Platycercus tabuensis Tabuan Parrakeet

by Edward Lear

$3,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A fine example of the work of 'perhaps the greatest draughtsman of birds in European culture' Philip Hofer . This image is from Lear's masterpiece: Illustrations of the Family Psittacidae, or Parrots , a work which combines 'the most exacting scientific naturalism with a masterly sense of design and intuitive sympathy for animal intelligence' Susan Hayman, Edward Lear's Birds , 1980 . This copy gifted to John James Audubon by Lear. This excellent image is from Lear's

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