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Birds of Great Britain

By John Gould, 1804-1881

John Gould (1804-1881) published The Birds of Great Britain himself between 1862 and 1873, in 25 parts and 750 copies: 367 hand-coloured lithographs, many showing nests and young. Joseph Wolf, Henry Constantine Richter and William Matthew Hart worked Gould’s sketches up into the finished plates.

Published
1862-1873
Format
Imperial folio
Sheet
15 × 22 in, original size
Volumes
5
In our collection
207 prints
All 207 plates as a list
Gies Pluim at a table in the Teylers Museum library with plates from The Birds of America
Founder Gies Pluim in the library of the Teylers Museum in Haarlem, where the original is kept.

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Arctic Tern, plate 72 of Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 by John Gould

Arctic Tern

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 5, plate 72

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Little Tern, plate 73 of Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 by John Gould

Little Tern

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 5, plate 73

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Gull-billed Tern, plate 74 of Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 by John Gould

Gull-billed Tern

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 5, plate 74

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Black Tern, plate 75 of Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 by John Gould

Black Tern

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 5, plate 75

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

White-winged Tern, plate 76 of Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 by John Gould

White-winged Tern

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 5, plate 76

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Whiskered Tern, plate 77 of Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 by John Gould

Whiskered Tern

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 5, plate 77

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Great Skua, plate 78 of Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 by John Gould

Great Skua

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 5, plate 78

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Pomatorhine Skua, plate 79 of Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 by John Gould

Pomatorhine Skua

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 5, plate 79

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Arctic Skua, plate 80 of Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 by John Gould

Arctic Skua

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 5, plate 80

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Long-tailed Skua, plate 81 of Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 by John Gould

Long-tailed Skua

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 5, plate 81

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Fulmar, plate 82 of Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 by John Gould

Fulmar

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 5, plate 82

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Great Shearwater, plate 83 of Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 by John Gould

Great Shearwater

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 5, plate 83

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Manx Shearwater, plate 84 of Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 by John Gould

Manx Shearwater

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 5, plate 84

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Forked-tailed Storm-Petrel, plate 85 of Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 by John Gould

Forked-tailed Storm-Petrel

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 5, plate 85

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Storm-Petrel, plate 86 of Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 by John Gould

Storm-Petrel

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 5, plate 86

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

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Complete sets

Birds of Great Britain is also available as complete sets, one for each volume, with every plate at the original size, a title page, a contents page and a certificate, in a Solander box.

Limited to 50 sets. Price on request.

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