LEAR, EDWARD.

Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidæ, or Prrots: The Greater Part of them Species hitherto unfigured. Containing Forty-Two Lithographed Plates, drawn from Life, and on Stone, by Edward Lear.

London, E. Lear, 1832. - London, Pian Ltd. and N.Y. Johnson Reprint, 1978. Imp. folio. Bound in orig. hmorocco, raised bands, spine gilt and with gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. (Bound by A.W. Lumsden). 5 leaves and 42 impressive colourplates of facsimiles. Printed in a limited edition of 530 copies of which 500 are for sale. This copy No. 529.

"The work is noted not only for its artistic value, but also for its accuracy of portrayal. It was issued in 12 parts, the firs part bears the date 1830."(Wood p. 429 a). - Sitwell, Fine Birds Books p. 87. - Jean Anker, 283.

Order-nr.: 44389