GOULD, JOHN AND RICHARD BOWDLER SHARPE. THE BIRDS OF NEW GUINEA AND THE ADJACENT PAPUAN ISLANDS, INCLUDING MANY NEW SPECIES RECENTLY DISCOVERED IN AUSTRALIA. LONDON: HENRY SOTHERAN & CO. 1875-1888.

GOULD, JOHN AND RICHARD BOWDLER SHARPE. THE BIRDS OF NEW GUINEA AND THE ADJACENT PAPUAN ISLANDS, INCLUDING MANY NEW SPECIES RECENTLY DISCOVERED IN AUSTRALIA. LONDON: HENRY SOTHERAN & CO. 1875-1888. 5 VOLS., 554 X 375MM. (21 13/16 X 14 3/4IN.), OCCASIONAL MINOR WEAR TO LOWER BOARD EDGES,SINGLE HALF-INCH TEAR TO BLANK MARGIN OF TEXT LEAF TO PLATE 53 OF VOL. 2, PLATE 41 IN VOL. 5 WITH SOME FOXING, MINOR FOXING TO 17 OTHER PLATES. 320 HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPHED PLATES BY GOULD AND W. HART, PRINTED BY WALTER OR MINTERN BROS. AN ADDITION TO THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA . THIS WAS GOULD'S LAST MAJOR UNDERTAKING ALTHOUGH IT WAS MOSTLY THE WORK OF SHARPE. GOULD AND SHARPE FIRST MADE EACH OTHER'S ACQUAINTANCE IN 1862 WHEN GOULD WAS 58 (5)