A monograph of the Trochilidæ, or family of humming-birds

By

Gould, John 1804-1881
Richter, Henry Constantine, 1821-1902
Hullmandel & Walton,
Walter & Cohn,

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

London Printed by Taylor and Francis 1861 [i.e. 1849-1861]

Notes

Hand-colored lithographed plates, with preface, introduction, list of subscribers, and accompanying leaves of letterpress description.

Issued in 25 parts between 1849 and 1861; the title pages for the volumes were issued last and are all dated 1861.

Part numbers for plates from Waterhouse.

Dates of parts from Coues.

Plates drawn and lithographed by Gould and H.C. Richter, and printed by Hullmandel & Walton, and also by Walter & Cohn.

A supplementary volume to this set, issued in parts between 1880 and 1887, was completed by R.B. Sharpe after Gould's death.

Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib., | p. 258

Sitwell, S. Fine bird books, 1700-1900 (1990 ed.), | p. 102

Anker, J. Bird books, | 177

Waterhouse, F.H. The dates of publication of some of the zoological works of the late John Gould, F.R.S., p. 45-55

Coues, E. "Third instalment of American ornithological bibliography." In Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, v. 5 (1880), p.670-674

Subjects

Hummingbirds

BHL Collections

Blog Features

Call Number

QL696.A558 G69 1849

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.51056
OCLC: 9648140
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51506300