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A monograph of the Ramphastidae, or family of toucans

Title
A monograph of the Ramphastidae, or family of toucans / by John Gould, F.R.S., F.L.S., F.Z.S., M.E.S., F. Ethn. S., F.R. Geog. S., M. Ray S., corr. memb. of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Turin; of the Soc. of the Museum of Nat. Hist. of Strasbourg; for. memb. of the Nat. Hist. Soc. of Nürnberg, and of the Imp. Nat. Hist. Soc. of Moscow; for. memb. of the Nat. Hist. Soc. of Darmstadt; of the Nat. Hist. and the Nat. Hist. and Med. Socs. of Dresden; of the Tasmanian Soc. of Van Diemen's Land; of the Roy. Zool. Soc. of Ireland; of the Penzance Nat. Hist. Soc.; of the Worcester Nat. Hist. Soc.; of the Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle Nat. Hist. Soc.; of the Ipswich Museum; of the Orn. Soc. of Germany, etc.
Author
Gould, John, 1804-1881
Publication
  • London : Published by the author, 20, Broad Street, Golden Square, 1854.
  • [London] : Printed by Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street.

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Additional Authors
  • Richter, Henry Constantine, 1821-1902
  • Scharf, George, 1788-1860
  • Gould, Elizabeth, 1804-1841
  • Lear, Edward, 1812-1888
  • Owen, Richard, 1804-1892.
  • Hullmandel & Walton, printer of plates
  • Taylor & Francis, printer
Description
26 pages, [106] leaves : 52 illustrations (51 colored); 57 cm
Summary
Contains dedication, preface and introduction (26 pages at beginning), list of plates (1 leaf) and 51 full-page hand-colored lithographs, signed: Gould & Richter, del. et lith., Hullmandel & Walton, imp.; each is accompanied by leaf of descriptive letterpress (a few printed on both sides). Four of the plates are copies or free copies of the lithographs in the original edition: Ramphastos culminatus, originally drawn and lithographed by Edward Lear; Ramphastos dicolorus, Aulacoramphus Derbianus (Pteroglossus Derbianus in first edition) and Aulacoramphus haematopygius (Pteroglossus haematopygius in first edition), originally drawn and lithographed by John Gould and Elizabeth Gould. Of the others, 28 are new renderings (a few loosely based on the first edition plates) of the remaining species represented in the first edition, except for one here omitted; 19 represent newly identified species (in one case, newly distinguished). Each is accompanied by leaf of descriptive letterpress, some printed on both sides.
Alternative Title
  • Monograph of the Ramphastidae
  • Ramphastidae, or family of toucans
  • Family of toucans
Subjects
Note
  • Edition statement from preface, pages [7]-[8]. "I now publish a second edition with new drawings of the old species, and figures and descriptions of no less than eighteen others--all, in fact, that are known up to the present time"--Page [8].
  • Original edition issued in 3 parts, 1833-1835, with a title page dated 1834. See Sauer, no. 3, pages 25-26; Ayer Ornithological Library, pages 259-260.
  • In all, 20 species are partly or wholly new to this edition, and 1 species ("Ramphastos citreopygus") from the first edition is here omitted because of an error in identification (the specimen Gould saw was made up of two included species, Ramphastos vitellinus and R. erythrorhynchus). Of the new species, Ramphastos ambiguus and R. Tocard replace "Ramphastos Swainsoni" in the first edition; Pteroglossus Azarae, included in the 1st edition, is here represented as both Pteroglossus Azarae and the newly distinguished Pteroglossus flavirostris. Many others have been renamed and/or placed in the newly identified genera Andigena, Aulacoramphus and Selenidera.
  • 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.; reprinted from original edition.
  • Twenty of the plates, representing the newly identified species and Pteroglossus Azarae, here newly distinguished as two, were reprinted in 1855, with their accompanying letterpress, as Supplement to the first edition of A monograph of the Ramphastidae, or family of toucans.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Indexed In (note)
  • Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library
  • Nissen, C. Illustrierten Vogelbücher
  • Nissen, C. Schöne Vogelbücher
  • Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time
  • Sauer, G.C. "John Gould's major published works." In Sauer, G.C. John Gould, the bird man, pages 11-86
  • Sitwell, S. Fine bird books
  • Wood, C.A. Introduction to the literature of vertebrate zoology
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also available online (University of Kansas copy) via University of Kansas website (John Gould Ornithological Collection, ksrl_sc_gould_ra_2_1).
Call Number
Stuart 591
LCCN
06009960
OCLC
7484558
Author
Gould, John, 1804-1881, author, illustrator.
Title
A monograph of the Ramphastidae, or family of toucans / by John Gould, F.R.S., F.L.S., F.Z.S., M.E.S., F. Ethn. S., F.R. Geog. S., M. Ray S., corr. memb. of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Turin; of the Soc. of the Museum of Nat. Hist. of Strasbourg; for. memb. of the Nat. Hist. Soc. of Nürnberg, and of the Imp. Nat. Hist. Soc. of Moscow; for. memb. of the Nat. Hist. Soc. of Darmstadt; of the Nat. Hist. and the Nat. Hist. and Med. Socs. of Dresden; of the Tasmanian Soc. of Van Diemen's Land; of the Roy. Zool. Soc. of Ireland; of the Penzance Nat. Hist. Soc.; of the Worcester Nat. Hist. Soc.; of the Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle Nat. Hist. Soc.; of the Ipswich Museum; of the Orn. Soc. of Germany, etc.
Publisher
London : Published by the author, 20, Broad Street, Golden Square, 1854.
Manufacturer
[London] : Printed by Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street.
Edition
Second edition.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Indexed In:
Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library, pages 259-260
Nissen, C. Illustrierten Vogelbücher, entry 378
Nissen, C. Schöne Vogelbücher, entry 193
Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, v. 7, page 362, entry 28110
Sauer, G.C. "John Gould's major published works." In Sauer, G.C. John Gould, the bird man, pages 11-86, no. 19, pages 70-71
Sitwell, S. Fine bird books, 77
Wood, C.A. Introduction to the literature of vertebrate zoology, page 365
Additional Formats
Also available online (University of Kansas copy) via University of Kansas website (John Gould Ornithological Collection, ksrl_sc_gould_ra_2_1).
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
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Place of Publication
England London.
Added Author
Richter, Henry Constantine, 1821-1902, illustrator, lithographer.
Scharf, George, 1788-1860, illustrator, lithographer.
Gould, Elizabeth, 1804-1841, illustrator.
Lear, Edward, 1812-1888, illustrator.
Container of (work): Owen, Richard, 1804-1892. Observations on the anatomy of the toucan.
Hullmandel & Walton, printer of plates.
Taylor & Francis, printer.
Other Editions:
Revision of (expression): Gould, John, 1804-1881. Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or family of toucans. London : Published by the author, 20, Broad Street, Golden Square, 1834 [that is, 1835]. (OCoLC)5898907
Research Call Number
Stuart 591
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