R. BOWDLER SHARPE LIMITED EDITION CASED VOLUME 905 1000 2011 21 15 SHARPE BIRDS OF PARADISE
R. BOWDLER SHARPE, LIMITED EDITION, CASED VOLUME, #905/1000, 2011, H 21", W 15", "SHARPE'S BIRDS OF PARADISE"
Monograph of the Paradiseidae or Birds of Paradise and Ptilonorhynchidae, or Bower-Birds. Reproduced, for the first time, all 79 plates of Sharpe’s Birds of Paradise in book form, at their actual size, with a foreword by David Attenborough, himself a collector of rare bird books. Limited to 1,000 copies. This is copy #905. Quarter bound in goatskin leather with canvas cloth board in dark green and blocked with a Neli Gower bird design on the front board and gilt top edges. Having a ribbon marker and includes a green cloth bound protective slipcase. Blocked in gold.
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R. BOWDLER SHARPE, LIMITED EDITION, CASED VOLUME, #905/1000, 2011, H 21", W 15", "SHARPE'S BIRDS OF PARADISE"
Monograph of the Paradiseidae or Birds of Paradise and Ptilonorhynchidae, or Bower-Birds. Reproduced, for the first time, all 79 plates of Sharpe’s Birds of Paradise in book form, at their actual size, with a foreword by David Attenborough, himself a collector of rare bird books. Limited to 1,000 copies. This is copy #905. Quarter bound in goatskin leather with canvas cloth board in dark green and blocked with a Neli Gower bird design on the front board and gilt top edges. Having a ribbon marker and includes a green cloth bound protective slipcase. Blocked in gold.
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