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Australian Parrots

by Forshaw, J.M.; Cooper, W.T. (Illus.)

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Collection : A fine ornithological and natural history library
Publisher : Lansdowne Editions
Published In : Melbourne
Illustrations : full-page colour illustrations, distribution maps

Description:

Collector's Issue of the second (revised) edition, numbered and signed by the author and illustrator, limited to 1000 copies, this copy being #966. Vol. I: Loriinae and Cacatuinae; Vol. II: Psitacinae. Fine colour plates by William T. Cooper illustrate all species.

First published in 1969, Australian Parrots, unites Joseph Forshaw, one of Australia's foremost ornithologists and a leading expert on parrots, and William Cooper, one of Australia's finest wildlife artists. Their collaboration produced some of the most impressive bird monographs of the twentieth century.

Condition

2 vols, folio (514x370mm), orig. green full morroco, decorative design of parrot blocked to each cover, raised bands and leather title pieces to spines, housed in cloth solander case (limited light soiling). Fine condition.