GOULD, JOHN and NICHOLAS AYLWARD VIGORS. A Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains. London: [Published by the author, 1831-] 1832. 550 x 369mm. (21 5/8 x 14 1/2in.), a few trifling scratches to covers, preliminary leaves, first five and last five plates with slight foxing, occasional showthrough from plates. First issue with the backgrounds uncolored, 80 hand-colored lithographed plates by Elizabeth Gould after sketches by Gould, printed by C. Hullmandel. GOULD'S FIRST BOOK, issued to 298 subscribers (the number later reached 335) in 20 monthly parts, and the prototype in format and method of publication -- both adopted from Edward Lear's Parrots , published from 1830 to 1832 -- for Gould's later works.
GOULD, JOHN and NICHOLAS AYLWARD VIGORS. A Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains. London: [Published by the author, 1831-] 1832. 550 x 369mm. (21 5/8 x 14 1/2in.), a few trifling scratches to covers, preliminary leaves, first five and last five plates with slight foxing, occasional showthrough from plates. First issue with the backgrounds uncolored, 80 hand-colored lithographed plates by Elizabeth Gould after sketches by Gould, printed by C. Hullmandel. GOULD'S FIRST BOOK, issued to 298 subscribers (the number later reached 335) in 20 monthly parts, and the prototype in format and method of publication -- both adopted from Edward Lear's Parrots , published from 1830 to 1832 -- for Gould's later works.
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