[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce Frasconi: BIRDS FROM MY HOMELAND

[Charles Agvent]

FRASCONI,  Antonio.  BIRDS FROM MY HOMELAND. [New  York]:  (1958).
First  Edition.  Oblong  quarto  (11" x 8") bound  in  blue  pictorial
boards.  With notes from W. H. Hudson's BIRDS OF LA PLATA to  describe
the  ten  South  American birds. Copy #145 of 200  copies  illustrated
with  a frontispiece and ten woodcuts printed from Frasconi's original
blocks  on  handmade  Hosho  Japanese paper and  hand-colored  by  the
artist.  SIGNED  by Frasconi on the colophon. A scarce  and  beautiful
book. Fine copy in original glassine with expected wear.       $750.00

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