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GOULD, John; SHARPE, Richard Bowder.

The Birds of New Guinea,

The Birds of New Guinea,

and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia.

Stock Code 114427

London, Taylor and Francis for Henry Sotheran & Co., 1875-1888.

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Includes some of Gould's most spectacular plates. A fine copy of Gould's last major work. Gould died on February 3rd. 1881, shortly after the publication of the 12th fascicule. The remaining 13 parts were edited or written by Sharpe and illustrated by Hart. The work includes some of Gould's most spectacular plates, notably amongst those representing parrots, the birds-of-paradise, perroquets, kingfishers, and pittas. The work is often considered as a companion to The Birds of Australia. Sharpe's own Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or Birds of Paradise (1891-1898) continued the work and made use of some of the same plates.

Five volumes, large folio (550 x 370mm), with 320 fine hand-coloured lithographic plates by Gould and Hart, printed by Walter or the Mintern Brothers; full Contemporary Green Morocco Gilt, elaborate Greek key borders on all covers, spines with gilt designs in compartments, a fine set.

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