Amazon parrots /
"This work, limited to 500 copies, contains 28 magnificent colour plates of Amazon parrots painted by the artist Elizabeth Butterworth. The plates have been drawn from living birds wherever possible, with additional information gained from photographs and skins provided by the British Museum (N...
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| Language: | English |
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London :
D'Erlanger-Basilisk,
1983.
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| Summary: | "This work, limited to 500 copies, contains 28 magnificent colour plates of Amazon parrots painted by the artist Elizabeth Butterworth. The plates have been drawn from living birds wherever possible, with additional information gained from photographs and skins provided by the British Museum (Natural History), London, and the American Museum of Natural History, New York. The accompanying text by Rosemary Low contains full information about the birds' appearance, distribution and habits"--NHBH website (viewed June 3, 2013). |
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| Item Description: | Limited edition of 515 signed and numbered copies. In slip case. This edition is limited to five hundred and fifteen signed and numbered copies..."--Colophon." The Cushing Library/Kincaid/South America copy is number 100, is signed by the artist and the author, and includes a parrot print signed by elizabeth Butterworth "Amazona Violacea", numbered 30 of 70. |
| Physical Description: | 178 pages : color illustrations ; 46 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (169-174) and index. |