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Tree, Isabella

The Ruling Passion of John Gould; A Biography of the British Audubon

1992

22.56 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1992
Place of printing
New York. Grove Weidenfeld
Author
Tree, Isabella
Edition
First American edition.
Keyword
Nature - Ornithology
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [24 x 15 cm]; vii, 248 pp, plates including colored, from early sources, portraits, bibliog, index, list of Gould's works. original cloth-backed boards, gilt spine title lettering, fine and clean in dj (spine slightly faded, not price clipped). A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Gould produced over forty lavishly illustrated books on birds, including some 3,000 lithographs whose accuracy and artistic value eclipsed those of his greatest rival, John James Audubon. A man of many paradoxes is described here in fascinating detail.