The Skottowe manuscript - Newcastle 1813: Select specimens from nature of the birds animals etc. of New South Wales 1813. Volume 1: The manuscript. Volume II: The commentary - Hardcover
- PublisherDavid Ell Press / Hordern House
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0908197837
- ISBN 13 9780908197835
- BindingHardcover
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The Skottowe manuscript: select specimens from nature of the birds, animals etc etc. of New South Wales.
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Sydney: David Ell Press, 1988.
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ISBN 13: 9780908197835
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Book Description Richard Browne (illustrator). Octavo,two volumes, 212 pp.,27 full-page watercolours. Publisher's cloth and slipcase, limited to 550 copies, a fine copy. The manuscript, now held in the Mitchell Library, was created in 1813 by the colonial official Thomas Skottowe, using the illustrations of the convict artist Robert Browne. Seller Inventory # 3641
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Skottowe Manuscript, Thomas Skottowe's Select Specimens from Nature of the Birds, Animals Etc (1813), and The Skottowe Manuscript, A Commentary by Tim Bonyhady et al. 2 Vol. Set in Slipcase
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Book Description Hardcover with Slipcase. Richard Browne (illustrator). Celebrated as the best designed, illustrated adult book in the Australian Book Publishers Association Design Awards, The Skottowe Manuscript is a rare and valuable collector's piece. It is also a remarkable natural history of New South Wales. David Attenborough writes in his foreword that the book's beauty lies in its representation of '.a land full of marvels seen with wonder and innocence'. This is the first and only publication of The Skottowe Manuscript since its creation one hundred and seventy-five years ago. In 1813, Thomas Skottowe, an early colonial official, and convict artist Richard Browne compiled a remarkable record of the birds, animals, insects, reptiles, and fish of the New South Wales region, comprising 27 watercolours and 26 pages of hand-written copper-plate text. For each illustration in Volume I, Skottowe records his own excited comments and the native name for the subject, making The Skottowe Manuscript a delight to read as well as admire. To place the work in its historical context, author and historian Tim Bonyhady writes knowledgeably about the content of the manuscript in Volume II. Celebrated as the best designed, illustrated adult book in the Australian Book Publishers Association Design Awards, The Skottowe Manuscript is a rare and valuable collector's piece. It is also a remarkable natural history of New South Wales. David Attenborough writes in his foreword that the book's beauty lies in its representation of '.a land full of marvels seen with wonder and innocence'. Very good condition. 2 Volume set in Slipcase - The Skottowe Manuscript, Newcastle 1813; The Skottowe Manuscript, A Commentary by Tim Bonyhady et al.The first publication of the manuscript is limited to 550 numbered copies for sale - this is Copy Number 388. {"length"=>["30"], "width"=>["21"], "units"=>["Centimeters"]}. Seller Inventory # 16759745
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The Skottowe Manuscript - Newcastle 1813: Select Specimens from Nature of the Birds Animals etc. of New South Wales 1813. Volume 1: The Manuscript. Volume II: The Commentary.
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David Ell Press / Hordern House, Sydney
(1988)
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Book Description Richard Browne (illustrator). Facsimile ed. Two volumes in slipcase (black Murata cloth, burgundy ribbon). Each volume: Hardback large quarto (31.5 x 18.5 cm), no jacket as issued, very good condition, black board covers, colour & black & white drawings, title vignette embossed label front cover, minor edgewear. Very heavy (1.7 Kg), and not available for postage to destinations outside Australia. 192 pp. A facsimile edition in two volumes of the original illustrated manuscript by Thomas Skottowe (Select Specimens from NSW Birds, Animals, etc.), reproduced from the manuscript in the archives of the Mitchell Library, Sydney. 'Newcastle 1813' is a complete facsimile containing 27 colour plates and Thomas Mitchell's bookplate. 'The Commentary' is a companion volume containing an essay by Tim Bonyhady, black & white reproductions of the plates, transcriptions of the original text accompanied by explanatory natural history notes, and a foreword by David Attenborough. A wonderful gift for anyone interested in natural history and Australian history. (Limited edition, no 132 of 550 sets. Volume 1 is 112 pages, volume 2 is 80 pages.). Seller Inventory # 22274
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The Skottowe manuscript - Newcastle 1813: Select specimens from nature of the birds animals etc. of New South Wales 1813. Volume 1: The manuscript. Volume II: The commentary
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(1988)
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ISBN 13: 9780908197835
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Richard Browne (illustrator). 2 vol set in slipcase. Copy no. 5 of 550. Vg throughout. Appears unused. Seller Inventory # 085258-5
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