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GOULD, John (1804-1881) & Richard Bowdler SHARPE (1847-1909). A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds. London: Taylor and Francis (vols.I-V) for the Author, [1849]-1861; (supplement) for Henry Sotheran & Co., [1880]-1887.
6 volumes (including the Supplement), large 2° (540 x 365mm). 3pp. subscribers' list. 418 FINE HAND-COLOURED LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES, MANY HEIGHTENED WITH GOLD LEAF overpainted with transparent varnish and oil colours, by Gould, Henry Constantine Richter and William Hart, printed by Hullmandel & Walton, Walter and the Mintern Brothers. (Some spotting to vols. I to V.) Contemporary dark green morocco gilt, g.e. (Covers of vol.I affected by damp, head of spines of vols.II and IV with rodent damage). Provenance: Duke of Manchester (Kimbolton Castle library label).
SUBSCRIBER'S COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF GOULD'S "MASTERPIECE... AN INCOMPARABLE CATALOGUE AND COMPENDIUM OF BEAUTIES" (Fine Bird Books p.29). Most of the subjects came from Gould's own collection of specimens. The plates gave him a chance to display the new technique of imitating the birds' iridescent plumage by the use of brilliant metallic colouring. Nissen IVB 380; Anker 177; Fine Bird Books p.78; Sauer 16 & 29; Wood p.365; Zimmer pp.258 & 263-264. (6)
6 volumes (including the Supplement), large 2° (540 x 365mm). 3pp. subscribers' list. 418 FINE HAND-COLOURED LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES, MANY HEIGHTENED WITH GOLD LEAF overpainted with transparent varnish and oil colours, by Gould, Henry Constantine Richter and William Hart, printed by Hullmandel & Walton, Walter and the Mintern Brothers. (Some spotting to vols. I to V.) Contemporary dark green morocco gilt, g.e. (Covers of vol.I affected by damp, head of spines of vols.II and IV with rodent damage). Provenance: Duke of Manchester (Kimbolton Castle library label).
SUBSCRIBER'S COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF GOULD'S "MASTERPIECE... AN INCOMPARABLE CATALOGUE AND COMPENDIUM OF BEAUTIES" (Fine Bird Books p.29). Most of the subjects came from Gould's own collection of specimens. The plates gave him a chance to display the new technique of imitating the birds' iridescent plumage by the use of brilliant metallic colouring. Nissen IVB 380; Anker 177; Fine Bird Books p.78; Sauer 16 & 29; Wood p.365; Zimmer pp.258 & 263-264. (6)