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The business of nature : John Gould and Australia / Roslyn Russell.

Title
The business of nature : John Gould and Australia / Roslyn Russell.
Author
Russell, Roslyn.
Publication
Canberra : National Library of Australia, c2011.

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National Library of Australia.
Description
vi, 224 p. : chiefly col. ill., ports.; 30 cm.
Summary
This book provides a brief sketch of the life of John Gould, and features over 130 colour plates of some of Australia.s favourite birds and mammals from Gould.s works held by the National Library of Australia.
Alternative Title
  • John Gould and Australia
  • John Gould & Australia
Subject
  • Gould, John, 1804-1881
  • Ornithologists > Great Britain > Biography
  • Mammalogists > Great Britain > Biography
  • Birds > Australia > Pictorial works
  • Mammals > Australia > Pictorial works
  • Ornithological illustration > Australia
  • Zoological illustration > Australia
  • Birds in art
  • Mammals in art
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
From Lyme Regis to London -- To the printed page -- Natural history impresario -- Gould's & Darwin's finches -- To Tasmania -- In the field: Tasmania, New South Wales & South Australia -- Among the menuras in New South wales -- Experiencing Loss -- Victorian entrepreneur among the humming birds -- Epilogue: Gould's legacy in Australia -- Portfolio -- Australian birds -- Australian mammals.
ISBN
9780642276995
LCCN
^^2011379964
OCLC
  • 717312794
  • SCSB-10087514
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library