Edward Lear’s Parrots (1832)

Edward Lear (1812-1888). Illustrations of the family of Psittacidae, or parrots… drawn from life, and on stone. London: E. Lear, 1832.

Shown here: Title page and 43 plates by an eminent natural history illustrator, later prominent as the author of The Dong with a Luminous Nose.

Source: University of Wisconsin Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture.

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