AMUCHASTEGUI, Axel. Some Birds and Mammals of Africa. With a descriptive text by Hilary Hook. The Tryon Gallery. 1979.
Folio, original quarter dark blue morocco by Zaehnsdorf over marbled paper boards with original slipcase; 5 plates of birds and 9 plates of mammals reproduced in multi-colour lithography; very good.
First edition, no. 258 of limited edition of 505, signed by the artist and author. Amuchastegui (1921-2002) was a self taught artist born in Cordoba, Argentina who worked in mixed media to produce his colourful, hyper-realistic wildife illustrations. He largely concentrated on the wildlife of South America but in 1973 was sponsored to take a trip to the African continent by the Tryon Gallery in London.
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