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Gould, John. The birds of Asia. London, The author, 1850-83.…
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Melbourne
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22-Oct-2017
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Gould, John. The birds of Asia. London, The author, 1850-83. Seven volumes large folio, with 530 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates by Gould, H. C. Richter, William Hart and Joseph Wolf, contemporary dark green morocco, sides with wide gilt borders, spines fully gilt, gilt edges, by Zaehnsdorf. Slight foxing, affecting only a very few plates. A fine set of one of the scarcest of Gould's works, with just 207 subscribers and publication spanning 34 years. After Gould's death in 1881 Hart completed the lithographs from his sketches and Richard Bowdler Sharpe supplied the introduction and some text descriptions. It was also perhaps the most ambitious of Gould's projects, including birds from India, China, the Himalayas, South East Asia, the Philippines, Persia, Arabia and the eastern Mediterranean, Papua and a small number whose range extended to Australia. This is an original subscriber's set, with the bookplates of Lord Braybrooke of Audley End and those of a later owner, Sir Giles Loder. Bought By Martin Copley at Christies, London, in 1999, for 73, 600 pounds.
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Art: Prints - Engravings, Lithographs etc