John Gould | Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or family of Toucans. London, 1834

John Gould

A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or family of Toucans. London: the author, 1834

FIRST EDITION, folio (540 x 363mm.), dedication leaf, list of subscribers, 33 hand-coloured lithographed plates after and by John Gould, Elizabeth Gould, and Edward Lear, each heightened with gum arabic, one uncoloured lithographed anatomical plate after and by G. Scharf, contemporary green three-quarter morocco, spine with raised bands in 6 compartments, lettered and decorated in gilt, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, some spotting to endpapers, some slight transfer between plates and facing leaves, extremities slightlyrubbed

A FINE COPY of Gould's first monograph of a bird family and one of his "most lovely works" (Fine Bird Books).

LITERATURE:

Anker 170; Ayer/Zimmer 252; Balis 102; Fine Bird Books 77; McGill/Wood 364; Nissen IVB 378; Sauer 3

PROVENANCE:

Kimbolton Castle, shelfmark on printed label to front pastedown