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DESCRIPTIVE LIST
OF TH E MAGNIFICENT SERIES OF
Grand Ornithological Works,
BY TH E LATE
JOHN GOULD, F.R.S., F.Z.S., Etc.
IT HAS BEEN UNIVERSALLY ACKNOWLEDGED BY NATURALISTS THAT THE ORNITHOLOGICAL
WORKS OF THE LATE MR. GOULD STAND AT THE VERY HEAD OF THEIR CLASS,
whether as regards the A c c u r a c y o f t h e i r D r a w in g , or the B e a u t y a n d C o r r e c t n e s s o f t h e i r C o l o u r in g ; to
say nothing of the scientific and interesting character of the D e s c r i p t io n s .
ANOTHER GREAT CHARM OF MR. GOULD’S PRODUCTIONS—one which from their commencement
brought them into high popularity—and one which will ever secure for them the favour of all classes, whether scientific or
not,—is the unequalled skill displayed in the A t t i t u d e s , G r o u p in g s , M o v e m e n t s , and A c c e s s o r i e s of the Birds.
In these animated pictures we indeed look upon them “ in their habits as they lived,”—seeing not one, but in most cases
both the Male and Female in various attitudes, sometimes sitting, sometimes on the wing; as well as the T r e e s which
form their homes, and the P l a n t s , F l o w e r s , and I n s e c t s upon which they feed. In the Work on H u m m in g B ir d s ,
the number and variety of the O r c h id s introduced are additional attractions.
With regard to the c o l o u r in g o f t h e P l a t e s , some have supposed that it has been produced by a mechanical
process such as Chromo-Lithography. So far from this being the case, every feather of each bird, and leaf of each flower,
in all its varied tints, has been c o l o u r e d , under the most careful superintendence, b y h a n d .
M e s s r s . H. SOTHERAN & CO. beg to call especial attention to the fact that very few copies of any of
Mr. GOULD’S Works remain for sale, and that they cannot be reproduced.
They are all published in unison with each other, in Imperial Folio, with 'the Plates and Descriptions in the same
style, so as to form a regular series.
%* P r ic e s a n d fu ll p a r t i c u l a r s o f a n y o f th e w o rk s m e n tio n e d in th i s C a ta lo g u e w ill b e f o rw a rd e d
o n a p p lic a tio n—e ith e r in p a r t s , o r in th e d if fe r e n t s ty le s o f b in d in g , a s q u o te d .
L O N D O N :
HENRY SOTHERAN & CO.,
37 P ICCADILLY
( O p p o s i t e S t. J a m e s ’s C h u r c h ) .
1893.