Birds : The Art of Ornithology (Pocket edition)

Author: Elphick, Jonathan

Wildlife: birds & birdwatching

Published on 7 September 2023 by The Natural History Museum in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 224 pages, Over 100 colour images
158 x 184 x 26 | 618g

Jonathan Elphick tells the remarkable story of the development of bird art through the centuries. The book features early, skilfully executed but often fanciful images of birds, scientific illustrations produced during the ages of exploration, and modern approaches capturing the essence of these freest of all creatures. This reduced size edition is chunky yet portable, and retains the lavish finish of the original gift book. The outstanding selection of images from the unrivalled collection at the Natural History Museum includes exquisitely crafted works from some of the most famous bird artists ever published including Audubon, Lear,MacGillivray and Gould.