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GOULD, John. Monograph of the Pittidae. London: by the Author, 1880.
2 parts bound in one, large folio (586 x 365 mm). 10 hand-colored lithographic plates, heightened with gum arabic, by Gould and J.C. Richter, and Gould and W. Hart, printed by Walter. Original cloth-backed printed boards (front joint partly split, light soiling to boards); cloth folding case.
FIRST EDITION. The work was originally planned for completion in four parts, but publication was abandoned after Gould's death. Neither part bears a title-page and the work itself contains no new illustrations; the ant-thrushes depicted in this work all originally appeared in Gould's Birds of Asia, Birds of Australia and Birds of New Guinea. Ayer/Zimmer, p.263; Fine Bird Books, p.78; McGill/Wood, p.365; Nissen IVB 377.
2 parts bound in one, large folio (586 x 365 mm). 10 hand-colored lithographic plates, heightened with gum arabic, by Gould and J.C. Richter, and Gould and W. Hart, printed by Walter. Original cloth-backed printed boards (front joint partly split, light soiling to boards); cloth folding case.
FIRST EDITION. The work was originally planned for completion in four parts, but publication was abandoned after Gould's death. Neither part bears a title-page and the work itself contains no new illustrations; the ant-thrushes depicted in this work all originally appeared in Gould's Birds of Asia, Birds of Australia and Birds of New Guinea. Ayer/Zimmer, p.263; Fine Bird Books, p.78; McGill/Wood, p.365; Nissen IVB 377.