Search Results: the birds of australia vol v by gould john

Adelaide: State Publishing, 1989. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide, State Publishing, 1989 to 1992 (facsimile editions, first thus)/ 1866-1870, 1869, and 1910-1927, respectively. Seven volumes (folio, large folio, and large quarto, respectively), comprising Diggles in three volumes (with a total of 126 colour plates, the full compliment); Gould in one volume (with 24 colour plates); and Mathews in three volumes (with a total of 105 colour plates). Each volume contains a different illustrated introduction by Rob Linn relating to White and his ornithological work. Half grey leather and cloth, lettered in silver; a fine set, unopened in the publisher's individual cartons, as issued. Each volume is number 411 of 500 copies of a facsimile edition of works originally owned and used by Samuel Albert White (1870-1954), 'ornithologist and conservationist ... His most arduous and important work as a naturalist occurred when he collaborated with Gregory Mathews on "The Birds of Australia" (London, 1910-27). To this… Read More