A SYNOPSIS OF THE AVIFAUNA OF CHINA.

Cheng, Tso-Hsin

Verlag: Science Press, Beijing, 1987

Beschreibung

Beijing: Science Press; Hamburg and Berlin: Paul Parey Scientific Publishers, 1987. Thick 8vo. xvi + 1222 + 1pp. Illustrated with 828 small maps and 1 big map. Bilingual terms in Chinese and English, text mostly in English. Blue cloth with gilt titling in dust jacket. Fine. HEAVY BOOK. EXTRA POSTAGE MAY BE NEEDED. COMES FROM THE LIBRARY OF J. Fenwick Lansdowne (1937-2008), WITH A SPECIALLY DESIGNED BOOKPLATE. James Fenwick Lansdowne's paintings 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 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. Birds of the Northern Forest (1966); Birds of the Eastern Forest, Volume I and II (1968 and 1970); Birds of the West Coast, Volume I and II (1976 and 1982); Rails of the World (1977) Guide to the Behavior of Common Birds (1980); Rare Birds of China (1984). 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 009539

Bibliografische Details

Titel: A SYNOPSIS OF THE AVIFAUNA OF CHINA.

Verlag: Science Press, Beijing

Erscheinungsdatum: 1987

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine