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
Original in: Teylers Museum, Haarlem
In our collection: 207 prints

All 207 plates as a list

Founder Gies Pluim in the library of the Teylers Museum in Haarlem, where the original is kept.

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Egyptian Vulture

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 1

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Golden Eagle

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 2

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Spotted Eagle

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 3

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Sea Eagle

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 4

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Osprey

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 5

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Common Buzzard

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Rough-legged Buzzard

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 7

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Honey Buzzard

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 8

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Goshawk

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 9

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Sparrow Hawk

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 10

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Iceland Falcon

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 11

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Iceland Falcon – young

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 12

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Greenland Falcon, light race, adult and young

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 13

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Greenland Falcon, dark race

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 14

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Greenland Falcon, dark race, young

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 15

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Norwegian or Gyrfalcon

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 16

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Peregrine Falcon

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 17

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Hobby

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 18

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Merlin

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 19

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Orange-legged Hobby

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 20

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Kestrel

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 21

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Kite or Glead

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 22

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Black Kite

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 23

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Marsh-Harrier

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 24

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Marsh-Harrier (young)

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 25

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Hen Harrier

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 26

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Ash-coloured Harrier

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 27

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Barn-Owl

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 28

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Tawny or Brown Owl

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 29

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Eagle Owl

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 30

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Long-eared Owl

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 31

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Short-eared Owl

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 32

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Scops Eared Owl

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 33

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Snowy Owl

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 34

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Hawk Owl

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 35

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Tengmalm’s Owl

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 36

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Little Owl

Birds of Great Britain, vol. 1, plate 37

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

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.