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W.T Greene: Parrots in Captivity (1884) 3 Volumes bound as 1

Greene's Parrots in Captivity is an authoritative and studious work of the time and is probably the original "how to" book on raising parrots in captivity. It is full of extensive notes on the feeding and successful rearing of each bird according to the philosophy of the day. The illustrations are very vivid, beautifully coloured chromolithographs and are among the finest of all the illustrations of parrots from this period. In the words of the author, this work was an "attempt in the direction of familiarizing the public with a most delightful class of birds".
Greene states in his introduction to volume 2, "the height of our ambition in the bird-keeping line for many years was to have a Parrot of our own," a sentiment shared by so many that, in the intervening 124 years since this beautiful work was published, many of the species illustrated are now endangered or extinct. One can only hope that these fine prints can now assuage some of the longing that it initially created & contentment can be had from the images alone!
The prints (printed by Fawcett after drawings by A.F. Lydon) are in remarkable condition, with the colours of a beauty and vividness still fresh and vibrant to this 

Parrots in Captivity appeared in loose parts which were sold separately and later bound at the buyers preference. In this case, the choice was made to bind all in 1 half-leather greenish band.
The band is in very good condition. No serious bumps or markings. The binding is tight, no loose or missing pages. The inside of the text-block is very clean, free of foxing. Only the first and last blank pages have some pencil-marks and some foxing, as the photos show. Non of this is effecting the beautiful hand-finished full-coloured lithographs, no less than 81 in total.
Of the 81 descripted species special interest now goes to the extinct Paradise Parrot and Carolina Parrot.


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