A striking vision of bird anatomy
VAN GROUW, Katrina. The Unfeathered Bird. Princeton, NJ: University Press. 2013.
Large 4to. Original cloth and wrapper; pp. xiv + 288, illustrated throughout in colour; with large postcard inscribed by the artist, fine.
First edition, second printing. This is a fascinating work on bird anatomy, featuring 385 drawings of over 200 species, many of which had not been illustrated before. The artist is a former curator at the Natural History Museum as well as a graduate of the Royal College of Art.
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