Title: Red-capped parrot, Purpureicephalus spurius, from Lear's Illustrations of the family of Psittacidae, or parrots
Creator: Chesek, Craig
Subject: Birds -- Pictorial works, Ornithology, Art, Rare books, Australia
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Repository: American Museum of Natural History
Publisher: American Museum of Natural History Research Library
Original Caption: Platycercus pileatus.<br />Red-capped Parrakeet.
Medium: Lithography
Imprint: London, E. Lear, 1832
Identifier: b10309573
Description of Publication: 4, 42 col. pl. 57 x 39 cm.
Department / Discipline: Ornithology
Date of Publication: 1832
Date: 2013
Coverage: Australia
Collection Title: Rare Book Collection
Collection Name: Rare Book Collection
Collection Description: The images of the Rare Book Collection highlight some of the art, illustrations, engravings, maps, and sketches from the over 14,000 rare materials housed at the Library. The Museum Library’s Rare Book Collection includes field diaries and scrapbooks, richly illustrated fragile and uniquely bound materials, limited and/or autographed editions; published and unpublished materials with special Museum association; materials of high monetary value; and rare books relevant to natural history, especially in those fields of interest at the Museum. This image collection commences with all of the artwork showcased in Natural Histories: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library: Essays & Plates, a book edited by the Library’s Director, published in October, 2012.
Call Number: RF-46-E
Book Title: Illustrations of the family of Psittacidae, or parrots: the greater part of them species hitherto unfigured, containing forty-two lithographic plates, drawn from life, and on stone