Elspeth Moncrieff, Stephen & Iona Joseph – Farm Animal Portraits | First Edition | Antique Collectors’ Club
A first edition, bound in royal blue cloth with gilt lettering on the cover and spine, with the dust jacket in excellent condition. Price is unclipped. Published by Antique Collectors’ Club, this volume offers the first comprehensive study of a remarkable period in livestock breeding, covering the rise in competitiveness from commoners to royalty.
Featuring over 400 illustrations (325 in full color), the book documents rare and extinct breeds, early endangered varieties, and those that have changed beyond recognition. Some of the artists represented are as rare as the breeds they depicted.
This is a large, heavy, and beautifully produced volume that will require additional postage.
Condition: Excellent; first edition; dust jacket near pristine.