Bird Illustration has been of interest since the Egyptian tomb painters included wildfowl to sustain the dead on their journey into the world beyond. Commentary in this book takes the form of a leisurely stroll through sites along the Nile Valley, Pompeii, medieval Europe and Baroque aviaries, stopping along the way to admire the birds portrayed by the most accomplished artists and ornithologists of their time. Beautifully illustrated. All the plates are reproduced in their original colors, and many of them are from ...
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Bird Illustration has been of interest since the Egyptian tomb painters included wildfowl to sustain the dead on their journey into the world beyond. Commentary in this book takes the form of a leisurely stroll through sites along the Nile Valley, Pompeii, medieval Europe and Baroque aviaries, stopping along the way to admire the birds portrayed by the most accomplished artists and ornithologists of their time. Beautifully illustrated. All the plates are reproduced in their original colors, and many of them are from specialized galleries and libraries otherwise inaccessible to a wide public.
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Very Good. Very Good Dust Jacket. Folio-over 12"-15" tall. 192 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Very good dust jacket with one 1" closed edge tear. Jacket not price clipped. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding. g.
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Good. Borderline good / acceptable. The pages are in beautiful condition. The spine is damaged at bottom. Bumped hard enough to actually tear spine at base: 1.5 centimeters on each side of spine base. Bottom edge of book chipped and dented quite a bit. Top edge in good condition. DJ worn and torn at top and bottom of spine, creased, bent, light scratches and dents. DJ has small tear of corner. Corner only lightly bumped.