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GOULD, JOHN AND RICHARD BOWDLER SHARPE. THE BIRDS OF NEW GUINEA AND THE ADJACENT PAPUAN ISLANDS, INCLUDING MANY NEW SPECIES RECENTLY DISCOVERED IN AUSTRALIA. LONDON: HENRY SOTHERAN & CO. 1875-1888.
5 VOLS., 554 X 375MM. (21 13/16 X 14 3/4IN.), OCCASIONAL MINOR WEAR TO LOWER BOARD EDGES,SINGLE HALF-INCH TEAR TO BLANK MARGIN OF TEXT LEAF TO PLATE 53 OF VOL. 2, PLATE 41 IN VOL. 5 WITH SOME FOXING, MINOR FOXING TO 17 OTHER PLATES.
320 HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPHED PLATES BY GOULD AND W. HART, PRINTED BY WALTER OR MINTERN BROS.
AN ADDITION TO THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. THIS WAS GOULD'S LAST MAJOR UNDERTAKING ALTHOUGH IT WAS MOSTLY THE WORK OF SHARPE. GOULD AND SHARPE FIRST MADE EACH OTHER'S ACQUAINTANCE IN 1862 WHEN GOULD WAS 58 (5)
5 VOLS., 554 X 375MM. (21 13/16 X 14 3/4IN.), OCCASIONAL MINOR WEAR TO LOWER BOARD EDGES,SINGLE HALF-INCH TEAR TO BLANK MARGIN OF TEXT LEAF TO PLATE 53 OF VOL. 2, PLATE 41 IN VOL. 5 WITH SOME FOXING, MINOR FOXING TO 17 OTHER PLATES.
320 HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPHED PLATES BY GOULD AND W. HART, PRINTED BY WALTER OR MINTERN BROS.
AN ADDITION TO THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. THIS WAS GOULD'S LAST MAJOR UNDERTAKING ALTHOUGH IT WAS MOSTLY THE WORK OF SHARPE. GOULD AND SHARPE FIRST MADE EACH OTHER'S ACQUAINTANCE IN 1862 WHEN GOULD WAS 58 (5)