Lot 288
Birds.- Gould (John) The Birds of Great Britain, part XV only, Published by the Author, 1869.
Hammer Price: £1,100
Description
Birds.- Gould (John) The Birds of Great Britain, part XV only,15 hand-coloured lithograph plates with accompanying text leaves, minor finger soiling, one with small repair to lower margin, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, edges of covers worn, folio, Published by the Author, 1869.
⁂ One complete part of the original 25 issued to make up the first edition of "the most sumptuous and costly of British bird books" (Mullens and Swann). Includes the magnificent Goshawk drawn by Joseph Wolff.
Description
Birds.- Gould (John) The Birds of Great Britain, part XV only,15 hand-coloured lithograph plates with accompanying text leaves, minor finger soiling, one with small repair to lower margin, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, edges of covers worn, folio, Published by the Author, 1869.
⁂ One complete part of the original 25 issued to make up the first edition of "the most sumptuous and costly of British bird books" (Mullens and Swann). Includes the magnificent Goshawk drawn by Joseph Wolff.
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