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THE BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA PAINTED BY THOMAS BAINES (LIMITED EDITION PRESENTATION VOLUME) by Thomas Baines & R. F. Kennedy
Johannesburg: Winchester Press, 1975
Large 4to, 204pp. Hardcover binding, with gilt lettering to spine, and gilt inlaid reproduction of Baines’ signature on front board. 90 full-colour plates, collated and complete. With descriptions from the text of C. J. Andersson’s ‘Notes on the Birds of Damara Land and the Adjacent Countries of South-West Africa’, and a biographical essay by R. F. Kennedy. With clear plastic dust jacket, and in cardboard slipcase.
Limited edition presentation volume, letter ‘D’ of 26 published.
(John) Thomas Baines (27 November 1820 – 8 May 1875) was an English artist and explorer of British colonial southern Africa and Australia. From 1861 to 1862 Baines and James Chapman undertook an expedition to South West Africa. Chapman's Travels in the Interior of South Africa (1868) and Baines' Explorations in South-West Africa (1864), provide a rare account of different perspectives on the same trip. This was the first expedition during which extensive use was made of both photography and painting. Baines is today best known for his detailed paintings and sketches which give a unique insight into colonial life in southern Africa and Australia.
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