Birds: The Art of Ornithology

Jonathan Elphick tells the remarkable story of the development of bird art through the centuries.

The book features early, skillfully executed but often fanciful images of birds, scientific illustrations produced during the ages of exploration, and modern approaches capturing the essence of these freest of all creatures.

This reduced size edition is chunky yet portable, and retains the lavish finish of the original gift book. The outstanding selection of images from the unrivaled collectio...