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The Edition limited to 250 Small and 100 Large Paper copies.
ANALYTICAL INDEX
TO THE
COMPLETE SERI ES
OF
GOULD’S ORNITHOLOGICAL WORKS.
BY
R. BOWDLER SHARPE, LL.D., F.Z.S, etc., etc.,
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, BRITISH MUSEUM
(By whom Mr. Gould's Works-were completed after his death.)
CONTAINING
UPWARDS OF 13,230 CROSS REFERENCES TO ALL THE SPECIES FIGURED
IN MR. GOULD’S GRAND WORKS—A BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR AND
PORTRAIT OF THE EMINENT ORNITHOLOGIST—AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY.
One Volume, impl. 8vo. cloth, top edges gilt price £1. 16s Net.
Large Paper copies, impl. 4to,, half morocco, top edges gilt price £ 4 . 4s Net.
Th/6 Birdsof Europe. With 449 Coloured Plates. 5 vols. Im perial Folio.
The Birds of Australia. With the A dditional fiv e supplementary Parts.
683 Coloured Plates. 8 Vols. Im perial Folio.
A Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains, with 80 Coloured
Plates, exhibiting 100 figu res o f B ird s. Im perial Folio.
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Parts I and 2 now ready, uniform with Mr. GOULD’S Works in Folio.
The Edition limited to 350 Copies.
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Monograph OF THE Paradiseidae,
OR
BIRDS OF PARADISE;
AND
P t i l o n o r h y n c h i d a e ,
OR
B O W E R - B I R D S .
BY
R , B O W D L E R SHARPE, LL,D„, F.L.S., F.Z.S., E tc.
(O f the British Museum.)
PROSPECTUS.
1 h e interest which is everywhere manifested in Birds o f Paradise dates from the time when mutilated skins of these
lovely creatures were sent to Europe more than a century ago as articles of commerce. Many monographic works have
been written about the family, and the cleverest pens and the most celebrated artists of their times have united to do
justice to these, the most beautiful of all the feathered tribes. Most of the species have been figured by M r . J o h n
G o u l d , in his “ Birds of New Guinea” ; but since his death some of the most remarkable of the family have been
discovered, and it is with the object of bringing some of these wonderful novelties before the public that the present work
has been written.
The author believes that this will be the most complete account of the Birds of Paradise which has yet been compiled,
■as it will include the results of all the recent workers in New Guinea, where some splendid species have lately been
discovered—all of which will be figured in this work, including Paradisornis Rudolph!, Astrarchia Stephanies, Paradisea
Augusta Victoria, etc. Where practicable, the fine plates of Gould’s “ Birds of New Guinea” will be employed ; but in
many cases the species have been re-drawn by Mr. H a r t , the artist who assisted Mr. G o u l d i n the production of his
plates for more than forty years.
Every care has been taken to engage only the best of colourists, so that all the plates may receive full justice; and
the publishers feel confident that the present Monograph will be one of the most beautiful, and at the same time one of the
most interesting, ornithological works ever issued to the public.
The -Work will be published in Six Parts, forming One Volume Imperial Folio, uniform with Mr. Gould’s
Works, price Three Guineas each Part, to Subscribers only.
On the eonelusion of Publication, should any Copies remain unsubscribed for, the price will be raised to
Twenty Guineas.
Each. Part will contain Ten Magnificent Hand-coloured Illustrations.
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