John Gould's Extinct And Endangered Mammals Of Australia -

Canberra, National Library of Australia first edition - hard cover, laminated boards The Thylacine, Bilby, instantly recognisable Tasmanian Devil, Koala and common Wombat, and various other less readily identifiable marsupials, Kangaroos and placental mammals, appear in this book as animals long gone or with an increasingly tenuous grip on existence. Portraits of 46 Australian threatened or extinct mammals. 268 x 237mm., pp. vii, 272, colour plates & maps throughout, list of Illustrations, biblio., index. Hard cover, illustrated cloth covered boards (without dust jacket as issued). NEW. ISBN: 9780642278616

National Library of Australia, 2014. Hardcover. New. How poignant it is to look at some of Gould's beautiful images of our animals and know that some are no longer with us, and some are fighting for their lives? In this book, author Fred Ford compares Gould's world, and the world that the animals live in at that time, with the world today. John Gould's Extinct and Endangered Mammals of Australia includes 46 Australian mammal species that, today, are threatened or extinct and that were portrayed in the lavish color plates in John Gould's 1863 publication, The Mammals of Australia. Each animal 'opener spread' begins with a Gould plate accompanied by 'At a Glance ' - a very short summary; the conservation status according to the EPBC (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation) list, the species names, a map of its former and current distribution and sites of reintroduction; and a timeline of the species history since European colonization. Accompanying the pictures are accounts of the… Read More