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Lot 47

GOULD, John. Handbook to the Birds of Australia. FIRST EDITION.
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GOULD, John (1804-1881). Handbook to the Birds of Australia. London: Published by the author, 1865. 


2 volumes, 8vo. 2pp. publisher's advertisements tipped-in to vol. I. Publisher's pictorial gilt- and blind-stamped green cloth (corners bumped, tiny bump to fore-edge of front board each volume, some light wear, short vertical separation at foot of spine vol. I, a few hinges starting). 

FIRST EDITION, published some twenty years after Gould's folio work on the birds of Australia was completed. "During that period many new species have been discovered, and much additional information acquired respecting those comprised therein; consequently it appeared to me that a careful resume of the entire subject would be acceptable to the possessors of the former edition" (Preface, p.vii).

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