Illustrator Gracius J. Broinowski Subject Australian birds Publication date 1890-1891 | Language English Genre Fine illustrated book Originally published 1890 Country Australia | |
Media type Print with chromolithographic plates Publisher Melbourne (Charles Stuart & Co) | ||
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:
References
The Birds of Australia (Broinowski) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA