COMPASSION

Affirmation of life is the spiritual act by which man ceases to live thoughtlessly and begins to devote himself to his life
with reverence in order to give it true value.
— Albert Schweitzer

7/28/2018

"A Perch of Birds" by Hector Giacomelli, 1880.




"A Perch of Birds" by Hector Giacomelli, 1880. 

 According to the publisher Henri Beraldi 

"A respectable bird must be a Giacomelli bird;  A non-Giacomelli bird is a false bird". 

From a selection of hi-res scans of lithographic plates by @rawpixelimages: 

 






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