BIRDS AND TREES OF NORTH AMERICA COMPRISING 875 FULL-COLOR PLATES, 1094 SPECIES AND SUB-SPECIES OF BIRDS: 383 SPECIES OF TREES WITH AN EXPLANATORY TEXT BY THE ARTIST [Four Volumes]

Author: Brasher, Rex; McGaw, Lisa [editor, annotations]
Title: BIRDS AND TREES OF NORTH AMERICA COMPRISING 875 FULL-COLOR PLATES, 1094 SPECIES AND SUB-SPECIES OF BIRDS: 383 SPECIES OF TREES WITH AN EXPLANATORY TEXT BY THE ARTIST [Four Volumes]
Publication: New York: Rowman and Littlefield, Inc., 1961-1962
Edition: First Edition

Description: Oblong Folio, Four volumes. In Very Good condition. Bound in quarter brown leather and green leather boards with gilt lettering on spines. Edges of textblocks gilt. Marbled endpapers. Age-toning to leather along edges of Volume 2, and bumping to corners. Interior pages clean in all volumes. Profusely illustrated with 875 full-color plates throughout. JL consignment. Shelved Front Table.

NOTES

Rex Brasher was an eccentric American artist who supported much of his work and travel through gambling, engraving, and even fishing. This set contains brilliant illustrations from Brasher's life's work, painting every species and sub-species of bird identified in the American Ornithologists' Union's Check-list of North American Birds. Brasher visited every state in the U.S. and captured several birds that are now extinct, including the heath hen, passenger pigeon, and Eskimo curlew.

Seller ID: 1375503

Subject: Dupont Circle, Sciences, Math, Medicine, & Natural History, Visual Arts