The Birds of the British Islands.
London: William Brendon & Son of Plymouth for Grant Richards, 1906-1911. 5 volumes, large 4to (305 x 245 mm). Half-titles, titles in red and black, 10pp. list of subscribers. 318 plates after Lilian Medland all finely hand-colored, 2 folding colored maps. Recent red half morocco gilt, spines divided into six compartments by fillets and a roll tool, marbled andpapers. Condition : overall generally-light toning to text, very occasional spotting and old light marginal waterstaining, small repaired marginal tears to plate 8 in vol. I and plate 316 in vol. V. Provenance : Lynn Abbott Trust. a fine set of the first edition, with beautifully hand-colored plates, by “one of the best bird painters” (chistine jackson) . This work is usually found with uncolored plates: the only other hand-colored copy to be sold at auction was the Fattorini set which included an additional title page bound at the beginning of volume 1 with a note stating that it was copy number 3 of not more than 15 copies [which] will be coloured by hand by the Artist''. It is not clear if the present copy is one of those 15, and it does show differences from the Fattorini copy: it does not include a limitation statement and it is not signed. What is undeniable, on the other hand, is that the coloring is of a very high quality which adds greatly to the impact of what is a rather pedestrain book when seen in its usual uncolored state. Christine Jackson notes in her indespensible Dictionary of Bird Artists of the World that Lilian Marguerite Medland (1880-1955) was the daughter of Lewis Medland FZS, a wealthy naturalist and big game hunter. She trained as a nurse at Westminster Hospital, where she met Charles Stonham, a surgeon at the hospital. He noticed her talent as an artist and asked her to paint the illustrations for the present work which was her first major commission. She was acquainted with G.E. Lodge and Archibald Thorburn and later met and married author and naturalist Tom Iredale. They settled in Australia and she went on to produce some of most important 20th-century images of birds of the eastern Pacific rim. Cf. C. Jackson Dictionary of Bird Artists (1999) p.358; Nissen IVB 898; Zimmer p.604.
The Birds of the British Islands.
London: William Brendon & Son of Plymouth for Grant Richards, 1906-1911. 5 volumes, large 4to (305 x 245 mm). Half-titles, titles in red and black, 10pp. list of subscribers. 318 plates after Lilian Medland all finely hand-colored, 2 folding colored maps. Recent red half morocco gilt, spines divided into six compartments by fillets and a roll tool, marbled andpapers. Condition : overall generally-light toning to text, very occasional spotting and old light marginal waterstaining, small repaired marginal tears to plate 8 in vol. I and plate 316 in vol. V. Provenance : Lynn Abbott Trust. a fine set of the first edition, with beautifully hand-colored plates, by “one of the best bird painters” (chistine jackson) . This work is usually found with uncolored plates: the only other hand-colored copy to be sold at auction was the Fattorini set which included an additional title page bound at the beginning of volume 1 with a note stating that it was copy number 3 of not more than 15 copies [which] will be coloured by hand by the Artist''. It is not clear if the present copy is one of those 15, and it does show differences from the Fattorini copy: it does not include a limitation statement and it is not signed. What is undeniable, on the other hand, is that the coloring is of a very high quality which adds greatly to the impact of what is a rather pedestrain book when seen in its usual uncolored state. Christine Jackson notes in her indespensible Dictionary of Bird Artists of the World that Lilian Marguerite Medland (1880-1955) was the daughter of Lewis Medland FZS, a wealthy naturalist and big game hunter. She trained as a nurse at Westminster Hospital, where she met Charles Stonham, a surgeon at the hospital. He noticed her talent as an artist and asked her to paint the illustrations for the present work which was her first major commission. She was acquainted with G.E. Lodge and Archibald Thorburn and later met and married author and naturalist Tom Iredale. They settled in Australia and she went on to produce some of most important 20th-century images of birds of the eastern Pacific rim. Cf. C. Jackson Dictionary of Bird Artists (1999) p.358; Nissen IVB 898; Zimmer p.604.
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