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Melbourne: Hill House, 1988. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very good condition. A magnificent reproduction of the copy held by the British Museum of Natural History. John Gould is considered to be the father of Australian ornithology. Facsimile reprint (1854), limited edition numbered, elephant folio, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt emblem to front board, blind rule to front board, patterned eps, 26pp + 52 plates with accompanying text.
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- Title MONOGRAPH OF THE RAMPHASTIDE TOUCANS
- Author Gould, John
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Facsimile Editio
- Publisher Hill House, Melbourne
- Date 1988
- ISBN 9780959363982
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A Monograph of The Ramphastidae or Family of Toucans
by Gould, John
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A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or Family of Toucans
by Gould, John
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Hill House, 1988. , 52 col plates. 550x370mm. HB. Imp. folio (550x370mm), orig. cloth. Fine.. Originally published 1854. 'The volumes in this series are not mere reproductions. They are exact facsimiles of originals held in the Libraries of the British Museum (Natural History) in London and Tring. 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 presses. The paper used is 130 gsm mat art paper. As facsimiles, the books carry faithfully every spot, mark or stain of the originals. They also carry the original Museum Department of Zoology stamps, and librarian's annotations. From behind glass, the naked eye would be unable to distinguish the original from the facsimile, so accurate is the colour printing. Also as facsimiles, they are exactly the…
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