WT Greene Parrots in Captivity Three complete volumes circa 1884 -1887 total 80 hand color wood-block engraved beautiful plates

WT Greene Parrots in Captivity Three complete volumes circa 1884 -1887, 80 beautiful color plates. Plates are in VG condition. Parrots in Captivity was purchased from. Considering age, the condition is at least GOOD+ Images are in VG condition. Some wear on cover edges. Minimal aging of paper commensurate with age. Stored in bank lock box since 2011. London: George Bell and Sons, 1884-1887. Tall octavo, 81 color-printed wood-engraved plates (chromoxylographs) by Benjamin Fawcett drawn by A. F. Lydon. Publisher's turquoise green blindstamped cloth, a Gd/Vg set. The first book devoted exclusively to parrots in captivity and with much of Australian interest. Occasional contributions were made by the Rev. F. G. Dutton, who writes of the spectacular, but now extinct, Paradise parrot Psephotus pulcherrimus and unwittingly describes their breeding behavior of burrowing into termite mounds. Parrots in captivity is also significant because of the method used in producing the handsome colored plates. Benjamin Fawcett (1808-1893) devised a technique of color printing using wood blocks known as chromoxylography. He is best known for his illustrations for Morris' A history of British birds and "The last bird book for which [Frank] Lydon did the drawings and Fawcett the printing was ... Parrots in Captivity, published in 1884-88 in three volumes.

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