A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or Family of Toucans

by John Gould

$120,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

Publisher's full dark green morocco, covers elaborately tooled in blind and gilt. A very fine copy of the second, revised and expanded, edition of Gould's first great ornithological monograph in the publisher's deluxe binding. The chief glories of this work are the wonderful plates worked up by Richter from Gould's masterful sketches. The resulting images ably capture the vibrant colours and ready intelligence that many of these birds exhibit. The first edition of

• Binding: Leather

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