A monograph of the Ramphastidae, or family of toucans / by John Gould, F.R.S., F.L.S., F.Z.S., M.E.S., F. Ethn. S., F.R. Geog. S., M. Ray S., corr. memb. of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Turin; of the Soc. of the Museum of Nat. Hist. of Strasbourg; for. memb. of the Nat. Hist. Soc. of Nürnberg, and of the Imp. Nat. Hist. Soc. of Moscow; hon. memb. of the Nat. Hist. Soc. of Darmstadt; of the Nat. Hist. and the Nat. Hist. and Med. Socs. of Dresden; of the Tasmanian Soc. of Van Diemen's Land; of the Roy. Zool. Soc. of Ireland; of the Penzance Nat. Hist. Soc.; of the Worcester Nat. Hist. Soc.; of the Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle Nat. Hist. Soc.; of the Ipswich Museum; of the Orn. Soc. of Germany, etc

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Notes

Edition statement from preface, page [8]. "I now publish a second edition with new drawings of the old species, and figures and descriptions of no less than eighteen others--all, in fact, that are known up to the present time.".

"Carus and Engelmann cite this edition as having appeared in 3 parts. Pt. I is reviewed under date of 1852 in the Naumannia, 1853, pp. 237-240. ... The preface, which probably appeared with the last part, is dated May 1, 1854." --Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library, page 260.

Gordon C. Sauer, in John Gould the bird man (1982), pages 70-71, posits that this edition was issued in 4 parts, rather than 3, between 1852 and 1854.

The original edition was issued in 3 parts between 1833 and 1835, with a title page dated 1834. See Sauer, no. 3, pages 25-26; Ayer Ornithological Library, pages 259-260.

Some of the illustrations in the original edition were also done by William Matthew Hart & Joseph Wolf, according to Sauer.

At end, on 2 unnumbered leaves printed on both sides, is "Observations on the anatomy of the toucan," by R. Owen, accompanied by a full-page uncolored lithograph, signed G. Scharf del. et lithog., printed by C. Hullmandel; reprinted from original edition.

Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library, pages 259-260

Nissen, C. Illustrierten Vogelbücher, entry 378

Nissen, C. Schöne Vogelbücher, entry 193

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, volume 7, page 362, entry 28110

Sauer, G.C. "John Gould's major published works." In Sauer, G.C. John Gould, the bird man, pages 11-86, no. 19, pages 70-71

Sitwell, S. Fine bird books, 77

Wood, C.A. Introduction to the literature of vertebrate zoology, page 365

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SCNHRB copy 39088000082347 is imperfect? An unnumbered preliminary leaf is apparently wanting (possibly a half-title leaf). The preliminary pages present in the Cullman copy include the title leaf ([2] pages; verso blank), the dedication to Prof. Temminck ([2] pages; verso blank); the preface ([2] pages; dated 1st May 1854), the introduction ([1], 10-26 pages), and the list of plates ([2] pages; verso blank).

SCNHRB copy has bookplates: 1. (armorial) Sir David Lionel Goldsmid-Stern-Salomons, Bart. of Broomhill, Tunbridge Wells, with motto: Deo adjuvante; 2. John H.H. Phipps. An unidentified bookseller's printed description is mounted on the front free endpaper (with catalogue number 2306).

SCNHRB copy has a contemporary binding of gilt-tooled dark green half-morocco leather with green cloth-covered boards; raised bands; marbled endpapers; and all edges gilt.

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Summary

Contains title page dated 1854, dedication, preface and introduction (26 pages at beginning), list of plates (1 leaf) and 51 full-page hand-colored lithographs, signed: Gould & Richter, del. et lith., Hullmandel & Walton, imp.; each is accompanied by leaf of descriptive letterpress (a few printed on both sides). Four of the plates are copies or free copies of the lithographs in the original edition: Ramphastos culminatus, originally drawn and lithographed by Edward Lear; Ramphastos dicolorus, Aulacoramphus Derbianus (Pteroglossus Derbianus in first edition) and Aulacoramphus haematopygius (Pteroglossus haematopygius in first edition), originally drawn and lithographed by John Gould and Elizabeth Gould. Of the others, 28 are new renderings (a few loosely based on the first edition plates) of the remaining species represented in the first edition, except for one here omitted; 19 represent newly identified species (in one case, newly distinguished). Each is accompanied by leaf of descriptive letterpress, some printed on both sides.

Data Source

Smithsonian Libraries

Date

1852

1854

Call number

QL696.P57 G697 1854

QL696 .P57 G697 1854

QL696.P57G697 1854

illustrator

Gould, John 1804-1881

lithographer

Richter, Henry Constantine 1821-1902

Scharf, George 1788-1860

illustrator

Gould, Elizabeth 1804-1841

Lear, Edward 1812-1888

Hart, William Matthew 1830-1908

Wolf, Joseph 1820-1899

Author

Container of (work): Owen, Richard 1804-1892 Observations on the anatomy of the toucan

former owner

Salomons, David Sir 1851-1925 DSI

Phipps, John H. H. DSI

printer of plates

Hullmandel & Walton

printer

Taylor & Francis

Type

Pictorial works

Physical description

26 pages, [106] unnumbered pages : 52 illustrations (51 colored) ; 56 cm

Title

Ramphastidae, or family of toucans

Family of toucans

Topic

Toucans

Birds in art

Record ID

siris_sil_202286

Usage

CC0