Album of the finest birds of all countries
- Bib ID:
- 2661636
- Format:
- Book
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- Philadelphia : Weik & Wieck, [ca. 1860]
- [25] plates : col. ills. ; 28 x 36 cm.
- Summary:
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Ornithological album of coloured plates in the style of French artist Travies for American consumption. The plates were printed and handcoloured in Germany by the publishers who were publishers and importers in Philadelphia in the mid nineteenth century. The remarkable decorative binding contains multi-coloured ornitholgoical design. The back cover bears the credit of W. Becker as delineator and lithographer who is most likely to have been responsible for the plates which don't bear any credit. The species with captions in German and English are arranged according to continents.
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- Cover title.
- Includes five plates in the Australian section of which the budgerigar and parrots are true natives. The others are the Thread-tailed epimachus, the Red bird of paradise, Blue girl, the Royal bird of paradise, the Titmouse and Wren.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-39209789
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Created/Published Date is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1860
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1860
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