[Rarebooks] FS: Portfolio of 79 Hand-Colored Plates: Greene's PARROTS IN CAPTIVITY, 1884
Charles Agvent
charles at charlesagvent.com
Wed Jun 9 10:44:50 EDT 2021
GREENE, W. T. PARROTS IN CAPTIVITY. London: George Bell and Sons, 1884.
First Edition. A portfolio containing the title page and 79 lovely color
xylographic plates (6-3/4" x 10") with hand-coloring, some heightened
with gum arabic, of macaws, cockatoos, lories, parrots, parakeets, and
lovebirds. Typically these plates are found in a three-volume set with
text and 81 plates published between 1884 and 1887. This portfolio with
loose plates and no text is complete with 79 plates as stated on the
title page. We could find only a handful of examples of this portfolio
in auction records. Intended primarily as a guide for those interested
in keeping parrots as pets, the publisher spared neither pains nor
expense to make the work as attractive as possible. A few plates with
light foxing in the margins and a bent corner here or there, some plates
trimmed closer than others, but overall bright and clean and quite
scarce in this format.
For the book publication: FINE BIRD BOOKS, page 103; NISSEN 393; ZIMMER,
page 274. (#018527) $4,500
https://www.charlesagvent.com/pages/books/018527/w-t-greene/parrots-in-captivity
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