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Flora and Fauna
Antique Bird Print of the White-Billed Wood-Shrike of Papua by Gould, ca.1880
$1,085
€970 · £810
Original print, not a reproduction
Ships worldwide from the Netherlands, insured and tracked. 14-day returns.
- Date
- 1880
- Sheet size
- 22 × 15.2 in (56 × 38.5 cm)
- Condition
- Good. Minor defects. Please study image carefully.
- Island
- New Guinea
- Collection
- Flora and Fauna
- Period
- Netherlands Indies, 1850 and after
- Stock no.
- f_26935922
What the condition grades mean
- Excellent
- Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
- Very good
- Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
- Good
- Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
- Fair
- Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Antique bird print titled 'Rectes Leucorhynchus'.
This print depicts the White-billed Wood-Shrike. Originates from John Gould's 'Birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands' published 1875-1888.
Artists and Engravers: John Gould (1804, 1881) was an English ornithologist and bird artist. He published a number of monographs on birds, illustrated by plates that he produced with the assistance of his wife, Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists including Edward Lear, Henry Constantine Richter, Joseph Wolf and William Matthew Hart.
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