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'The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands,…
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Melbourne
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15-Oct-2013
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'The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia' by John Gould, F.R.S. [1804-81] & Richard Bowdler Sharpe [1847-1909] 5 volumes; 320 hand-coloured lithographic plates. Gould's last great work. With only about 250 sets made, it is amongst the rarest of all his works and was completed after his death by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, Gould's protege and devoted friend. Sharpe was more than forty years junior to Gould, whom he had meet when he was only fifteen, but they both shared a passionate interest in ornithology. 'The halo of romance: which for nearly a century has centred round New Guinea and its animals does not get dimmed as time speeds on indeed it shines more brightly than ever', wrote Sharpe in his introduction.
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