Description
Lithograph of the White-chinned petrel from the last great bird series, The Birds of Australia by G. Matthews and rarer than John Gould’s work on Australian birds, with only 225 sets made. It was the last series produced using the laborious process of hand colouring each individual lithograph..
First described: Linne 1758.
Distribution: Southern Australia waters
Collections:
State Library New South Wales: Call Numbers: MRB/F598.2/M
State Library Victoria: RARESF 598.2994 M42
State Library South Australia: Rare Books Room 598.294 M429 b
State Library of Western Australia: Call Number Q 598.2994 MAT
National Library Australia: Rex Nan Kivell Collection ; NK9772
State Library Queensland: RBF 598.2994 MAT
National Museum of Australia: Call no: AIA F 598.2994 MAT
References:
Anker, J. Bird Books and Bird Art. Amsterdam 1979 328; Nissen IVB 605.
Nissen, C. Die illustrierten Vogelbucher. Stuttgart 1995 IVB 605.
