The Birds of Australia (Broinowski)
| Author | Gracius J. Broinowski |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Gracius J. Broinowski |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Australian birds |
| Genre | Fine illustrated book |
| Publisher | Charles Stuart & Co: Melbourne |
Publication date | 1890-1891 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | Print with chromolithographic plates |
The Birds of Australia is an illustrated book depicting Australian birds. It comprises six parts (often bound as three volumes) of 303 full-page, folio-sized, chromolithographed illustrations of over 700 species of Australian birds, with accompanying descriptive text. It was authored by Gracius Joseph Broinowski of Sydney, Australia and published in the early 1890s.[1]
In 1987, 37 of Broinowski's illustrations were reproduced by the Broinowski Publishing Co of Perth, Western Australia in a limited edition of 850 numbered copies:
- Birds Of Australia. Gracius Joseph Broinowski. A Selection of his Finest Lithographs 1887-1891. ISBN 0-949169-09-9
Publications
- Broinowski, Gracius Joseph (1890–1891). The Birds of Australia: Comprising three hundred Full-Page Illustrations, with a Descriptive Account of the Life and Characteristic Habits of over seven hundred Species. Melbourne: Charles Stuart. doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.77352. LCCN 32015544. OCLC 6075423. Wikidata Q135230777.
References
Notes
- ^ Whittell 1954, p. 78.
Sources
- Whittell, Hubert Massey (1954). The Literature of Australian Birds: A History and a Bibliography of Australian Ornithology (PDF). Perth: Paterson Brokensha. LCCN 56000760. OCLC 2851290. OL 6194318M. Wikidata Q7747557.