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Bird, Egg, Feather, Nest
Door Maryjo Koch
Categorie | Algemeen Vogels |
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Boeknummer | #335068-WA26 |
Titel | Bird, Egg, Feather, Nest |
Auteur | Koch, Maryjo |
Boektype | Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag |
Uitgeverij | |
Jaar van uitgave | 1992 |
ISBN10 | 1556702612 |
ISBN13 | 9781556702617 |
Taal | Engels |
Beschrijving | Original pictoriak boards, dust jacket, illustrated with numerous (full page) colour illustrations, square, circa 26x26cm. |
Samenvatting | Maryjo Koch recorded, in watercolour images and handwritten text, facts about brids from all over the world. The structure of a bird's wing, the sturdy complexity of its nest, and the beauty and perfection of its eggs are revealed in illustrations. The artist's text - which covers topics such as migration courtship patterns, and evolutionary adaptations as well as details about specific birds - is drawn from her own observations in the field as well as from literature, scientific writings and mythology. She shows us, and describes, the graceful flight of a swallow, the nectar-sipping hummingbird, the long migration of an arctic tern, the architecture created by the bower bird, the grounded gait of an ostrich and a kiwi, the shape and camouflage of tern's egg, and hundreds of other marvels ... (Lees verder)in the lives of birds. |
Pagina's | 144 |
Conditie | Goed — Foxing on cuts and on verso dust jacket. |
Prijs | € 10,00 |
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