Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2011. Quarto, paperback, colour illustrations. WAS $35. A stunning selection of butterfly and moth illustrations held by the National Library of Australia. The works span the years from the 1770s, through the early colonial period to the turn of the twenty-first century. As well as... More
Canberra: National Library of Australia, (2003. reprint). Quarto, paperback, colour illustrations. WAS $25. Ellis Rowan - painter, naturalist, writer and explorer - was an extraordinary woman for her era. For almost 50 years she travelled to the remote parts of Australia, India, Europe, America and New Guinea in pursuit of... More
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2011. Quarto, paperback, colour illustrations. WAS $35. With their bold flowering and fruiting spikes, banksias remain a favourite among artists and gardeners alike. This book features over 90 stunning colour reproductions of watercolours, pencil and sepia-wash drawings, colour prints and early hand-coloured engravings and lithographs... More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1999. Octavo, paperback, line drawings. WAS $28. Paul Johnsgard is one of America's most prominent ornithologists and a world authority on waterfowl behavior. In these popularly written, often lyrical essays, he describes some of his most fascinating encounters with birds, from watching the annual mating... More
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2011. Octavo, paperback and DVD, colour illustrations. WAS $35. Part of a series presenting historic volumes. Drawing from Georges-Louis Leclerc's 36 volume masterpiece, "Histoire Naturelle, Generale Et Particuliere", this title features 350 of Leclerc's magnificent original paintings, faithfully reproduced in full colour. A visual index... More
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2012. Duodecimo, paperback, colour illustrations. WAS $16. A charming addition to the 'Little book of' series from the National Library of Australia. Birds have always been a popular subject of poems in Australia, from large and raucous cockatoos to tiny secretive wrens. In this book... More
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2009. Quarto, paperback, colour illustrations. WAS $35. A tribute to the female colonial artists who drew and painted the indigenous wildflowers and plants of Australia. The publication focuses on the rich holdings of albums, sketchbooks and paintings in the Pictures Collection of the National Library... More
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2013. Quarto, dustwrapper, lavishly illustrated throughout with colour and black and white illustrations. WAS $50. The first and only proper biography of both Cayleys. This skillfully researched and handsomely produced book charts the lives and works of this Australian father-and-son pair of bird artists. Neville... More
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2013. Quarto, paperback, colour illustrations. WAS $35. Features over 100 stunning images, drawn from the collections of the National Library of Australia. Covering two and a half centuries, it presents some of the best in eucalypt botanical illustration by 45 well-known and lesser-known artists and... More