GOULD, John.
A Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of Trogons.
A Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of Trogons.
Stock Code 113536
London, Richard and John E. Taylor, 1858-75.
These vividly coloured birds were among Gould's favourites: 'Denizens of the intertropical regions of the Old and New World, they shroud their glories in the deep and gloomy recesses of the forest… dazzled by the brightness of the meridional sun, morning and evening twilight is the season for their activity' (Introduction).
Second edition; folio, (54 x 36 cm); 47 hand-coloured plates, enhanced with gum Arabic, bookplate to front pastedown; contemporary full green morocco gilt, elaborately decorated with arabesque design, all edges gilt; a very good copy.
Anker 171; Fine Bird Books, p77; Nissen IVB 381; Zimmer p253.
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