![BOWDLER SHARPE, Richard (1847-1909). Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or Birds of Paradise, and Ptilonorhynchidae, or Bower-Birds. London: Henry Sotheran & Co. [printed by Taylor and Francis], 1891-1898.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/1999/CKS/1999_CKS_06110_0081_000(114337).jpg?w=1)
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BOWDLER SHARPE, Richard (1847-1909). Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or Birds of Paradise, and Ptilonorhynchidae, or Bower-Birds. London: Henry Sotheran & Co. [printed by Taylor and Francis], 1891-1898.
2 volumes, 2 (553 x 375mm). 79 lithographic plates, the majority by and after W. Hart or by Hart after J. Gould, a smaller number by Hart after J. G. Keulemans or by and after Keulemans, printed by Mintern Brothers, all with fine later hand-colouring. Woodcuts and half tone illustrations in text. (Lacking some text leaves, one tissue guard crumpled.) Modern green morocco gilt by Morrell, spines directly lettered, g.e., original front wrappers to the 8 parts, with printed titles and vignette of Ptilorhis victoriae, bound in at end of volume II.
The striking life-size plates led Sitwell to call Sharpe's monograph 'the last of the fine bird books' (Sitwell). A magnificent work, it can be regarded as both a continuation and consolidation of Gould's The Birds of New Guinea (1875-88) which Sharpe himself had completed after Gould's death. Athough Sharpe's chief aim was to figure and describe newly-discovered species, only some plates are entirely new, others are printed from the stones used by Gould and Sharpe in the earlier work, and some are redrawn. Zimmer calls for 72 leaves of descriptive text in each volume; this copy contains 48 and 51 leaves of text only. Fine Bird Books p. 107 (**); Nissen IVB 865; Zimmer p. 581. (2)
2 volumes, 2 (553 x 375mm). 79 lithographic plates, the majority by and after W. Hart or by Hart after J. Gould, a smaller number by Hart after J. G. Keulemans or by and after Keulemans, printed by Mintern Brothers, all with fine later hand-colouring. Woodcuts and half tone illustrations in text. (Lacking some text leaves, one tissue guard crumpled.) Modern green morocco gilt by Morrell, spines directly lettered, g.e., original front wrappers to the 8 parts, with printed titles and vignette of Ptilorhis victoriae, bound in at end of volume II.
The striking life-size plates led Sitwell to call Sharpe's monograph 'the last of the fine bird books' (Sitwell). A magnificent work, it can be regarded as both a continuation and consolidation of Gould's The Birds of New Guinea (1875-88) which Sharpe himself had completed after Gould's death. Athough Sharpe's chief aim was to figure and describe newly-discovered species, only some plates are entirely new, others are printed from the stones used by Gould and Sharpe in the earlier work, and some are redrawn. Zimmer calls for 72 leaves of descriptive text in each volume; this copy contains 48 and 51 leaves of text only. Fine Bird Books p. 107 (**); Nissen IVB 865; Zimmer p. 581. (2)
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Please note that volume II contains 52 descriptive leaves (not 51 as stated in the catalogue) and both volumes are complete in text (Zimmer's collation of the descriptive leaves is wrong).