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GOULD, John (1804-1881). A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds. London: Taylor and Francis for the Author, 1 October 1854.
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GOULD, John (1804-1881). A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds. London: Taylor and Francis for the Author, 1 October 1854.
Part 8 only, 2o (560 x 380 mm). 15 very fine hand-colored lithographed plates. Original printed boards (spine repaired with modern brown linen tape).
FIRST EDITION. The complete work, Gould's masterpiece, contained 418 plates, including the Supplement. Most of the subjects came from Gould's own collection of humming-bird specimens, a number of which he exhibited at the Regent's Park Zoological Gardens during the Great Exhibition of 1851, a few of which still survive at the Natural History Museum. The plates gave Gould the chance to display this new technique of his imitating the birds' iridescent plumage by the use of brilliant metallic coloring. Sauer 16; Anker 177; Fine Bird Books p. 78; Nissen IVB 380; Wood p. 365; Zimmer pp. 258 & 263-64.
Part 8 only, 2
FIRST EDITION. The complete work, Gould's masterpiece, contained 418 plates, including the Supplement. Most of the subjects came from Gould's own collection of humming-bird specimens, a number of which he exhibited at the Regent's Park Zoological Gardens during the Great Exhibition of 1851, a few of which still survive at the Natural History Museum. The plates gave Gould the chance to display this new technique of his imitating the birds' iridescent plumage by the use of brilliant metallic coloring. Sauer 16; Anker 177; Fine Bird Books p. 78; Nissen IVB 380; Wood p. 365; Zimmer pp. 258 & 263-64.