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Joel Oppenheimer

The Family of Hummingbirds

The Complete Prints of John Gould

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For all the bird lovers, the definitive collection of hummingbird illustrations by 19th-century naturalist painter John Gould, the British Audubon.This sublime collection of 418 superbly detailed hand-colored lithographs of hummingbirds, created by John Gould, the British Audubon, in the mid-1800s, represents all the known species at that time and is the most complete ever produced of hummingbirds. Unlike John James Audubon, whose work focused on the avifauna of a single country, Gould's folios illustrate species from around the world. His original set of folios-Family of Humming-Birds-reproduced here in its entirety, depicts the magnificent… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Oppenheimer, Laura / Peck, Robert McCracken
  • ISBN: 978-0-8478-6065-4
  • EAN: 9780847860654
  • Produktnummer: 25405871
  • Verlag: Random House N.Y.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
  • Seitenangabe: 304 S.
  • Masse: H31.5 cm x B24.3 cm x D3.5 cm 2'117 g
  • Abbildungen: Farb. Abb.
  • Gewicht: 2117

Über den Autor


Joel and Laura Oppenheimer are the owners of this eponymous firm that serves as both a gallery and an art restoration workshop, with one location in Chicago's famed Wrigley building and another in Charleston on historic King Street. Founded in 1969, Oppenheimer Gallery specializes in natural history art. Oppenheimer Gallery is one of the preeminent dealers of Audubon watercolors and facsimile prints and works in partnerships with museums across the country including the New-York Historical Society. Robert Peck, curator of art and artifacts and senior fellow of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, is a writer, naturalist, and historian who has traveled extensively in North and South America, Africa, Asia, and Europe. Peck is the author of many books including Land of the Eagle: A Natural History of North America (1990); Headhunters and Hummingbirds: An Expedition into Ecuador (1987); and A Celebration of Birds: The Life and Art of Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1982).

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