GOULD, John (1804-1881). The Birds of Great Britain. London: Taylor and Francis for the Author, [1862]-1873. 5 volumes, 2° (545 x 364mm). 5pp. subscribers' list. 367 FINE HAND-COLOURED LITHOGRAPHED PLATES, most heightened with gum-arabic, by Gould, Henry Constantine Richter, Joseph Wolf and William Hart most lithographed by Richter and Hart, printed by Walter or Walter & Cohn, 2 wood-engraved illustrations. (Vol.IV plate 78 with small sections from opposing page of text adhering to plate surface.) Contemporary green morocco gilt, g.e., by Tuskett (extremities a trifle scuffed). A FINE SUBSCRIBER'S COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. Zimmer p.261; Fine Bird Books p.78; Wood p.365; Nissen IVB 372; Sauer 23. With : [Prospectus of Mr. Gould's Works on Ornithology, etc. With a list of the subscribers and possessors. London: 1870]. 4° (271 x 215mm). 4pp. list of works; 22pp. list of subscribers. (Slight stain to outer margins.) Original limp red cloth, titled in gilt on upper cover (small tear to upper cover, occasional small inkstains). RARE. Sauer p.251. Provenance : Colonel Warde, Squerryes Court, Westerham, Kent (stamp on binding of Prospectus , subscribers' list in The Birds... (6)
GOULD, John (1804-1881). The Birds of Great Britain. London: Taylor and Francis for the Author, [1862]-1873. 5 volumes, 2° (545 x 364mm). 5pp. subscribers' list. 367 FINE HAND-COLOURED LITHOGRAPHED PLATES, most heightened with gum-arabic, by Gould, Henry Constantine Richter, Joseph Wolf and William Hart most lithographed by Richter and Hart, printed by Walter or Walter & Cohn, 2 wood-engraved illustrations. (Vol.IV plate 78 with small sections from opposing page of text adhering to plate surface.) Contemporary green morocco gilt, g.e., by Tuskett (extremities a trifle scuffed). A FINE SUBSCRIBER'S COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. Zimmer p.261; Fine Bird Books p.78; Wood p.365; Nissen IVB 372; Sauer 23. With : [Prospectus of Mr. Gould's Works on Ornithology, etc. With a list of the subscribers and possessors. London: 1870]. 4° (271 x 215mm). 4pp. list of works; 22pp. list of subscribers. (Slight stain to outer margins.) Original limp red cloth, titled in gilt on upper cover (small tear to upper cover, occasional small inkstains). RARE. Sauer p.251. Provenance : Colonel Warde, Squerryes Court, Westerham, Kent (stamp on binding of Prospectus , subscribers' list in The Birds... (6)
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