Egg & Nest

by Rosamond Wolff Purcell

The beauty of the robin's egg is not lost on the child who discovers the nest, nor on the collector of nature's marvels. Such instances of wonder find fitting expression in the photographs of Rosamond Purcell, whose work captures the intricacy of nests and the aesthetic perfection of bird eggs. Mining the ornithological treasures of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, Purcell produces pictures as lovely and various as the artifacts she...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674031725
• ISBN13: 9780674031722
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 3.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 10.5" x 10.1"