Tom Phippen

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Birds: The Art of Ornithology

This is a binding of the prints from the Natural History Museum edition.

The book of prints is three-quarter bound in green buckram, with Birdsong Katazome-Shi on the front board, the end papers are marbled and the end bands hand sewn. The prints are mounted on goat parchment paper.

The solander box has a cut out for the companion book, which is covered in a bird print, the rest of the box is bound in green and blue book cloth, with a parrot print on the cover.