Album of the Finest Birds of all Countries

by Édouard TraviÈS, Wilhelm Becker, artist, lithographer

$3,850 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Publisher's decorated cloth boards, all edges gilt A rare Philadelphia ornithological album of 25 hand-coloured lithographs for a bilingual in German and English American market. In this vibrant ornithological album, the plates are arranged geographically, beginning with America, followed by Europe, Asia, and Australia. American birds predominate, including hummingbirds, while the Australian section includes parrots and birds-of-paradise. The compositions show a

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