Blackburn's birds: the bird paintings of jemima blackburn. Rob Fairley, ed. Canongate Press, Edinburgh, Scotland. 1993: 112 pp., 100 color paintings, 3 black-and-white drawings, portrait photograph. $50.00 (cloth). Distributed in the United States by Trafalgar Square, North Pomfret, Vermont.-This large-format book (95/8 x 11 1/4 in.) deservedly brings to our attention the work of an all-but-forgotten Scottish artist and amateur ornithologist, Jemima Blackburn (1823-1909). She wrote and illustrated a number of books, several intended for children. Her ornithological magnum opus was the second edition of her "Birds from Nature" (1868). Although she was an admirer of the great folio monographs of Au-dubon, Gould, and others of the mid-Nineteenth Century, she realized that these were luxury items that only the very rich could afford. She therefore decided to have her illustrations reproduced in black and white, and the first edition (1862) of her book was sold for a modest ten shillings sixpence. As a perfectionist, Mrs. Blackburn was dissatisfied with the book, and in 1868 published an enlarged edition with 22 additional plates. Only six copies were colored by hand for sale to the general public, and another colored copy was produced for a friend's birthday.
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机译：布莱克本的鸟：杰米玛·布莱克本的鸟画。 Rob Fairley编辑。佳能盖特出版社，苏格兰爱丁堡。 1993：112 pp。，100幅彩色画，3张黑白图纸，肖像照片。 $ 50.00（布）。佛蒙特州北庞弗雷特的特拉法加广场（Trafalgar Square）在美国发行。这本大幅面的书（95/8 x 11 1/4英寸）应该引起我们的注意，这位全都被人们遗忘的苏格兰艺术家和业余爱好者鸟类学家杰米玛·布莱克本（1823-1909）。她写和画了许多书，其中有几本供儿童使用。她的鸟类学巨著是她的《大自然之鸟》（1868年）的第二版。尽管她是Au-dubon，Gould等伟大的作品集专着的崇拜者，但她还是19世纪中叶的其他著作的仰慕者，但她意识到这些都是只有非常富有的人才能买得起的奢侈品。因此，她决定用黑白方式复制插图，并以10先令的六便士的价格出售了该书的第一版（1862年）。作为一个完美主义者，布莱克本太太对该书不满意，并于1868年出版了扩大版，增加了22个版面。手工上色只有六本，以出售给公众，而另一本彩色本是为朋友的生日制作的。
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