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Black-mantled Goshawk, the first plate of the set
The first plate of the set, Black-mantled Goshawk.

Birds of New Guinea (incl. Birds of Paradise), complete set

By John Gould, 1875-1888

All 54 plates of Birds of New Guinea (incl. Birds of Paradise) as facsimile giclées at the size of the original sheet, kept in a Solander box the way a library keeps the original.

  • 54 plates, each 15 × 22 in
  • A title page and a contents page with the titles of all plates
  • A Solander box in linen with gold lettering, in the colour and lettering you choose
  • A certificate of authenticity

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Birds of New Guinea (incl. Birds of Paradise)

Contents

John Gould, 1875-1888

  1. 1Black-mantled GoshawkAstur melanochlamys
  2. 2Marquis Doria’s GoshawkErythrotriorchis doriae
  3. 3New-Guinea Harpy-EagleHarpyopsis novae guineae
  4. 4Gurney’s Cuckoo-FalconBaza gurneyi
  5. 5New Britain Hawk-OwlNinox odiosa
  6. 6Forbes Hawk-OwlNinox forbesi
  7. 7Salvadori’s Hawk-OwlNinox dimorpha
  8. 8New Guinea – Elliot’s PromeropsEpimachus ellioti
  9. 9Great PromeropsEpimachus speciosus
  10. 10Bennet’s Bird of ParadiseDrepanornis cervinicauda
  11. 11D’Albertis Bird of ParadiseDrepanornis albertisi
  12. 12Bruijn’s Bird of ParadiseDrepanornis bruijnii
  13. 13New-Guinea Rifle-BirdCraspedophora magnifica
  14. 14Twelve-wired Bird of ParadiseSeleucides nigricans
  15. 16Wattled Bird of ParadiseParadigalla carunculata
  16. 17Gorget Paradise BirdAstrapia nigra
  17. 18Superb Bird of ParadiseLophorhina superba
  18. 19Lesser Superb Bird of ParadiseLophorhina minor
  19. 20Bare-headed Bird of ParadiseDiphyllodes respublica
  20. 21Waigiou Bird of ParadiseDiphyllodes gulielmi iii
  21. 22Magnificent Bird of ParadiseDiphyllodes speciosa
  22. 23Golden-winged Bird of ParadiseDiphyllodes chrysoptera
  23. 24King Bird of ParadiseCicinnurus regius
  24. 25Six-plumed Bird of ParadiseParotia sexpennis
  25. 26Lawes’s Bird of ParadiseParotia lawesi
  26. 27Grey-chested Bird of ParadiseParadisea decora
  27. 28Papuan Bird of ParadiseParadisea papuana
  28. 30Greater Bird of ParadiseParadisea apoda
  29. 31Red Bird of ParadiseParadisea sanguinea
  30. 32Marquis de Raggi’s Bird of ParadiseParadisea raggiana
  31. 33Curl-crested ManucodeManucodia comrii
  32. 34New Guinea – Green ManucodeManucodia chalybea
  33. 35Purple-and-Violet ManucodePhonygama purpureoviolacea
  34. 36Obi Paradise-CrowLycocorax obiensis
  35. 37Stone’s Cat-birdAiluroedus stonii
  36. 38Queensland Cat-birdAiluroedus maculosus
  37. 39Black-cheeked Cat-birdAiluroedus melanotis
  38. 40Arfak Cat-birdAiluroedus arfakianus
  39. 41Barbet-like Cat-birdAiluroedus buccoides
  40. 42Black-naped Cat-birdAiluroedes melanocephalus
  41. 43Toothed-billed Bower-birdScenopoeus dentirostris
  42. 44Queensland Bower-birdChlamydodera orientalis
  43. 45Large-frilled Bower-birdChlamydodera occipitalis
  44. 46Gardener Bower-birdAmblyornis inornata
  45. 47Orange-crested Bower-birdAmblyornis subalaris
  46. 48Golden Bird of ParadiseXanthomelus aureus
  47. 49Deceptive OrioleOriolus decipiens
  48. 50Arfak DrongoChaetorhynchus papuensis
  49. 51New-Ireland DrongoDicranostreptus megarhynchus
  50. 52White-billed Wood-ShrikeRectes leucorhynchus
  51. 53Fawnbreasted Wood-ShrikeRectes cerviniventris
  52. 54Rufous-and-Black Wood-ShrikeRectes uropygialis
  53. 55Jobi-Island Wood ShrikeRectes jobiensis
  54. 56Aru-Island Wood ShrikeRectes aruensis

The contents page in the box lists every plate. Each title opens the single print.

About the original

The Birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Islands (1875-1888) was the last great work of John Gould (1804-1881): 320 hand-coloured lithographs in five volumes, with many birds of paradise, bowerbirds and parrots. Gould completed twelve of the 25 parts; Richard Bowdler Sharpe, his assistant, finished it after his death.

Volume 1 of five holds birds of prey and hawk-owls, the birds of paradise and manucodes, catbirds and bowerbirds, drongos and wood-shrikes. Its birds of paradise also form the collection Birds of Paradise, Vol. 1.

Title
Birds of New Guinea (incl. Birds of Paradise)
Published
1875-1888
Format
Imperial folio, 15 × 22 in
Plates
54

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