| 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.
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
References
Notes
- Whittell (1954).
Sources
- Whittell, Hubert Massey (1954). The Literature of Australian Birds. Perth: Paterson Brokensha. p. 78.
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