Birds of Prey

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A portfolio containing a facsimile of the original edition of 1919, to include, titlepage of 1990, titlepage of 1919, 2 leaf preface, limitation leaf, plate list leaf, (12) leaves of text to accompany the plates, 12 plates (all coloured), all loose and housed in a lime green card portfolio, titles in black ink to upper cover, and edition limited to 1000 copies of which this is number 101, the plate leaves are folio, 36*25.5, with the image being 25*17 cm, with a publishers note stating that "The materials used for the production of this facsimile are the modern day equivalents of those used in the original edition". Archibald Thorburn FZS (31 May 1860 - 9 October 1935 Hascombe, Surrey) [1] was a Scottish artist and bird illustrator, painting mostly in watercolour. He regularly visited Scotland to sketch birds in the wild, his favourite haunt being the Forest of Gaick near Kingussie in Invernesshire. His widely reproduced images of British wildlife, with their evocative and dramatic backgrounds, are enjoyed as much today as they were by sportsmen and birdlovers of a century ago. See WIKI. Birds of Prey are: 1.Marsh Harrier 2.Montagus Harrier 3.Golden Eagle 4.Goshawk 5.Sparrow Hawk 6.Kite 7.Honey Buzzard 8. Gyr Falcon 9.Peregrine Falcon 10.Hobby 11.Merlin 12.Kestrel.