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A century of birds from the Himalaya Mountains

Title
  1. A century of birds from the Himalaya Mountains / by John Gould, A.L.S.
Published by
  1. London : [John Gould], 1832.
Author
  1. Gould, John, 1804-1881

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Additional authors
  1. Vigors, N. A. (Nicholas Aylward), 1785-1840
  2. Gould, Elizabeth, 1804-1841
  3. Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789-1850
Description
  1. 158 unnumbered leaves : 80 color illustrations; 56 cm
Subject
  1. Birds in art
  2. Birds > Himalaya Mountains > Pictorial works
Call number
  1. Stuart 624
Note
  1. Letterpress by N.A. Vigors; see Advertisement, leaf 3.
  2. "Apparently this work was published both in twenty numbers and in four parts"--Sauer. Plates were issued before the letterpress, December 1830-March 1832; letterpress "on or before 5 November 1833." See Sauer.
  3. Illustrations: 80 full-page hand-colored lithographs, most accompanied by leaves of descriptive letterpress. Sketched from specimens by Gould and drawn and lithographed by Elizabeth Gould; signed: "Drawn from nature and on stone by E. Gould; printed by C. Hullmandel."
Indexed in (note)
  1. Sauer, G.C. "John Gould's major published works." In Sauer, G.C. John Gould, the bird man, pages 11-86
Additional formats (note)
  1. Also available online (Smithsonian Libraries copy) via Archive.org and Biodiversity Heritage Library website.
Author
  1. Gould, John, 1804-1881, illustrator.
Title
  1. A century of birds from the Himalaya Mountains / by John Gould, A.L.S.
Publisher
  1. London : [John Gould], 1832.
Type of content
  1. text
  2. still image
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Indexed in:
  1. Sauer, G.C. "John Gould's major published works." In Sauer, G.C. John Gould, the bird man, pages 11-86, no. 1, pages 14-21
Additional formats
  1. Also available online (Smithsonian Libraries copy) via Archive.org and Biodiversity Heritage Library website.
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Added author
  1. Vigors, N. A. (Nicholas Aylward), 1785-1840, author.
  2. Gould, Elizabeth, 1804-1841, illustrator, lithographer.
  3. Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789-1850, printer of plates.
LCCN
  1. 06032838
Other standard identifier
  1. PML 21213
Research call number
  1. Stuart 624
  2. QMX+++ (Gould, J. Century of birds)
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