Vanished and Vanishing Parrots

£37,500 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

original watercolours A fine set of 37 original watercolours by Frank Knight for Joseph Forshaw's 2011 work, Vanished and Vanishing Parrots. The plates depict: Carolina Parakeet (cover design), Kakapo, Norfolk Island Kaka, Yellow-crested Cockatoo, Red-vented Corella, Philippine and Flores Hanging Parrots, Red and Blue Lory, Ultramarine and Blue Lorys, Kuhl's and Stephen's Lorys, Blue-fronted and Diademed Lorikeets, Red-throated Lorikeet, Coxen's Gif Parrot, Golden-shouldered Parrot, Paradise Parrot, Orange-bellied Parrot, Night Parrot, Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island Parakeets, Macquarie Island Parakeet, Chatham Islands and Orange-fronted Parakeets, Black-fronted and Raiatea Island Parakeets, Horned and Ouvea Island Parakeets, Mascarene Parrot, Mauritius Parrot, Newton's Parakeet, Syechelles Parakeet, Lear's Macaw, Glaucus Macaw, Spix's Macaw, Blue-throated Macaw, Cuban Macaw, Carolina Parakeet, Yellow-eared Conure, Golden Conure, Rusty-faced and Indigo-winged Parrots, Grey-breasted, Marroon-faced and Sinu Conures, El Oro and Santa Maria Conures, and the Puerto Rican Amazon. Australian-born Frank Knight (b. 1941) is one of the leading ornithological illustrators of our time. As well as the present work he also illustrated a field guide to the birds of Australia. 37 original watercolours (sheet size: 62 x 45) on Arches paper, all but the cover design signed and dated within the image, tissue-guards, descriptive letterpress tipped to verso of sheets, loose letterpress descr

• Binding: Hardcover

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