Urocharis longicauda: The Birds of New Guinea
by John Gould
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- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/None
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Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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About This Item
Long-tailed flower-pecker, lemon-breasted berrypecker or mid-mountain berrypecker, Melanocharis longicauda.
(Urocharis longicauda, Salvad.)
Handcoloured lithograph by William Matthew Hart from John Gould's The Birds of New Guinea, London, 1875-88.
William Matthew Hart (1830-1908) was a bird illustrator and lithographer who worked for John Gould from 1851. He began by making the patterns for the lithographic plates for Gould's monograph on Hummingbirds, as well as working on The Birds of Great Britain with Henry Constantine Richter. By 1870 Hart had become Gould's chief artist and lithographer. After Gould's death in 1881, Hart was employed by Richard Bowdler-Sharpe of the British Museum to complete Gould's work on the Birds of New Guinea and to produce illustrations for Sharpe's great work Monograph on the Birds of Paradise.
Large folio size lithograph (52cm x 34cm) mounted in a cream-coloured French matt (74cm x 54cm).
(Urocharis longicauda, Salvad.)
Handcoloured lithograph by William Matthew Hart from John Gould's The Birds of New Guinea, London, 1875-88.
William Matthew Hart (1830-1908) was a bird illustrator and lithographer who worked for John Gould from 1851. He began by making the patterns for the lithographic plates for Gould's monograph on Hummingbirds, as well as working on The Birds of Great Britain with Henry Constantine Richter. By 1870 Hart had become Gould's chief artist and lithographer. After Gould's death in 1881, Hart was employed by Richard Bowdler-Sharpe of the British Museum to complete Gould's work on the Birds of New Guinea and to produce illustrations for Sharpe's great work Monograph on the Birds of Paradise.
Large folio size lithograph (52cm x 34cm) mounted in a cream-coloured French matt (74cm x 54cm).
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Details
- Seller
- Florilegius (JP)
- Seller's Inventory #
- FLO155
- Title
- Urocharis longicauda
- Author
- John Gould
- Illustrator
- William Matthew Hart
- Format/Binding
- None
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1875-88
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- bird, ornithology, print, lithograph, New Guinea, John Gould, William Hart
- Bookseller catalogs
- Prints;
- Size
- 52 x 34cm
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Florilegius
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
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Florilegius
Biblio member since 2019
Tokyo, Tokyo
About Florilegius
Tokyo-based bookseller specializing in European illustrated books from the 18th to 19th century, mainly botanical, zoological, costume and travel. Also Japanese ukiyo-e and woodblock botanicals, flower arrangement, etc.
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