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| Author | Gracius J. Broinowski |
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| 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]
Contents
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
