THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH SURFACE-FEEDING DUCKS.

Millais, J.G.

Verlag: Longmans, Green, and Co., London, New York, Bombay and Calcutta, 1902

Beschreibung

London, New York, Bombay and Calcutta: Longmans, Green and Co. 1902. 1st edition. Folio. Limited edition. #109/600. [10] + xiv + additional pictorial title + 6 photogravure plates + 41 colour plates (of which 13 chromolithographed) after Millais and Archibald Thorburn, and 18 uncoloured plates on 25 sheets, some wood-engraved with tissue guards. Top edge gilt. Title page in red and black print. Bookplate of Gordon Booth. Very light spotting from foxing at the preliminaries leaves, and rear leaves after the text. Plates are all fine. Original cloth. Fine. This title comes from the distinguished library of J. Fenwick Lansdowne (1937-2008), the award winning British Columbia artistand illustrator whose accurate and artistic depictions of birds are prized  around the world by museums and collectors. HIS ARTISTICALLY DESIGNED BOOKPLATE IS TIPPED IN. The paintings of James Fenwick Lansdowne have been compared to those of John James Audubon. That Lansdowne owned a deluxe, and costly edition of Audubon's work, the Bird of America which  suggests that Lansdowne not only prized Audubon's illustrations, found inspiration in them, but perhaps tried to emulate the American artist for his magisterial depiction of wildlife, in particular birds.  Lansdowne was born in Hong Kong and in 1940 moved to Victoria, British Columbia where he worked and resided for the rest of his life. When he was only 19 years old, the Royal Ontario Museum mounted an exhibition of his watercolours. He later went on to exhibit at the Smithsonian, the American Museum of Natural History, and Audubon House in New York. In the mid 1960s, he would go on to provide illustrations for bird books as well as limited edition prints based on the large watercolour and gouache paintings used to illustrate books. He is best known as the illustrator of sumptuous books.   Lansdowne was awarded the Order of Canada and made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1977, as an ornithological artist of wide renown, with the rare ability not only to be essentially correct in his paintings of birds, but to portray them so they seemingly come to life. In 1995, he received the Order of British Columbia. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 009072

Bibliografische Details

Titel: THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH ...

Verlag: Longmans, Green, and Co., London, New York, Bombay and Calcutta

Erscheinungsdatum: 1902

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fine

Auflage: Limited Edition