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"Man's fascination with birds, the only other two-legged creature on earth, goes back to drawings scratched into the walls of prehistoric caves in France and Spain, carved on Paleolithic bones, or painted in Egyptian tombs. As Roger Tory Peterson writes in his introduction, whatever this attraction is, the desire to observe, record, and study birds has occupied men for millennia. As early as 1551 that study had found its way into the printed book with the publication of an eight-hundred page volume on birds in Conrad Gesner's encyclopedia Historiae animalium. From that moment, books on ornithology cam in increasing numbers, written and illustrated by a breed of watchers whose patience, skills, and courage in the field were a tribute to their dedication. Some of them are especially well-known to us today--John Gould, John James Audubon, Edward Lear and Josef Wolf. But countless others achieved fame and made us increasingly familiar with the marvelous ways of birds: Ulisse Aldrovandi in Italy; Pierre Bélon, Le Comte de Buffon in France, Moritz Borkhausen in Germany; Cornelius Nozeman in the Netherlands; Theodor Pleske in Russia; Philipp Franz von Siebold in Japan; John Ray, Thomas Bewick in England; and in America Alexander Wilson, Mark Catesby, Titian Ramsey Peale. The Bird Illustrated: 1550-1900 is a pictorial celebration of these pioneers based on the superb collections of the New York Public Library. Nature lovers and art lovers alike are treated to an unsurpassed bibliographic aviary chose from the Library's rare and historic books. Rendered in woodcut, engraving, or lithograph, and hand-colored or printed, the originals are beautifully reproduced in 45 full-color plates and 54 duo-tone photographs. All manner of birds flutter and strut across these pages: falcons and pheasants; nightingales, kingfishers, swallows, and sparrows; grebes and gulls; cockatoos, toucans, and resplendent hummingbirds, once described as "flying jewels." There is Edward Lear's wonderfully grotesque flamingo; John Gould's "Darwin" finch drawn by his wife, Elizabeth; Alexander Wilson's American Bald Eagle drawn against the setting Niagara Falls, where he watched the bird in flight. There are portraits as exotic as fantastic birds of paradise and as ordinary as Bewick's barnyard rooster, and as curious as the disappearing Dodo ("that extraordinary production of nature"). Here is the history of the Barnacle Goose, which was once thought to have actually hatched from barnacles. And here are the stories of ornithologists navigating the frigid water-ways of Patagonia to observe penguins, braving the spears of suspicious aborigines, or walking out to their own backyard to hear a cardinal sing in order to explore and record the avian world. In his engaging and colorful text, Joseph Kastner brings to life these valued tomes, and in doing so pays glowing homage to the ornithologists who studied them. Complementing the illustrations are description captions by Miriam Gross of the New York Public Library, relating life cycles of the many birds surveyed here as well as the artistic techniques used to depict them. In the mid-1500s, When Ulisse Aldrovandi was asked why he chose to compile his natural history of birds, he explained the task was "accompanied with the most exquisite gratification and astonishment." He may have been speaking for those readers today who, in The Bird Illustrated, have an opportunity to experience that same satisfaction." -- Provided by publisher
The Birds of America is a book by naturalist and artist John James Audubon, containing illustrations of a wide variety of birds of the United States. The illustrations were first published as a series of prints in the early 19th century. This book is a must-have for any bird lover or art enthusiast. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Excerpt from Our Own Birds: A Familiar Natural History of the Birds of the United States Before entering fully upon our subject, there are a few observations which it will be necessary for us to make, which cannot but be of use to the young student Of Ornithology. How wonderfully is the form of a bird adapted to the element in which it is designed to move! Ive perceive that the general outline of its body is boat shaped, as being most consistent with a rapid motion through the air. The skeleton is admirably formed, both as to strength and buoyancy, many of the larger bones being hol low, and filled' with air instead of marrow. In the development of the muscles, also, we see compact ness combined with prodig.ous force; and the struc ture of the wing at once commends itself to Our notice as a propelling, as well as a supporting power, peculiarly suited 00 the wants Of the bird; while the whole body is clothed with a covering which, for lightness, warmth, and beauty, could hardly be ex celled. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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