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Gould, J.

A toucan, Andigena laminirostris Gould. By John Gould.

75.00 €

Schierenberg Bookshop Antiquariaat

(Amsterdam, Netherlands)

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Gould, J.

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London, the author, 1851 [REPRINT Mergus, Germany]. (64.1 x 49.5 cm). Full colour facsimile. = A stunning, gigantic plate by the famous bird painter and ornithologist John Gould (1804-1881), depicting a plate-billed mountain toucan, a bird from tropical South America, in particular Ecuador, and a small region in Colombia. This magnificent illustration was first published in Gould's famous A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or Family of Toucans (1854). This excellent reproduction is faithful to the original in every detail. An excellent, clean copy.
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