A COMPLETE SET OF GOULD'S WORKS 183. GOULD (JOHN). A Complete Set of the Ornithological and other Works of John Gould. 45 vols., folio, uniformly bound in full green levant morocco, gilt backs and borders (tooling slightly varied), gilt edges (a few bindings slightly scraped). London, 1831-1888 THIS MAGNIFICENT SET IS TO EUROPE, ASIA, etc., WHAT THE FOLIO AUDUBON IS TO AMERICA. All the plates were drawn from the original specimens collected by Mr. Gould, and these models were afterwards deposited by him in the Museum of the Zoological Society at London. A COMPLETE SET SUCH AS THIS, IN SUCH BRILLIANT AND WELL-PRESERVED CONDITION, with but very few blemishes on the plates, IS EXTREMELY UNCOMMON, AND DIFFICULT TO PROCURE. So complete was the absorption of these publications, that at the time of the death of the author, NOT ONE COPY OF THE "Birds of Europe' was in the Gould remainder stock. Of the "Birds of Australia" no perfect copy was left unsold, except the pattern copy, and of the "Birds of Great Britain" only four perfect original copies remained unsold. A CENTURY OF BIRDS FROM THE HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS. 80 full page colored plates. 1 vol. Illustrated with London, 1831 THE BIRDS OF EUROPE. Illustrated with 449 full-page colored plates. 5 vols. London, 1837 THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. Illustrated with 681 full-page colored plates. with Supplement. 8 vols. London, 1848-69 A MONOGRAPH OF THE ODONTOPHORINAE; or Partridges of America. Illustrated with 32 full-page plates. 1 vol. THE BIRDS OF ASIA. Illustrated with 530 full-page colored plates. 7 vols. London, 1850-1883 London, 1850 A MONOGRAPH OF THE RAMPHASTIDAE, or Family of Toucans. Illustrated with 51 full-page colored plates. 1 vol. London, 1854 A MONOGRAPH OF THE TROCHILIDAE; or, Family of Humming-Birds, Ilustrated with 416 full-page colored plates. With Supplement. 6 vols. London, 1861-1887 THE MAMMALS OF AUSTRALIA. Illustrated with 182 full-page colored plates. 3 vols. THE BIRDS OF GREAT BRITAIN. London, 1863 Illustrated with 367 full-page colored London, 1873 London, 1875 A MONOGRAPH OF THE TROGONIDAE; or, Family of Trogons. Illustrated with 47 full-page colored plates. 1 vol. THE BIRDS OF NEW GUINEA AND THE ADJACENT PAPUAN ISLANDS. Illustrated with 320 full-page colored plates. 5 vols. London, 1875-1888 ICONES AVIUM (a necessary work to complete a set of Gould). Illustrated with 18 colored plates. 2 parts [all published]. London, 1837-38 ANALYTICAL INDEX to the Works. By R. Bowdler Sharpe. (binding different). Folio, half green morocco, gilt top. London, 1893 184. A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia and the adjacent Islands. With 73 finely colored plates containing 164 species, with descriptions. 4 parts, imp. 8vo, original printed boards. 185. 186. ORIGINAL EDITION. London: Published by the Author, 1837-8 Another copy. Imp. 8vo, half morocco, gilt edges. ORIGINAL EDITION. Choice copy. The Zoology of the Voyage of H. M. S. "Sulphur." The Monograph on Birds. 2 parts. 16 finely colored plates. In one volume, 4to, three-quarter olive levant morocco, gilt top. ORIGINAL EDITION. London, 1843 187. Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Humming Birds. Part I only. 15 colored plates. Imp. folio, original boards. 188. ORIGINAL EDITION. Svo, original cloth. London, 1849 Handbook to the Birds of Australia. 2 vols., royal London: Published by the Author, 1865 FIRST EDITION. In the preface the Author states that in the Handbook will be found descriptions of new species not in the folio edition. 189. Introduction to the Birds of Australia. London, 1848; Introduction to the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming Birds. London, 1861; 2 copies, one Presentation copy; Introduction to the Birds of Great Britain. Presentation copy. London, 1873. Together 4 vols. 8vo, cloth (one binding worn). Privately printed. 190. GRAHAM (H. D.). The Birds of Iona and Mull. With 75 illustrations by the Author. 8vo, cloth. Edinburgh, 1890 FIRST EDITION. 191. GRAVES (GEORGE). British Ornithology: being the History of every known species of British Birds. With 96 copperplate engravings finely colored by hand. 2 vols. royal 8vo, half dark green morocco, gilt tops. 192. FIRST EDITION. London: Printed for the Author, 1811-13 of British Ornithology: Being the History every known Species of British Birds. Illustrated with 144 engraved plates, uncolored. 3 vols. in one, thick 8vo, half morocco, gilt back. London: Printed for the Author, 1821 THIS APPEARS TO BE A SPECIAL COPY, as the plates are uncolored, although the titles call for colored plates, and there is no pagination. Fine copy. 193. The Naturalist's Companion. Being a brief Introduction to the different branches of Natural History. 8 engraved plates. 8vo, boards, uncut. London, 1824 194. GRAY (GEORGE R.). A List of the Genera of Birds, with their Synonyma. 8vo, cloth. London, 1841 195. The Genera of Birds; comprising their generic characters, a Notice of the Habits of each Genus, and an extensive list of Species referred to their several Genera. With 300 plates, those of the Birds colored, and those of the details in black. 3 vols. folio, beautifully bound in full olive levant morocco, gilt, gilt top, with the original wrappers bound in; by Launder. London, 1844-49 FIRST EDITION, bound up from the original parts. A VERY FINE COPY. RARE. 196. A Fasciculus of the Birds of China. 12 brilliantly colored plates. 4to, boards. SCARCE. Privately printed. Illustrated with 197. GRAY (ROBERT). The Birds of the West of Scotland, including the outer Hebrides. Illustrated with tinted lithographed plates. 8vo, cloth, uncut. FIRST EDITION. Glasgow, 1871 198. GREENE (W. T.). Parrots in Captivity. Illustrated with 71 colored plates of Parrots, Macaws, Cockatoos, Parakeets, etc. 3 vols. 8vo, cloth. London, 1884-87 199. GURNEY (JOHN H.). A Description Catalogue of the Raptorial Birds in the Norfolk and Norwich Museum. Part One. Imp. 8vo, cloth. London, 1864 Contains the serpentariidae, Polyboridae and Vulturidae. 200. HAMILTON (EDWARD). The River-side Naturalist. Illustrated with numerous woodcuts. 8vo, half red morocco, gilt top, uncut, original covers bound in, by Stikeman. London, 1890 FIRST EDITION. With the Heckscher bookplates, 3 variations. 201. HARTING (JAMES EDMUND). The Birds of Shakesspeare, critically examined, explained and illustrated. Numerous woodcut illustrations. 8vo, cloth. London, 1871 FIRST EDITION. 202. Bibliotheca Accipitraria. A Catalogue of Books, Ancient and Modern, relating to Falconry. With Notes, Glossary and Vocabulary. Illustrated with 26 full-page plates including portraits of famous Falconers. 8vo, cloth, brown morocco back, gilt top, unLondon, 1891 cut. FIRST EDITION. 203. A Handbook of British Birds, showing the Distribution of the Resident and Migratory Species in the British Islands. Illustrated with 35 colored plates. Thick 8vo, half dark red levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, by Zaehnsdorf. London, 1901 204. HARVIE-BROWN (J. A.). A Fauna of the Tay Basin & Strathmore. Finely illustrated from photographs. 8vo, cloth, Edinburgh, 1906 gilt top, uncut. 205. HATCH (P. L.). Notes on the Birds of Minnesota. 8vo, cloth. First Report of the State Zoologist. title-page. Minneapolis, 1892 Autograph of Elliott Coues on 206. HAVELL (R.). A Collection of the Birds of Paradise. 15 beautiful plates engraved and delicately colored. Folio, half wine levant morocco. London, n. d. Havell was the printer and engraver of the Elephant Folio Edition of Audubon's Birds of America. 207. HAWKER (P.). Instructions to Young Sportsmen on the Choice, Care, and Management of Guns, etc. With colored frontispiece and other illustrations. 8vo, original boards (worn), uncut. The Second Edition, considerably enlarged. London, 1816 208. Instructions to Young Sportsmen in all that relates to Guns and Shooting. Colored frontispiece and plates. 8vo, green polished calf, gilt edges (rubbed), by Larkins. Fine tall copy. Third Edition. London, 1824 209. Instructions to Young Sportsmen, in all that relates to Guns and Shooting. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. Philadelphia, 1846 Contains four articles by Henry W. Herbert under heading American Hunting and shooting." 210. HAYES (W.). A Natural History of British Birds, &c., with their Portraits. Illustrated with 40 beautifully colored plates. Folio, half morocco and boards. London: Printed for S. Hooper, 1775 FIRST EDITION. One of a few copies on LARGE PAPER. 211. HAYES (WILLIAM). Portraits of the Curious Exotic Birds which formerly composed the Osterly Menagerie. With 101 large colored plates. 4to, half green morocco, gilt top, uncut. London: W. Bulmer, 1817 Second Edition. 212. HERBERT (HENRY W.). American Game in its SeaIllustrated from nature by the author. 12mo, cloth. New York, 1853 sons. VERY FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. One of the scarcest of Herbert's works. 213. HERRICK (FRANCIS H.). The Home Life of Wild Birds. A new method of the Study and Photography of Birds. With 141 original illustrations from Nature. 4to, cloth, uncut. New York, 1901 FIRST EDITION. 214. HEWITSON (WILLIAM C.). Coloured illustrations of the Eggs of British Birds, accompanied with Descriptions of the Eggs, Nests, etc. With 137 colored plates, each containing several specimens. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut (stucco binding). Second Edition. London, 1846 215. HOLLEY (MARY AUSTIN). Texas. Folding map engraved by Hooker. 12mo, cloth (top of title repaired). Lexington, Ky., 1836 One of the earliest American works on Texas. Contains a brief list of Texan birds. 216. HORNADAY (WILLIAM T.). The American Natural History. Numerous illustrations, charts and maps. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York, 1904 217. HORSFIELD (THOMAS). Zoological Researches in Java, and the Neighboring Islands. Illustrated with 65 fine colored plates, and 7 of anatomy. 4to, contemporary maroon crinkled calf. London, 1824 FIRST EDITION. Published with the aid of the East India Company, while Java was an English possession.. 218. HOWE (R. H.). AND STURTEVANT (E.). The Birds of Rhode Island. With 6 full-page illustrations. Imp. 8vo, cloth, Privately printed, 1899 THE FIRST COMPLETE LIST OF RHODE ISLAND BIRDS. Contains 11-page bibliography of works relating to the subject. uncut. 219. HOWITT (SAMUEL). British Preserve, with Etchings from Drawings by S. Howitt. Engraved title-page and 36 plates, of which 28 are of British Game Birds, finely colored by hand. With descriptions to each plate by Charles Armiger. Royal 8vo, half crimson levant morocco, emblematically tooled back, gilt edges, by Zaehnsdorf. London, [1823} FIRST EDITION, with original cloth covers bound in at the end. 220. HUDSON (W. H.). Birds in a Village. Square 12mo, buckram, uncut, and mainly unopened. Philadelphia, 1893 FIRST EDITION. 221. HUME (ALLAN O.). Stray Feathers. A Journal of Ornithology for India and its Dependencies. From its beginning in 1872 to 1899, with Index to Vols. 1-11. Illustrated with maps, colored plates, etc. Together 12 vols. 8vo, and royal 8vo, half calf. Calcutta and London, 1873-1899 The special organ for recording new species and original observations and discoveries of Travellers, Explorers, Sportsmen and Professed Ornithologists in India, Ceylon, the Indian Archipelago and the adjacent Territories. The "Systematic and General Index to Vols. 1-11'' was compiled by Charles Chubb of the British Museum, and contains the names of over 1600 species. 222. HUMMING BIRD (THE). A Monthly Scientific, Artistic and Industrial Review. Edited under the direction of Adolphe Boucard, Naturalist. Vol. 1, 4to, and Vol. 2-5, 8vo. Bound in 2 vols., cloth, original wrappers bound in. London, 1891-95 ALL PUBLISHED. At the commencement of Vol. 3 the Review was issued quarterly instead of monthly. 223. IBIS (THE). A Magazine of General Ornithology. Edited by Philip Lutley Sclater. Illustrated with a large number of colored plates by Keulemans and others. Vols. 1-6, First Series; Vols. 1-6, Second Series; Vols. 1-5, Third Series; Vols. 1-6, Fourth Series; Vols. 1-4, 6, Fifth Series; Vols. 1-6, Sixth Series; Vols. 1-3, 5, 6, Seventh Series; Vols. 1-6, Eighth Series. Together 45 vols., 8vo, half red morocco, gilt tops. London, 1859-1907 224. INGERSOLL (ERNEST). Birds' Nesting. Salem, 1882; A Compendium of the Ornithology of Great Britain (Atkinson), London, 1829; Domesticated Animals (Shaler), N. Y. 1895, and others. 23 vols., various sizes and bindings. 225. IRBY (L. H. L.). The Ornithology of the Straits of Gibraltar. With an Appendix containing the Lepidoptera of the neighborhood. With 2 maps, 8 colored plates, mostly of Eagles, and 27 other illustrations of Birds, Nests and Eggs. Imp. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1895 Second Edition, revised and enlarged. One of the few English contributions to the Ornithology of Northern Africa and the Mediterranean Basin. |