A beautifully packaged giftbook presentation of the famous, iconic paintings by J. G. Keulemans made for Buller's Birds. The paintings and drawings are accompanied by an expert introduction to Keulemans' work and extended captions to each of the plates.
John G. Keulemans was a Dutch painter and illustrator who produced the wonderful illustrations for the first and second editions of Sir Walter Lawry Buller's (1838-1906), A History Of The Birds Of NZ. The first edition of Buller's Birds of New Zealand was published in 1872-3 in an edition of 500 copies.