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Tree, Isabella

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

1992

22,56 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canadá)

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Año de publicación
1992
Lugar de impresión
New York. Grove Weidenfeld
Autor
Tree, Isabella
Edición
First American edition.
Materia
Nature - Ornithology
Idiomas
Inlgés
Primera edición

Descripción

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.