Gould, John
The Birds of Asia. Part XXXI [and:] XXXII
£3,402
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
London: for the author, 1879. 2 parts in 1 volume, large folio (55.5 x 37cm), contemporary green half morocco, 25 hand-coloured lithographic plates heightened in gum arabic, each with leaf of descriptive letterpress, original front wrappers bound in (wrapper for part XXXI creased and spotted), spotting to endpapers and blanks, bookplate of the earls of Bradford, plates comprise:
1. Broderip's Oriole;
2. Elliot's Pitta;
3. Bornean Pitta;
4. Malaccan Pitta;
5. Georgian Black Grouse;
6. Crimson-vented Partridge (text-leaf with closed marginal tear);
7. Rufous-breasted Bamboo-Partridge;
8. Siberian Ruby-throat;
9. Himalayan Ruby-throat;
10. Mongolian Ruby-throat;
11. Pylzoff's Rose Bunting;
12. Rosy Grosbeak;
13. Legge's Flower-pecker;
14. White-winged Red-footed Kestrel;
15. Malayan Fairy Bluebird;
16. Bornean Fairy Bluebird;
17. Koch's Pitta;
18. Indian Hoopoe;
19. Banded Kingfisher (offset);
20. Black-faced Kingfisher (slightly offset);
21. Tenasserim Kingfisher;
22. Northern Bullfinch (slightly offset);
23. Beavan's Bullfinch (slightly offset);
24. Elegant Bunting;
25. Trumpeter Bullfinch (text-leaf spotted)