Bidspirit auction | Sacheverell Sitwell

Sacheverell Sitwell - 'Fine Bird Books 1700 - 1900'. A Bibliography Record of Two Centuries of Finely Illustrated Bird Books Fine Bird Books 1700 - 1900 by Sacheverell Sitwell; Handasyde Buchanan & James Fisher First Edition, Large folio, 16 color plates, 23 uncolored plates, half leather binding, title in gilt on spine with slip case, Published by Collins & Van Nostrand, New york, 1953. This important volume contains sixteen color plates and twenty-three in black & white plates by nineteen greatest painters of birds. Spanning a period of two centuries, the painters included are Catesby, Audubon, Gould, and Sharpe, to name a few. The book is composed of three sections; an essay on bird books by Sitwell, a bibliography by Buchanan and Fisher, and a list of species in the plates by Fisher. Size: 34.8 x 49.7 cm (13.7 x 19.5 inches) Excellent Condition Provenance: Keywords: India, Indian, Bird, Plate Book