Hidde Bruinsma
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I've just found out that all the original artwork for the pigeon book was bought from Andrew Isles by the State Library of New South Wales last June.
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William Cooper's Pigeons and Doves of Australia (1 Viewer)
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Nick Walker
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Thanks for the link
That is good news. I think this superb artwork should remain accessible to the public one way or another. Still wish they'd issue copies near original in size, and most of all on thick paper.
Hidde Bruinsma
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A magnificent new book will be published with lots of previously unpublished artwork:
https://www.andrewisles.com/all-sto...tralian-parrots-a-tribute-to-william-t-cooper
https://www.andrewisles.com/all-sto...tralian-parrots-a-tribute-to-william-t-cooper
Hidde Bruinsma
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From pigeons to parrots. I've just read "A Natural History of Australian Parrots" and it is wonderful. It's essentially an updated version of "Australian Parrots" of which the last edition was published fourteen years ago. Apart from much new information there is much more art work included. All the original plates of the older monograph are reproduced but on a smaller scale. Furthermore, all the Australian species of cockatoo painted for a portfolio published in 2001 are also included and as such presented in a book for the first time. The majority of the illustrations are taken by intricate watercolours and washed ink drawings of food plants and behavioral studies. Finally a number of oil and acrilic paintings are featured but not many and not of every species Cooper actually painted in those media. You can get a good impression of the book at the following link: https://www.chriswatson.com.au/blog...tralian-parrots-a-tribute-to-william-t-cooper
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As for the text, it may be excellent, but the price is pretty steep. And from a sample page, it would seem that this book suffers from the same problem as the pigeon and dove book (even the reprint): paper that lets the print from the backside shine though. To me, this takes quite a bit of the enjoyment I gain from looking at fine art.
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