Birds of New Guinea (incl. Birds of Paradise)
By John Gould, 1804-1881
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.
- Published
- 1875-1888
- Format
- Imperial folio
- Sheet
- 15 × 22 in, original size
- In our collection
- 54 prints
All 54 prints
54 prints
Black-mantled Goshawk
$185
Marquis Doria’s Goshawk
$185
New-Guinea Harpy-Eagle
$185
Gurney’s Cuckoo-Falcon
$185
New Britain Hawk-Owl
$185
Forbes Hawk-Owl
$185
Salvadori’s Hawk-Owl
$185
New Guinea – Elliot’s Promerops
$185
Great Promerops
$185
Bennet’s Bird of Paradise
$185
D’Albertis Bird of Paradise
$185
Bruijn’s Bird of Paradise
$185
New-Guinea Rifle-Bird
$185
Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise
$185
Wattled Bird of Paradise
$185
Gorget Paradise Bird
$185
Superb Bird of Paradise
$185
Lesser Superb Bird of Paradise
$185
Bare-headed Bird of Paradise
$185
Waigiou Bird of Paradise
$185
Magnificent Bird of Paradise
$185
Golden-winged Bird of Paradise
$185
King Bird of Paradise
$185
Six-plumed Bird of Paradise
$185
Lawes’s Bird of Paradise
$185
Grey-chested Bird of Paradise
$185
Papuan Bird of Paradise
$185
Greater Bird of Paradise
$185
Red Bird of Paradise
$185
Marquis de Raggi’s Bird of Paradise
$185
Curl-crested Manucode
$185
New Guinea – Green Manucode
$185
Purple-and-Violet Manucode
$185
Obi Paradise-Crow
$185
Stone’s Cat-bird
$185
Queensland Cat-bird
$185
Black-cheeked Cat-bird
$185
Arfak Cat-bird
$185
Barbet-like Cat-bird
$185
Black-naped Cat-bird
$185
Toothed-billed Bower-bird
$185
Queensland Bower-bird
$185
Large-frilled Bower-bird
$185
Gardener Bower-bird
$185
Orange-crested Bower-bird
$185
Golden Bird of Paradise
$185
Deceptive Oriole
$185
Arfak Drongo
$185
The complete set
Birds of New Guinea (incl. Birds of Paradise) is also available as a complete set: every plate we hold, as a facsimile at the original size, with a title page, a contents page and a certificate, in a Solander box.
Limited to 50 sets. Price on request.