life, and on Stone, by Edward Lear. Facsimile Bound in publisher's burgundy half morocco with matching cloth sides, top edge gilt, a fine copy, only one binding corner slightly bumped. A fine facsimile of this famous work first published by Edward Lear in 1832, this edition is limited to 530 copies of which 500 were for sale. Includes a loosely inserted 15 page booklet by Brian Reade: "An Essay on Edward Lear's Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots"
Title: Illustrations of the Family of Parrots: The greater Part of them Species Hitherto Unfigured, containing forty-two lithographic Plates (Facsimile of 1832 edition)
Edition: First
Location Published: London/New York, Pion Limited & Johnson Reprint Corporation: 1978
Binding: Hardcover
Categories: Science, Artbooks, Book
Seller ID: 792K
