Gould, John
Seabirds: 23 original lithographs from The Birds of Great Britain, 1862-73
£2,016
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
hand-coloured, heightened in gum arabic, approximate dimensions 37.5 x 55cm or reverse, toning, many with sewing-holes along one edge, a few with ink-stamps of Newcastle-upon-Tyne public library to versos. Comprising:
1) Alca torda (razorbill); 2 & 3) Uria troile (common guillemot), 2 copies; 4 & 5) Uria grylle (black guillemot), 2 copies; 6) Mergulus alle (little auk); 7) Thalassidroma leachii (fork-tailed storm petrel); 8 & 9) Thalassidroma pelagica (storm petrel), 2 copies, one slightly soiled around edges; 10 & 11) Phalacrocorax carbo (great cormorant), 2 copies; 12) Phalacrocorax graculus (spectacled cormorant); 13 & 14) Rissa Tridactyla (black-legged kittiwake), 2 copies; 15) Stercorarius longicaudus (long-tailed skua); 16 & 17) Stercorarius parasiticus (arctic skua), 2 copies, one with show-through from text; 18) Stercorarius caractes (pomarine skua); 19) Stercorarius pomatorhinus (pomatorhine skua); 20) Procellaria glacialis (northern fulmar); 21 & 22) Puffinus anglorum (Manx shearwater), 2 copies; 22) Puffinus major (great shearwater)