N.Z. Apteryx Kiwi, Australian Emu, Bustard, Stone Curlew engravings c1885
by Lowry, Joseph Wilson
NZ Apteryx Australis (Kiwi), Australian Emu, Bustard & Stone Curlew. Hand-coloured engraving by J.W. Lowry for the Museum of Natural History by William Dallas, published c1860.
Fine hand-coloured Antique Print of Birds. Order: Cursores Grallae. Genera Dromaius, Atperyx, Otis, Oedienemus. Families: Struthionidae, Apterydridae, Otididae, Charadriidae - Dromaius. Novae-Hollandiae - Emeu (Emu). Apteryx Australis - Shaw's Apteryx (New Zealand Kiwi). Otis Tarda - Great Bustard. Oedienemus Crepitans - Common Thick-Knee (Stone Curlew).
Original hand-coloured engraving by J. W. Lowry for The Museum of Natural History by William Dallas, published circa 1850-1860 by William Mackenzie, Glasgow, Edinburgh, London & New-York. This is a wonderful selection of distinctively Australasian birds. Joseph Wilson Lowry (1803-1879) was an English engraver and the son of engraver Wilson Lowry.
This page has a few tiny foxing spots and extremity age-discolouration. Page size 265 x 185mm (10.5 x 7.25 inches)
Stock Number: apbirds.22Price: $70.00