GOULD, John (1804-1881). The Birds of Europe. London: Richard and John E.Taylor for the Author, [1832]-1837. 5 volumes, large 2° (544 x 365mm). 2pp. subscribers' list. 448 FINE HAND-COLOURED LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES, 68 BY EDWARD LEAR the rest by Elizabeth Gould after her husband's sketches, printed by Charles Hullmandel. (Slight spotting to some plates.) Contemporary green morocco, elaborately tooled in gilt, g.e., by Hering (joints and other extremities somewhat scuffed). FIRST EDITION of Gould's first multi-volume ornithological work: the second of the folio series. Lear's influence is evident in many of the plates. His understanding of the possibilities that lithography offered and his mastery of the techniques involved contributed largely to the founding of the reputation which Gould was to build so successfully. Lear was the first, and greatest, of a series of fine artists that Gould was to employ over the ensuing half century. Zimmer pp.251-252; Anker 169; Fine Bird Books p.77; Wood p.364; Nissen IVB 371; Sauer 2. (5)
GOULD, John (1804-1881). The Birds of Europe. London: Richard and John E.Taylor for the Author, [1832]-1837. 5 volumes, large 2° (544 x 365mm). 2pp. subscribers' list. 448 FINE HAND-COLOURED LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES, 68 BY EDWARD LEAR the rest by Elizabeth Gould after her husband's sketches, printed by Charles Hullmandel. (Slight spotting to some plates.) Contemporary green morocco, elaborately tooled in gilt, g.e., by Hering (joints and other extremities somewhat scuffed). FIRST EDITION of Gould's first multi-volume ornithological work: the second of the folio series. Lear's influence is evident in many of the plates. His understanding of the possibilities that lithography offered and his mastery of the techniques involved contributed largely to the founding of the reputation which Gould was to build so successfully. Lear was the first, and greatest, of a series of fine artists that Gould was to employ over the ensuing half century. Zimmer pp.251-252; Anker 169; Fine Bird Books p.77; Wood p.364; Nissen IVB 371; Sauer 2. (5)
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