BIRDS OF PARADISE - oversized limited Folio Soc. edition

Richard Bowdler Sharpe

Edité par Folio Society, London, 2011

Birds of Paradise - Monograph of the Paradiseidæ or Birds of Paradise and Ptilonorhinchidæ, or Bower-Birds. -- Folio Society 2011. Edition limited to 1,000 copies (this is no. 59). Foreword by David Attenborough. Plate Volume with 79 color plates, dimensions: 21½" x 15" (550mm x 380mm). (Text volume was published separately,) Quarter-bound in goatskin leather. Canvas cloth sides blocked with a design by Neil Gower. Gilded top edge, Ribbon marker. Very solid cloth-bound slipcase, Blocked in gold. The original prospectus and some sales material are included. Condition: Book like new, slipcase with some faint shelf-wear. - Please inquire for international rates. -- The Folio Society is proud to reproduce, for the first time, all 79 plates of Sharpe's Birds of Paradise in book form at their actual size. At the time when this remarkable book was first produced, lithographic plate reproduction had reached its peak of subtlety and precision. The illustrations showed these fabulous birds in radiant colour and exquisite detail. no dj as issued, slipcase with faint shelf wear. N° de réf. du vendeur 2078K

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Titre : BIRDS OF PARADISE - oversized limited Folio ...
Éditeur : Folio Society, London
Date d'édition : 2011
Reliure : Hardcover in slipcase
Etat : LIKE NEW
Edition : No 59 of an edition limited to 1000.