Aves marinas del Río de la Plata y aguas vecinas del Océano Atlántico (Seabirds of the Río de la Plata and Adjacent Waters of the Atlantic Ocean) Rodolfo Escalante
1971; Oxford University Press; Volume: 88; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/4083911
ISSN1938-4254
Autores Tópico(s)Psychological Treatments and Disorders
Resumohumously, in 1886."This is not true.The "Birds of Asia" was published in 35 parts over a period of 33 years, 1850-1883.John Gould died in 1881 and R. Bowdler Sharpe continued a number of his projects, among them "Birds of Asia."The illustrations for Gould's books were not all by Gould, and he did not always acknowledge the artists who contributed to his fame.J. Wolf painted some of the "Birds of Asia," just as Edward Lear painted the birds for other Gould works.I have been considerably annoyed by a number of overpriced bird books republishing poor reproductions of pictures long in the public domain and brought forth by unscrupulous dollar-hungry Europeans to be foisted onto a presumably gullible American public.This "Birds of Asia" is a prime example of something we do not need in the United States.Any American with $15.00 to spend on a bird book will receive much greater value if he purchases one written by a competent American or British ornithologist and illustrated by one of the really great living bird artists of the same two countries.
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