| Edward Lear Gallery |
| Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots | |||
| The first large-folio bird book completed in England, and the only separate ornithological work produced by 'perhaps the best of all bird painters'; it was the first illustrated book ever devoted to a single family of birds. The printer, Charles Hullmandel of London, was the pioneer of lithography in England, having obtained his patent from Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography. Lear's 'Parrots' marked the transition from engraving to lithography in natural history illustration. Each stone was effaced after printing, as Lear could not afford the expense of keeping his drawings on so many stones. Only 175 copies were published. | |||
| Publication City: London Edition: First Medium: Handcolored lithographed plates Dimensions: 14.5 x 21.5 inches (page size) Date: 1830-1832 | |||
| SELECTIONS FROM THIS WORK | |||
 Barnards Parakeet details |  Collared Parakeet details |  Kuhls Parakeet details |  Longbilled Parakeet details |  Pigeon Parakeet details |  Roseringed Parakeet details |  Scarlet Collared Parakeet details |  Swinderns Parakeet details |  Undulated Parakeet details |  Variegated Parakeet details | | |
