British Library 100 Birds: One Hundred Postcards

The British Library is the national library of the UK and 100 Birds from Around the Worldÿfeatures over birds from their ornithology collection. Sources include: American Ornithology by Alexander Lawson, 1825; The Birds of America, John Audubon, 1827-38;An album of 51 drawings of birds and mammals made at Bencoolen, Sumatra for Sir Stamford Raffles, c.1824;A natural history of uncommon birds, London 1743-51; Florilegius, Edward Donovan, 1794-1819 ; The Birds of Australia, John Gould and HC Richter 1848-69;The Birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including any new species that may be discovered in Australia.

One hundred colour postcards to send, keep or frame are stored in a sturdy box with a lift up lid.