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Edward Lear. The Parrots. The Complete Plates (English, French, German, Hardcover, Multilingual edition)
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Edward Lear. The Parrots. The Complete Plates (English, French, German, Hardcover, Multilingual edition)
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Edward Lear may be best known for his nonsense verse, but in his
early years he excelled as an illustrator of birds and reptiles.
This set of 42 hand-colored lithographs, originally entitled
Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots, was the
finest achievement of his relatively brief career as a natural
history draftsman, before failing eyesight led him to concentrate
on his writing. During Lear's time, live parrots were rare and much
sought-after, bought and sold for large sums by wealthy amateurs of
natural history, and prized by 19th century European aristocracy
for their astonishing plumage and mimickry of the human voice.
Naturally, fine drawings of them were also highly prized. One of
the first collections entirely dedicated to the species, Parrots
includes African, Australian, and American parrots bred by eminent
ornithologists such as Sir William Jardine and Prideaux John Selby,
who sponsored Lear, inspiring and directing his work. Unlike other
avian illustrators who often worked with stuffed birds, the young
and prodigiously talented Lear (1812-1888) made his drawings from
live parrots, capturing their expressions and movements in
remarkably lifelike illustrations. The new medium of hand-colored
lithography facilitated the vivid elegance of Lear's work. This
exquisite collection was originally reproduced in only 175 precious
sets and sold by subscription to Britain's most eminent scholars
and wealthy collectors of living parrots. The Psittacidae
established Lear as a celebrated illustrator, and professor of
drawing to the young Queen Victoria. With a brief zoological
introduction and written descriptions of each bird, this title
revives TASCHEN's XL-sized edition to a more accessible, optimized
format, bringing Lear's parrots back to life for all to admire.
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