SITWELL, Sacheverell and Handasyde Buchanan and James Fis... Fine Bird Books, 1700-1900. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1990), folio, cloth in dust jacket. (xii), 180pp. First AmericanEdition. With a foreword by S. Dillon Ripley. Illustrated with 52 color plates. Sitwell's text highlights the master illustrators and their careers, but the focus of the book is a 90 page bibliography by Buchanan and Fisher that describes editions, plates and methods of reproduction as well as providing a final Reference Bibliography on bird books. Buchanan was a major London book collector and dealer, while Fisher was "perhaps the most popular figure in ornithological circles." An appendix by Buchanan defines the various printing processes for natural history plates. Very fine. Price: USD 65.00 other currencies   order no. 32    inquire

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