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Melbourne: Hill House, 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile Edition. Elephant Folio. Limited facsimile edition, this copy stamped no. 203 to the front end paper. A fine copy with minimal wear, contents clean and tight, unmarked. Original green Japanese Saifu cloth gilt; pp. [iv], plus 97 fine coloured plates with accompanying text. One of a series of remarkably exact same-size facsimile of the original in the British Library, printed by offset lithography on acid-free matt art paper and hand-bound. The Hill House series contained the only authentic full-size facsimiles of the works of John Gould - this volume is one of the original printings and now out of print. Publisher's blurb thus "They are not reproductions, because no camera was used in transferring the images from the B.M.(N.H.) originals. Indeed the originals are taken by Museum security courier to the repro-house in Singapore, where they are subjected to the preparation of new plates for printing on 5 and 6 colour offset…
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THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA Volume III. [Robins, Wrens, Finches] Hardcover - 1991
by Gould, John
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- Title THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA Volume III. [Robins, Wrens, Finches]
- Author Gould, John
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Facsimile Editio
- Publisher Hill House, Melbourne
- Date 1991
- ISBN 9780947352141
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by Gould, John
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- Hardcover
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Melbourne: Hill House, 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile Edition. Elephant Folio. Limited facsimile edition, this copy stamped no. 177 to the front paste-down. A fine copy in the publisher's original packing box; a little faint spotting to the title page. Original green Japanese Saifu cloth gilt; pp. [iv], plus 97 fine coloured plates with accompanying text. One of a series of remarkably exact same-size facsimile of the original in the British Library, printed by offset lithography on acid-free matt art paper and hand-bound. The Hill House series contained the only authentic full-size facsimiles of the works of John Gould - this volume is one of the original printings and now out of print. A fine copy. Publisher's blurb thus "They are not reproductions, because no camera was used in transferring the images from the B.M.(N.H.) originals. Indeed the originals are taken by Museum security courier to the repro-house in Singapore, where they are subjected to the preparation of new…
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