John Gould’s The Birds of Australia: in seven volumes was the first comprehensive work on Australian ornithology ever written. Originally issued in parts between 1840 and 1848, it contains 680 hand-coloured plates and lyrical descriptions of Gould’s collecting experiences from his two-year expedition to Australia in 1838.



The Birds of Australia: in seven volumes
Title: The Birds of Australia: in seven volumes
Volume: 01
Author: Gould, John, 1804-1881
Illustrator: Elizabeth Gould, Henry Constantine Richter, and others
Place published: London
Publisher: Published by the author
Year: 1848

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