Catesby's Birds of Colonial America (Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies)

by Mark Catesby

Book Overview

With this lovely and informative volume, Alan Feduccia preserves the pathbreaking work of Mark Catesby, the English naturalist and illustrator who founded natural history and bird art in America. First published by UNC Press in 1985, the book features all 109 bird illustrations, 20 color plates, and the entire text from Catesby's pioneering Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahamas . Annotating Catesby's writings from a modern perspective,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807848166
• ISBN13: 9780807848166
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 1.0" x 8.5"