Gould, John, F.R.S., Etc. / Author of the 'Birds of Australia,' 'Mammals of Australia,' 'Birds of Europe,' 'Birds of Asia,' Monographs of the Trochilidae, Ramphastidae, etc.. Handbook to the Birds of Australia / In Two Volumes. Vol. II. (SECOND VOLUME ONLY). Published by the Author, 26, Charlotte Street Bedford Square / London, 1865.

Price: US$110.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: The 1865 octavo edition in a modern re-bind, half dark leather over burgundy cloth boards, gilt titles bright to spine; all closed page edges showing bright Dutch marbling. Red rubber stamp "City of Prahran / Town Hall / Free Library" is repeated to most preliminary pages, but there are no signs of any typical lending library attachments. Cheer up, Aussies: Maybe if you stand just inside the barbed wire, they'll let you do some bird-watching at your new COVID internment camp. PLEASE NOTE: This edition includes NO illustrations; illustrations more commonly found in Gould's folio editions, generally priced more in the range of a new car. Birds, ornithology. 629 pp. including Index, here reduced from $300.

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GOULD, John (1804-1881). A Handbook to the Birds of Australia.. London: Published by the Author, 1865, 1865.

Price: US$4500.00 + shipping

Description: "2 volumes, 8vo (9 3/8 x 6 in.; 23.8 x 15.2 cm). Half-titles; final text leaf in vol. 1 and vol. 2 half-title spotted, lacks publisher's advertisements at end. Modern half brown morocco over pale green cloth, the spines in 6 compartments lettered and decorated gilt, green marbled endpapers, top edges gilt; extremities lightly sunned. FIRST EDITION of Gould's definitive work on the birds of Australia. Elaborated from his monumental colorplate monograph, this is an essential companion and supplement to The Birds of Australia. As Gould writes in his preface: "Nearly twenty years have elapsed since my folio work on the Birds of Ausralia was completed. During that periodmanuy new species have been discovered, and much additional information respecting those comprised therein :" REFERENCES: Ferguson, 10031; Sauer, 25; Whittell, 295-6; Wood, 365; Zimmer, p. 262 PROVENANCE: Sir Lionel Phillips, 1st Baronet, 1855-1936, British born South African financier, mining magnate and politician (armorial bookplate on front pastedowns); C.S. Barlow (morocco ticket on front free endpapers)"

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