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Some Eighteenth Century Bird Paintings in the Library of Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820)

Averil Lysaght,

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Historical Series, Vol. I, No. 6, London: 1959.

“This study is an account of a number of the bird paintings, many of them still unpublished, which were executed for Sir Joseph Banks by various naturalists and artists in the latter part of the eighteenth century, particularly those connected with the voyages of Captain Cook.”

3 b/w plates.

Condition: Very good.
pp.128.
Soft cover
Size: 18.5cm x 25cm

Price: US$91.00

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Some Eighteenth Century Bird Paintings... library of Sir Joseph Banks