Research Catalog

Title

A monograph of the Ramphastidae, or family of toucans / by John Gould, F.L.S.

Author

Gould, John, 1804-1881

Publication

London : Published by the author, 20, Broad Street, Golden Square, 1834 [that is, 1835].

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Details

Additional Authors

• Gould, Elizabeth, 1804-1841
• Lear, Edward, 1812-1888
• Scharf, George, 1788-1860
• Bayfield, Gabriel, 1781-1870
• Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789-1850
• Owen, Richard, 1804-1892.

Description

[81] leaves : 34 illustrations (33 color); 57cm

Alternative Title

• Ramphastidae, or family of toucans
• Family of toucans

Subject

• Toucans
• Toucans > Pictorial works
• Toucans > Identification
• Toucans > Classification
• Birds in art

Note

• Originally issued in 3 parts, 1833-1835. Title page dated 1834, as it was originally intended for the work to be complete in 2 parts.
• Contains 33 full-page hand-colored lithographs by Edward Lear (10) and John Gould and Elizabeth Gould (23), printed by C. Hullmandel. ("Ramphastos vitellinus" is signed by Lear in the image and dated April 1833, but caption assigns to J. & E. Gould.) Colored by or under the supervision of Gabriel Bayfield; see Jackson, Christine E. Dictionary of bird artists of the world, 1999, page 151. Each is accompanied by leaf of descriptive letterpress, some printed on both sides.
• The second edition (1854) contains 51 full-page hand-colored lithographs by John Gould and H.C. Richter. Four of the plates are copies or free copies of the lithographs in this edition: Ramphastos culminatus, originally drawn and lithographed by Edward Lear; Ramphastos dicolorus, Aulacoramphus Derbianus (Pteroglossus Derbianus in this edition) and Aulacoramphus haematopygius (Pteroglossus haematopygius in this edition), originally drawn and lithographed by John Gould and Elizabeth Gould. Of the others, 28 are new renderings (a few loosely based on plates in this edition) of the remaining species represented in this edition, except for one here omitted; 19 represent newly identified species (in one case, newly distinguished).
• Twenty of the 1854 plates, representing the newly identified species and one species newly distinguished as two, were reprinted in 1855 with their accompanying letterpress as a supplement to this edition, under title: Supplement to the first edition of A monograph of the Ramphastidae, or family of toucans.
• Plates preceded by title page, dedication leaf and list of subscribers (3 unnumbered leaves); and Preface, Introduction, Addenda to the introduction, and "Synopsis specierum" (13 pages on 7 unnumbered leaves). Plates divided into two groups, genus Ramphatos and genus Pteroglossus, with each group preceded by unnumbered leaf with notes on the genus. In the second edition (1854), 5 genera are distinguished.
• At end, on 2 unnumbered leaves printed on both sides, is "Observations on the anatomy of the toucan," by R. Owen, accompanied by a full-page uncolored lithograph, signed G. Scharf del. et lithog.

Indexed In (note)

• Anker, J. Bird books and bird art
• Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library
• Sauer, G.C. "John Gould's major published works." In Sauer, G.C. John Gould, the bird man, pages 11-86

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available online (University of Kansas copy) via University of Kansas website (John Gould Ornithological Collection, ksrl_sc_gould_ra_1_1).

Call Number

QMM+++ (Gould, J. Monograph of the Ramphastidæ)

OCLC

5898907

Author

Gould, John, 1804-1881, author, illustrator.

Title

A monograph of the Ramphastidae, or family of toucans / by John Gould, F.L.S.

Publisher

London : Published by the author, 20, Broad Street, Golden Square, 1834 [that is, 1835].

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

Anker, J. Bird books and bird art, entry 170

Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library, pages 379-380

Sauer, G.C. "John Gould's major published works." In Sauer, G.C. John Gould, the bird man, pages 11-86, no. 3, pages 25-26

Additional Formats

Also available online (University of Kansas copy) via University of Kansas website (John Gould Ornithological Collection, ksrl_sc_gould_ra_1_1).

Place of Publication

England London.

Added Author

Gould, Elizabeth, 1804-1841, illustrator, lithographer.

Lear, Edward, 1812-1888, illustrator, lithographer.

Scharf, George, 1788-1860, illustrator.

Bayfield, Gabriel, 1781-1870, colorist.

Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789-1850, printer of plates.

Container of (work): Owen, Richard, 1804-1892. Observations on the anatomy of the toucan.

Other Editions:

Revised as (expression): Gould, John, 1804-1881. Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or family of toucans. Second edition. London : Published by the author, 20, Broad Street, Golden Square, 1854. (OCoLC)5898907

Has Supplement:

Supplement (work): Gould, John, 1804-1881. Supplement to the first edition of A monograph of the Ramphastidae, or family of toucans. London : Published by the author, 20, Broad Street, Golden Square, 1855. (OCoLC)7484558

Research Call Number

QMM+++ (Gould, J. Monograph of the Ramphastidæ)