Animal Portraiture. Being fifty studies by Wilhelm Kuhnert. Accompanied by a series of original articles by R. Lydekker, F.R.S.
London: Frederick Warne, 1912.
Price: $2,000.00
About the item
First edition. With title page drawing and 50 mounted full color plates. vii, 105 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Full tan morocco gilt, upper board preserving original gilt pictorial cloth within a gilt tooled border, a.e.g. for Asprey. Fine.
Item #238885
A splendid assemblage of Kuhnert's superb paintings. The plates measure 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 in.; each is mounted on a recessed card mat, with tissue guard, and each is accompanied by a brief article on the species depicted. Subjects include both birds and animals, and range from bison to hamsters, including a number of less-than-familiar subjects: capercaillie, Abyssinian green monkey, mouflon, spiny ant-eater, and auk. Each creature is placed in a naturalistic setting, and painted with meticulous care.
An admirable work in a superb binding.