Birds of the World: Over 400 of John Gould's Classic Bird Illustrations

Description:

The author (Gould's great-great-granddaughter) has chosen more than 400 colour illustrations from Gould's ten most important works (published between 1830 and 1880), each of which is given a chapter of its own. Includes illustrations from Gould's books on birds of the Himalayas, Australia, Asia, Great Britain and New Guinea and his monographs on toucans, trogons, partridges of America and hummingbirds. An introduction gives biographies of Gould and the team of workers he assembled, while every picture is accompanied by a caption based on quotations from the original text and recent scientific information about the subject's habitat, behaviour and range.

Condition

Vg in d/w.