The Birds of Australia (Broinowski)

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]

The Birds of Australia
AuthorGracius J. Broinowski
IllustratorGracius J. Broinowski
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAustralian birds
GenreFine illustrated book
PublisherCharles Stuart & Co: Melbourne
Publication date
1890-1891
Media typePrint with chromolithographic plates

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

  1. Whittell (1954).

Sources

  • A scanned version of The Birds of Australia can be found in the Biodiversity Heritage Library


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