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John Gould (1804-1881)
A Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of Trogons. London: Taylor and Francis for the Author, [1858-] 1875. Large 2° (550 x 375mm). 47 fine lithographic plates, hand-coloured by a ?later hand, most heightened with gum arabic, by Gould, William Hart and Henry Constantine Richter, printed by Hullmandel & Walton, Walter or Walter & Cohn. Contemporary dark green half morocco gilt, spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second and fourth, the others with simple repeat decoration in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt (bubble-grain green cloth on covers somewhat affected by damp). Provenance: French armorial bookplate.
The second edition was published in 4 parts, part I appearing in 1858, part II in 1869, and parts III-IV in June and September 1875. The first edition was published over a much shorter period in 1835-1838, an indication of how much fresh research went into this "new" edition for which the text was re-written and figures re-drawn with the inclusion of 12 new species. "The trogons are birds of moderate size: the smallest is hardly bigger than a thrush and the largest less bulky than a crow... Their feet are weak and of a unique structure, the second toe... being reverted, and thus the trogons stand alone, since in all other birds that have two toes before and two behind it is the outer toe that is turned backward. The plumage is very remarkable and characteristic. There is not a species which has not beauty beyond most birds, and the glory of the group culminates in the quezal [sic.]. (Alfred Newton). Anker 171; Fine Bird Books (1990) p. 101; Nissen IVB 381; Sauer 21; Wood p. 365; Zimmer p. 261.
A Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of Trogons. London: Taylor and Francis for the Author, [1858-] 1875. Large 2° (550 x 375mm). 47 fine lithographic plates, hand-coloured by a ?later hand, most heightened with gum arabic, by Gould, William Hart and Henry Constantine Richter, printed by Hullmandel & Walton, Walter or Walter & Cohn. Contemporary dark green half morocco gilt, spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second and fourth, the others with simple repeat decoration in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt (bubble-grain green cloth on covers somewhat affected by damp). Provenance: French armorial bookplate.
The second edition was published in 4 parts, part I appearing in 1858, part II in 1869, and parts III-IV in June and September 1875. The first edition was published over a much shorter period in 1835-1838, an indication of how much fresh research went into this "new" edition for which the text was re-written and figures re-drawn with the inclusion of 12 new species. "The trogons are birds of moderate size: the smallest is hardly bigger than a thrush and the largest less bulky than a crow... Their feet are weak and of a unique structure, the second toe... being reverted, and thus the trogons stand alone, since in all other birds that have two toes before and two behind it is the outer toe that is turned backward. The plumage is very remarkable and characteristic. There is not a species which has not beauty beyond most birds, and the glory of the group culminates in the quezal [sic.]. (Alfred Newton). Anker 171; Fine Bird Books (1990) p. 101; Nissen IVB 381; Sauer 21; Wood p. 365; Zimmer p. 261.
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