- 9
[Gould, John.
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Description
- A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia. London: for the author, 1837]
- paper
First edition, first issue (bound from the parts, without title), large 8vo (272 x 180mm.), 73 hand-coloured lithographed plates, each with an accompanying text leaf, morocco gilt by Tregaskis, Caxton Head, gilt edges, later slipcase, [Nissen IVB 382; Sauer 5; Zimmer, p.254], bookplates of Lionel Phillips and C.S. Barlow
Catalogue Note
One of the few illustrated works by Gould not issued in folio format. It also represents his first venture into the study of the avifauna of Australia, along with his abandoned Birds of Australia and the Adjacent Islands.