| Description |
xii, 151 pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / by Stephen Fry -- Preface -- Introduction : fine bird books, Buller & Keulemans -- List of plates -- A history of the Birds of New Zealand : first-edition plates -- A history of the Birds of New Zealand : second-edition plates -- Supplement to the Birds of New Zealand : supplement plates |
| Summary |
Presents the full set of artworks created by JG Keulemans for "A history of the birds of New Zealand" by Walter Buller |
| Notes |
The dust jacket unfolds into a poster. The poster is a chromolithograph (c. 1900) by William Shaw Diedrich Schmidt. The birds in Schmidt's work were based on the artwork of J.G Keulemans in Walter Buller's A history of the birds of New Zealand |
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"This book reproduces the plates from Walter Buller's original History of the Birds of New Zealand (first edition, second edition and supplement) with a new introduction and foreword. This book is almost identical to the original Te Papa Press edition from 2012, but the format is smaller and the text extracts from Walter Buller have been removed"--Publisher's information |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Keulemans, J. G. (John Gerrard), 1842-1912
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Buller, Walter Lawry, Sir, 1838-1906
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| SUBJECT |
Buller, Walter Lawry, Sir, 1838-1906. fast (OCoLC)fst00277005 |
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Keulemans, J. G. (John Gerrard), 1842-1912. fast (OCoLC)fst01542880 |
| Subject |
Birds -- New Zealand -- Pictorial works
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Birds in art
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Birds.
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Birds in art.
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New Zealand.
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| Genre/Form |
Pictorial works
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| Author |
Norman, Geoff, 1952- editor
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Buller, Walter Lawry, Sir, 1838-1906.
History of the birds of New Zealand
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Buller, Walter Lawry, Sir, 1838-1906.
Supplement to the Birds of New Zealand
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| LC no. |
2015375613 |
| ISBN |
9780987668868 |
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0987668862 |
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