Album of Abyssinian birds and mammals / from paintings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes

Object Details

Notes: Caption title.; Introductory text by Wilfred H. Osgood, dated November 1930.; "Special publication of Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, U.S.A."--First unnumbered page.; Descriptive letterpress on verso of each plate.; Issued in portfolio.; "Through the generosity of Mr. C. Suydam Cutting, Field Museum is priviledged to present in the accompanying porfolio a selected series of reproductions of the last work of ... Louis Agassiz Fuertes. The original paintings, made on the Field Museum--Chicago Daily News Abyssinian Expedition of 1926-27 were purchased by Mr. Cutting, after the artists's untimely death, and presented to the Museum"--First unnumbered page.; On verso of each plate: "Lithographed in the U.S.A. Goes Litho. Co., Chicago."

Physical description: 4 unnumbered pages, 32 leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 31 x 26 cm

Title: Abyssinian birds and mammals painted from life by Louis Agassiz Fuertes