TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sweet,Paul
AU  - Capainolo,Peter
AU  - Rhodes,Barbara J.
ED  - American Museum of Natural History.
ED  - American Museum of Natural History.
TI  - NATURAL HISTORIES. : Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library / 
SN  - 9781454906599
U1  - 598 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York
PB  - Sterling Signature
KW  - American Museum of Natural History
KW  - Library
KW  - Catalogs
KW  - Ornithological illustration
KW  - Bibliography
KW  - Birds
KW  - Pictorial works
KW  - Birds in art
KW  - Ornithologists
KW  - Biography
KW  - Animal painters
KW  - Ornithology
KW  - History
KW  - Technique
KW  - Research
KW  - Rare books
N1  - At head of title: American Museum of Natural History; Includes bibliographical references (page 131) and index; Foreword / by Ellen V. Futter; Preface / by Tom Baione; Introduction / by Paul Sweet; Part 1. The history of ornithology / by Peter Capainolo; Part 2. Essays & plates / by Paul Sweet ; The woodcut process / by Barbara Rhodes ; The engraving and etching processes / by Barbara Rhodes ; The lithographic process / by Barbara Rhodes
N2  - The Beauty of Ornithology Revealed!; Among the vast book holdings of the American Museum of Natural History Library are illustrated editions considered so valuable and rare, they are largely unseen by the public - until this series. Included in this elegant box set are : Extraordinary Birds, a monograph containing a history of ornithology, followed by essays about forty books that not only define the discipline but also feature masterworks of a variety of birds and fourty ready to frame prints, picture of reproduced artwork featured in each essay.
ER  -