Lot 152
Birds.- Gould (John) The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873.
Estimate: £30,000 - 40,000
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Birds.- Gould (John) The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, 367 hand-coloured lithograph plates from drawings by Gould, Joseph Wolf, H.C. Richter and W. Hart, mostly lithographed by Richter and Hart, list of subscribers, Henry Rogers Broughton and E.Cubitt bookplates, handsome contemporary full green morocco, richly gilt, a couple of small nicks to spine ends, g.e., [Fine Bird Books, p.78; Nissen 372; Wood p.365; Zimmer p.261], folio, by the author, 1862-1873.
⁂ A spectacular copy of Gould's most subscribed work.
This work is known as "the most sumptuous and costly of British bird books" (Mullens and Swann). Richard Bowdler Sharpe said of the work: "Such beautiful illustrations...scarcely existed before and are not likely to be surpassed".
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Description
Birds.- Gould (John) The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, 367 hand-coloured lithograph plates from drawings by Gould, Joseph Wolf, H.C. Richter and W. Hart, mostly lithographed by Richter and Hart, list of subscribers, Henry Rogers Broughton and E.Cubitt bookplates, handsome contemporary full green morocco, richly gilt, a couple of small nicks to spine ends, g.e., [Fine Bird Books, p.78; Nissen 372; Wood p.365; Zimmer p.261], folio, by the author, 1862-1873.
⁂ A spectacular copy of Gould's most subscribed work.
This work is known as "the most sumptuous and costly of British bird books" (Mullens and Swann). Richard Bowdler Sharpe said of the work: "Such beautiful illustrations...scarcely existed before and are not likely to be surpassed".
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