Notebook - Toucan

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Our A5 lined notebooks feature beautiful cover designs using images from our collection. There are five designs to choose from, and our multipacks containing four of our designs ar e great value. Edward Lear ALS (1812–1888) drew many of the lithographs, including this one, for the works of English ornithologist, John Gould FLS (1804–1881). Lear was also an accomplished draughtsman, and often drew from live specimens. He is perhaps best known for his very popular Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or parrots (1832). Lear is more commonly known today for his nonsensical poetry and prose such as 'The Owl and the Pussy-Cat'. On the back is a quote from Charles Darwin: ‘Even birds have vivid dreams.’ —The Descent of Man Image: Red-billed toucan (Ramphastos tucanus) by Edward Lear, from Gould’s A monograph of the Ramphastidae, or family of toucans (1834). Size: A5, 148 x 210 mm Pages: 36 lined Format: Paperback Provence: Recycled board cover, colour printing using eco-friendly digital toners. Inner pages are printed with vegetable oil-based ink on 90gsm uncoated recycled paper. Made in Britain. Producer: The Linnean Society. Show more