JOHN GOULD IN AUSTRALIA. Letters and Drawings.
With a catalogue of manuscripts, correspondence and drawings relating to the birds and mammals of Australia held in The Natural History Museum, London. Pp. xiv+504(last colophon, verso blank), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (several full page), appendices, notes, references, indices; tall demy 4to; maize boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, the back panel faintly soiled; Miegunyah Press, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1997. First edition, limited to 1000 copies. 'In connection with his work in Australia Gould amassed a voluminous correspondence which is today housed in The Natural History Museum, London. This collection of more than 3000 items is of immense importance for the light it throws on Gould's working methods and for its historical value to Australian ornithology. A selection from these letters (many of which have never been published) is presented here, together with a catalogue containing detailed summaries of the contents'. [wrapper blurb]. Item #182393
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