THE BIRD PAINTINGS OF C.G. FINCH-DAVIES. Limited Edition 1569 of 5026 copies. Introduction by Dr. Alan Kemp. With Slipcase.
The unexpected and tragic circumstances through which the Transvaal Museum, Pretoria, acquired its collection of bird paintings by C.C.Finch-Davies are now well known, as are the reasons for the long delay in the reproduction of these works. During the last few years, however, it has been the policy of the Board of Trustees of the Transvaal Museum, under chairmanship of Professor F.C. Eloff, to make available to the public as many of these remarkable paintings as possibe. To this end, the Museum entered into a fruitful collaborative venture with Guy Winchester-Gould of Winchester Press, Johannesburg, whose publishing expertise has resulted in three beautifully produced books, the first two THE BIRDS OF PREY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (1980) and the THE BIRDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (1982) containing a total of 318 reproductions of the original paintings, together with informative texts by Dr. Alan Kemp, ornithologist at the Museum. The present volume, THE BIRD PAINTINGS OF C.C.FINCH-DAVIES, comprises 100 enlarged reproductions of the artist's finest works (accompanied by his notes), presented in a manner appropriate to their excellence.
SOURCE: Dr. C.K.Brain.
Half Title, Frontispiece-Title, Foreword, Contents. xiv plus 312 pages text, inventory etc and 100 full colour illustrations.
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ISBN 0620 07459 0
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