Research Catalog

Title

The birds of Europe / by John Gould ; in five volumes.

Author

Gould, John, 1804-1881

Publication

• London : Published by the author, 20 Broad Street, Golden Square, 1837.
• [London] : Printed by Richard and John E. Taylor, Red Line Court, Fleet Street.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Gould, Elizabeth, 1804-1841
• Lear, Edward, 1812-1888
• Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789-1850
• Bayfield, Gabriel, 1781-1870
• Richard and John Edward Taylor (Firm), printer.

Description

5 volumes : 448 color illustrations; 57 cm

Subjects

• Birds in art
• Birds > Europe > Pictorial works

Note

• Originally issued in 22 parts, 1832-1837; volume title pages were issued with last part and are all dated 1837. Parts title pages are normally canceled in complete copies.
• Illustrations: 448 full-page hand-colored lithographs. Chiefly sketched by John Gould from specimens and drawn and lithographed by Elizabeth Gould; 67 of the bird images and many of the foregrounds were drawn and lithographed by Edward Lear. Variously signed: "Drawn from life & on stone by J. & E. Gould," "Drawn from nature & on stone by J. & E. Gould," "E. Lear del. et lithog.," "E. Lear del.," "Drawn from life & on stone by E. Lear." Printed by C. Hullmandel and hand colored under the direction of Gabriel Bayfield.
• Each plate accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress. Plates are numbered only in "General list of plates" in v. 1 and in plate lists in each volume; numbering given as 1-449, but in fact the two species called for on plates 447-448 are combined on a single plate.
• Volume 1 contains also title page, dedication, preface, introduction, list of subscribers, and lists of plates; volumes 2-5 contain also title page and list of plates.
• Volume 1: xii, [2], 4 pages, [101] leaves : 50 illustrations; v. 2: [200] leaves : 99 illustrations; v. 3: [188] leaves : 93 illustrations; v. 4: [208] leaves : 103 illustrations; v. 5: [208] leaves : 103 illustrations.

Indexed In (note)

• Anker, J. Bird books and bird art
• Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library
• Sauer, G.C. "John Gould's major published works." In Sauer, G.C. John Gould, the bird man, pages 11-86

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available online (Smithsonian Libraries copy) via Archive.org and Biodiversity Heritage Library website. Title pages, dedication, lists of contents and 448 color plates available online (NYPL copy in QMS+++) via NYPL Digital Collections.

Contents

v. 1. Raptores -- v. 2-3. Insessores -- v. 4. Rasores. Grallatores -- v. 5. Natatores.

Call Number

QMS+++ (Gould, J. Birds of Europe)

LCCN

06032843

OCLC

4485568

Author

Gould, John, 1804-1881, author, illustrator.

Title

The birds of Europe / by John Gould ; in five volumes.

Publisher

London : Published by the author, 20 Broad Street, Golden Square, 1837.

Manufacturer

[London] : Printed by Richard and John E. Taylor, Red Line Court, Fleet Street.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

Anker, J. Bird books and bird art, entry 169

Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library, pages 251-252

Sauer, G.C. "John Gould's major published works." In Sauer, G.C. John Gould, the bird man, pages 11-86, no. 2, pages 21-25.

Additional Formats

Also available online (Smithsonian Libraries copy) via Archive.org and Biodiversity Heritage Library website. Title pages, dedication, lists of contents and 448 color plates available online (NYPL copy in QMS+++) via NYPL Digital Collections.

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Added Author

Gould, Elizabeth, 1804-1841, illustrator, lithographer.

Lear, Edward, 1812-1888, illustrator, lithographer.

Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789-1850, printer of plates.

Bayfield, Gabriel, 1781-1870, colorist.

Richard and John Edward Taylor (Firm), printer.

Research Call Number

QMS+++ (Gould, J. Birds of Europe)

Stuart 581-585