Edited by VIVIAN ROGERS-PRICE, frontispiece and 25 color illustrations For more than sixty years, from the Revolution till his death about 1840, the English-born John Abbot explored southeastern Georgia, collecting specimens and making delicate drawings that he sent to European collectors. Sustained by the joy of his work and the approval of a few connoisseurs, Abbot helped other naturalists achieve fame using his work and never sought publication for himself. Amazingly, this selection of his bird drawings from the Houghton Library at Harvard University is the first publication in book form of any of his bird drawings. These are reproduced in full color and full size, with a lengthy historical introduction, scholarly notes and a catalogue of known Abbot drawings. This special edition is presented in a linen-covered slipcase. isbn 0-88322-040-7 case-bound$125.00 The Beehive Foundation 208 West Harris Street Savannah, Georgia 31401 These books are published without profit as an educational service. Keywords: The Beehive Foundation, The Beehive Press, Books About the South, Southern History, books, gift books, coffee-table books, coffee table books, presents, publiser, publishing, press, architecture, civil war, old south, slavery, southern plantations, documentary histories, restoration, Savannah, Georgia, scholar, historian, author, Mills Lane, Mills Bee Lane, Uncle Remus, Joel Chandler Harris, Erskine Caldwell, Architecture of the Old South, Charleston, confederacy, colonial, revolutionary war, sherman, greek revival, romantic, antebellum, federal, Free Joe, Trouble in July, I am a Fugitive from the Georgia Chain Gang, Robert E. Burns, a milestone in the publishing of books on georgia and the south, books that are artistic, important and beautiful, bee-hive, behive, small press, non-profit, christmas gifts, birthday gifts, birthday presents.