Icones avium, or, Figures and descriptions of new and interesting species of birds from various parts of the globe / by John Gould ... forming a supplement to his previous works. Part I-II

Object Details

Notes

Cover titles (taken from original printed wrappers which are bound in).

No more published.

"This work was interrupted by Gould's departure for Australia in search of material for his work on the birds of that region, and was never resumed. Certain of the species were described in papers read in advance before the Zoological Society of London, but in most cases these descriptions were never published in the 'Proceedings' of that body." --Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library.

Each plate accompanied by leaf of descriptive letterpress.

Plates signed: Drawn from nature and on stone by J. & E. Gould; printed by Hullmandel.

Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library pages 254-255

Anker, J. Bird books and bird art, 172

Nissen, C. Illustrierten Vogelbücher, 375

Also available online.

SCNHRB copy 39088002876563 is inscribed to Professor [Johann Friedrich] Brandt by John Gould on the wrapper for each of the two parts.

SCNHRB copy was complete with all eighteen unnumbered plates present at the time of recataloging (February, 2017).

SCNHRB copy has bookplates: 1. (armorial) Sir David Lionel Goldsmid Stern Salomons of Broomhill, Kent, Baronet, with motto: Deo adjuvante; 2. John H.H. Phipps (donor of this copy to the Smithsonian Libraries). Two unidentified, printed bookseller's catalog descriptions for this edition (and possibly for this specific copy) are pasted on the front free endpaper.

SCNHRB copy has an old gilt-tooled half-morocco leather binding with green cloth-covered boards, raised bands, marbled endpapers, and all edges gilt, with the original printed paper wrappers bound in. Binding signed on front paste-down endpaper: Bound by Riviere & Son.

Elecresource

Contents

Part I. Eurylaimus (Crossodera) Dalhousiae. Todus multicolor. Ianthocincla phoenicea. Calliope pectoralis. Microura squamata. Paradoxornis flavirostris. Pteroglossus (Selenidera) Gouldii. Numida vulturina. Ortyx plumifera. Cursorius rufus. -- Part II. Monograph of the Caprimulgidae. Part I. Amblypterus anomalus. Nyctidromus Derbyanus. Semeïophorus (Macrodipteryx?) vexillarius. Lyncornis cerviniceps. Lyncornis macrotis. [Lyncornis] temminckii. Batrachostomus auritus. Nyctibius pectoralis

Data Source

Smithsonian Libraries

Date

1837

1838

Call number

QL674 .G697i

QL674 .G697i 1837

QL674.G697i

publisher

Gould, John 1804-1881

lithographer

Gould, Elizabeth 1804-1841

printer of plates

Hullmandel, Charles Joseph 1789-1850

former owner

Brandt, Johann Friedrich 1802-1879 DSI

inscriber

Gould, John 1804-1881 DSI

former owner

Salomons, David Sir 1851-1925 DSI

Phipps, John H. H. DSI

printer

Richard and John Edward Taylor (Firm)

binder

Riviere & Son DSI

Type

Pictorial works

Physical description

2 parts in 1 volume, [18] leaves of plates (1 folded) : color illustrations ; 56 cm

Title

Figures and descriptions of new and interesting species of birds

Topic

Birds

Record ID

siris_sil_142012

Usage

CC0