Heading: (Cheloniidae Press)
Author: Robinson, Alan James
Title: Cheloniidae: Sea Turtles
Place Published: [Easthampton, MA]
Publisher:Cheloniidae Press
Date Published: 1987
Description:

Introduction by S. G. Goodrich. Seven etchings on green paper and wood-engravings by Alan James Robinson. (Folio) morocco-backed buckram, inlaid in front cover is a green morocco panel on which is mounted a paper sculpture of a turtle, pages untrimmed, housed in a buckram tray-case designed by Daniel Kelm. Issued in 41 copies, this is No. V of XV deluxe copies with an additional suite of the etchings hand-colored by Robinson and an original watercolor laid in.

Signed by Robinson at the colophon. The prints in the extra suite are numbered and signed as well. The seven species of the order Cheloniidae pictured in this study are: Green Turtle, the Hawksbill Turtle, the Loggerhead Turtle, the Leathery Turtle, the Leatherback Turtle, the Atlantic Ridley, the Pacific Ridley and the Flatback Turtle. The Introductory text is from Johnson's Natural History. A scarce and lavish production.

Fine.