The John Gould Collection: From His Personal Library
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few figures in the history of natural history illustration command the reverence afforded to John Gould, the nineteenth-century ornithologist and artist whose meticulous lithographs set the gold standard for scientific and artistic depiction of the animal kingdom. The John Gould Collection: From His Personal Library presents a curated catalogue of works drawn directly from Gould's own shelves, offering an intimate and privileged glimpse into the mind of a man who dedicated his life to documenting the birds and mammals of the world with breathtaking precision. The collection brings together rare prints, reference volumes, and illustrated folios that informed some of the most celebrated natural history publications ever produced, including his landmark series on the birds of Australia, Asia, and the Americas. This remarkable volume stands as both a bibliographic treasure and a testament to the golden age of natural history publishing, when art and science were inseparable disciplines pursued with equal passion. Gould's aesthetic sensibility — shaped by collaborators such as Edward Lear and his wife Elizabeth — permeates every page, making this catalogue as visually arresting as it is historically significant. For collectors, ornithologists, and lovers of fine illustrated books alike, this is an irreplaceable window into the working library of a true Victorian polymath — and a reminder that the pursuit of beauty and knowledge has always been one and the same endeavour.
Author: John Gould
Format: Paperback
Published: 1987, Ebes Douwma & Sotheby's Australia
Genre: Natural history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few figures in the history of natural history illustration command the reverence afforded to John Gould, the nineteenth-century ornithologist and artist whose meticulous lithographs set the gold standard for scientific and artistic depiction of the animal kingdom. The John Gould Collection: From His Personal Library presents a curated catalogue of works drawn directly from Gould's own shelves, offering an intimate and privileged glimpse into the mind of a man who dedicated his life to documenting the birds and mammals of the world with breathtaking precision. The collection brings together rare prints, reference volumes, and illustrated folios that informed some of the most celebrated natural history publications ever produced, including his landmark series on the birds of Australia, Asia, and the Americas. This remarkable volume stands as both a bibliographic treasure and a testament to the golden age of natural history publishing, when art and science were inseparable disciplines pursued with equal passion. Gould's aesthetic sensibility — shaped by collaborators such as Edward Lear and his wife Elizabeth — permeates every page, making this catalogue as visually arresting as it is historically significant. For collectors, ornithologists, and lovers of fine illustrated books alike, this is an irreplaceable window into the working library of a true Victorian polymath — and a reminder that the pursuit of beauty and knowledge has always been one and the same endeavour.