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Lot 167
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* John Gould (English, 1804-1881), A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Hummingbirds, 6 volumes including supplement, folio (21 in. x 14 in.), published by the author, London, 1849-1861, posthumous supplement prepared by R. Bowdler Sharpe published 1881-1887, total of 418 hand-colored lithographs, full leather with gilt tooling.
- Notes: Note: Hummingbirds were Gould's favorite birds in all the world. He had a personal collection of over five thousand specimens and, for the Great Exhibition, created a building displaying three hundred mounted specimens. Among the 80,000 visitors was Queen Victoria. One of Gould's techniques of using transparent colors over gold leaf, made the birds come alive on the page with brilliant iridescence.
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June 25, 2011 10:00 AM CDT
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