The Birds of Australia, 7 vol. plus 3 parts of Supplement only (of 5), FIRST EDITION, 2-page subscribers' list, 649 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates (of 681, without the 32 plates in the final 2 supplements) by John and Elizabeth Gould and Henry Constantine Richter, printed by Hullmandel and Walton or Walter, 3 of the plates double-page, very occasional light spotting, 3 plates trimmed touching image, main volumes full green morocco by Clyde, covers with broad ruled and tooled border, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, lettered in 2, the others gilt with decorative pattern composed from various small tools, inner gilt dentelles, g.e., rubbing to joints and corners, a few surface scuffs, the Supplements in publisher's cloth-backed printed boards, rubbed, spines splitting, one with contents loose [Anker 174, 179; Fine Bird Books, p.101; Nissen IVB 370; Sauer 9, 18; Wood, p.365; Zimmer, pp.255-259], folio (550 x 360mm.), Taylor and Francis for the Author, [1840]-1848-[1851]-1869
The Birds of Australia, 7 vol. plus 3 parts of Supplement only (of 5), FIRST EDITION, 2-page subscribers' list, 649 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates (of 681, without the 32 plates in the final 2 supplements) by John and Elizabeth Gould and Henry Constantine Richter, printed by Hullmandel and Walton or Walter, 3 of the plates double-page, very occasional light spotting, 3 plates trimmed touching image, main volumes full green morocco by Clyde, covers with broad ruled and tooled border, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, lettered in 2, the others gilt with decorative pattern composed from various small tools, inner gilt dentelles, g.e., rubbing to joints and corners, a few surface scuffs, the Supplements in publisher's cloth-backed printed boards, rubbed, spines splitting, one with contents loose [Anker 174, 179; Fine Bird Books, p.101; Nissen IVB 370; Sauer 9, 18; Wood, p.365; Zimmer, pp.255-259], folio (550 x 360mm.), Taylor and Francis for the Author, [1840]-1848-[1851]-1869
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