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
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.