The discovery of a cache of over 200 sixteenth-century avian watercolors

a missing chapter in the history of ornithological illustration

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Roberta J. M. Olson
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The discovery of a cache of over 200 sixteenth-century avian watercolors

a missing chapter in the history of ornithological illustration

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English
Pages
521

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Table of Contents

The albums
Provenance
The infancy of published ornithological illustrations : Pierre Belon and Konrad Gesner
First Avian Project
Second Avian Project
Eleazar Albin's "A natural history of birds" (1731-38) redux.

Edition Notes

Caption title.

The collection, consisting of four albums, was accessioned by the New-York Historical Society in 1889 and had probably belonged to the 2nd Duke of Devonshire, William Cavendish (1673-1729).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 516-521).

In: Master drawings (ISSN 0025-5025), v. 45, no. 4 (2007) (issue title: Still-life & natural history drawings).

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[New York

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Pagination
p. 435-521
Number of pages
521

ID Numbers

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OL45311331M
OCLC/WorldCat
233702862

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