Wolf, Joseph (Illustrator). Feathered Favourites. Twelve Coloured Pictures of British Birds from Drawings by Joseph Wolf. First Edition. London, Thomas Bosworth, 1854. 25 x 18 cm. (6), 54 pages. Illustrated with 12 colour plates. Dark green Morocco with extesive gilt and blind decorations to boards and spine. Gilt title on front board and spine. Bevelled boards. All edges gilt. In custom-made clamshell box with paper label. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Minor fraying to spine ends. Dust dulled. Occassional some mild browning / foxing. Internally clean. All 12 plates with tissue guards.

Provenance: Anthony David Estill (Ex Libris on front paste down)
Joseph Wolf (1820 – 1899) was a German artist who specialized in natural history illustration. He moved to the British Museum in 1848 and became the preferred illustrator for explorers and naturalists including David Livingstone, Alfred Russel Wallace and Henry Walter Bates. Wolf depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art. Sir Edwin Landseer thought him “…without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived”.
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• Keywords: Art · Classical & Old Literature · Fine Bindings & Editions · Great Britain · Literature · Natural Sciences · Poetry
• Language: English
• First edition
• Inventory Number: 101235AB

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