Asiatic Birds: Fifty-Four Specimens Selected from 'The Birds of Asia'

Pp. (vi), 54 hand-colored lithographed plates by J. Gould and W. Hart, heightened with gum Arabic.  Each plate is accompanied by a descriptive leaf of text by Gould.  Green one-half morocco by Sotheran over green cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in gilt and with gilt decorations and gilt panel lines, lg. folio (550 x 355mm, 21.7 x 14 inches).  This handsome volume will be found to convey a very good idea of the great extent and variety of Asiatic Ornithology as it includes examples of both the larger and more splendid birds and the smaller and more common birds found in 'The Birds of Asia.'  It also puts some of the most beautiful specimens of Gould’s artistic skill within the reach of the general public, since all of his works are now out of print (item no. 337 in Henry Sotheran Book Catalogue of January 13, 1905).  The bird plates included from 'The Birds of Asia' follow: Sumatran Kingfisher, Hombron’s Kingfisher, Lindsay’s Kingfisher, Walden’s Actinodura, Flame-Fronted Flower-P