BOOK
The birds of Australia. / By John Gould.
- Date
- 1848
- By
- Gould, John, 1804-1881, Godman, Frederick Du Cane, 1834-1919
- Notes
Originally issued in 36 parts between 1840 and 1848.
The set includes plates of the huia (Neomorpha gouldii) (v. IV pl. 19); two species of kiwi (Apteryx australis and A. oweni) (v. VI pl. 2 and 3); and the spotted shag (Phalacrocorax punctatus) (v. VII pl. 71). Cf. Bagnall.
Ferguson, 4773
Bagnall, 2187
Plate of Phaeton Phoenicurus, Gmel (Red-tailed tropic bird) Digital image. Wellington, N.Z. : National Library of New Zealand.
Alexander Turnbull Library SPC copy. Original paper covers of parts 1-36 (1840-1848) bound in at back of vol. 1. Copy specific details available on request from Curator, Special Printed Collections. Binding: 1/2 red goatskin, single gold fillets, red hardgrain cloth boards, spines raised bands, gold tooled and decorated compartments, lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. Provenance: armorial bookplates of Frederick Ducane Godman (1834-1919). Acc. 36601-36607.
Digital image available: Phaeton Phoenicurus, Gmel (Red-tailed tropic bird), vol. 7, plate 73, Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy. Details available on request from Curator, Rare Books and Fine Printing.
- Source URL
- Plate of Phaeton Phoenicurus, Gmel (Red-tailed tropic bird) https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13747434
- Related to
- Digital Collection = Kohinga Matihiko 81268192800002836 Alma Collection
- Publisher
- London : Published by the author, 20 Broad Street, Golden Square, 1848. (Printed by Richard and John E. Taylor, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street)
- Format
- 7 v. : col. ill. ; 56 cm.
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