A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or Family of Toucans
- Series : John Gould Facsimile Series (Hill House)
- Publisher : Hill House
- Illustrations : 52 col plates
Description:
Originally published 1854. 'The volumes in this series are not mere reproductions. They are exact facsimiles of originals held in the Libraries of the British Museum (Natural History) in London and Tring. They are not reproductions, because no camera was used in transferring the images from the B.M.(N.H.) originals. Indeed the originals are taken by Museum security courier to the repro-house in Singapore, where they are subjected to the preparation of new plates for printing on 5 and 6 colour offset presses. The paper used is 130 gsm mat art paper. As facsimiles, the books carry faithfully every spot, mark or stain of the originals. They also carry the original Museum Department of Zoology stamps, and librarian's annotations. From behind glass, the naked eye would be unable to distinguish the original from the facsimile, so accurate is the colour printing. Also as facsimiles, they are exactly the same size as the originals (Imperial Folio: 22" x 15"). Each volume is hand sewn, cased-in and bound between 4 mm. boards covered in special Japanese Saifu cloth, gold stamped on the spine, and with the gold Crown Cipher of the British Museum (Natural History) on the front, and blind embossed on the inner margin of the front boards. The end-papers are of special wood-free heavy grade paper, printed in a generated repetitive pattern of the Museum's Library stamps. The publisher has not intruded into the authenticity of the books, leaving the publication data printed only on the very last page at the end of the book block. Each copy is hand inspected by the printer's quality control officer, individually numbered on the inside front board, hand wrapped in protective brown paper, and placed in its own crush-proof outer carton. The carton is then sealed, numbered and signed on the outside by the printer's quality control officer. Thus, no two copies are exactly the same. Although initial volumes were printed in more than 500 copies, later production runs have not exceeded 300'.
Condition
Imp. folio (550x370mm), orig. cloth. Fine.
Other titles from the series : John Gould Facsimile Series (Hill House)
Click to view all titles in this series...
The Birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new
Gould, John
Price £350.00
Greenland Falcon Young (Falco candicans) Birds of Great Britain. Vol. 1
Gould, John
Price £40.00
(Save £10.00)
Greenland Falcon Adult and Young (Falco candicans) Birds of Great Britain. Vol.
Gould, John
Price £40.00
(Save £10.00)
Spotted Eagle (Aquila naevia) juvenile Birds of Great Britain. Vol. 1
Gould, John
Price £40.00
(Save £10.00)
You may also like...
Identification Atlas of the Continental Birds of Southwestern Europe
2Blasco-Zumeta, J.; Heinze, G.-M.
Price £84.99
The East Atlantic Flyway of Coastal Birds: 50 Years of Exciting Moments in
Prokosch, P. (Ed.)
Price £27.99