J. Gould | A century of birds from the Himalaya mountains, London, 1812, first edition, nineteenth-century red morocco

Property of a Gentleman

John Gould

A century of birds from the Himalaya mountains. London: [for the author], 1832

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, folio (545 x 368mm.), dedication leaf, list of subscribers, list of plates, 80 hand-coloured lithographed plates by and after E. Gould, nineteenth-century red morocco gilt, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, extremities slightly rubbed

GOULD'S FIRST FOLIO VOLUME. The text was largely written by N.A. Vigors, secretary to the Zoological Society. Many notable natural historians of the time can be found in the list of subscribers, including John James Audubon and Edward Lear.

PROVENANCE:

P. Hussey, Esq.: bookplate

LITERATURE:

Anker 168; Nissen IVB 374; McGill/Wood p.364; Sauer 1; Zimmer p. 251