Drawn from paradise : the discovery, art and natural history of the birds of paradise / David Attenb...
Drawn from paradise : the discovery, art and natural history of the birds of paradise / David Attenb...
Drawn from paradise : the discovery, art and natural history of the birds of paradise / David Attenborough and Errol Fuller.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
London : Collins, 2012.
Call Numbers
GQ 2019/0843
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
251 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The first of the family : genus Paradisaea -- The twelve-wired bird : genus Seleucidis -- The king and his cousins : genus Cicinnurus -- The head-plumed dancers : genus Parotia -- The superb bird : genus Lophorina -- The sicklebills : genus Epimachus and genus Drepanornis -- The highlanders : genus...
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Publisher
London : Collins, 2012.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2012.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
From the moment they were introduced to the European mind in the early sixteenth century, their unique beauty was recognised and commemorated in the first name that they were given -- birds so beautiful they must be birds from paradise.
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Full title
Drawn from paradise : the discovery, art and natural history of the birds of paradise / David Attenborough and Errol Fuller.
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General note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Date Copyright
©2012
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Call Numbers
GQ 2019/0843
Record Identifier
74VKV5jbj2gM
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV5jbj2gM
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ISBN
9780007487615
DDC
704.94328865
MMS ID
991024271619602626
