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Lot 7062:
John Gould - 2 lithographs of Sandpipers 1832-37
J & E Gould
These original lithographs of Bartram’s Sandpiper (Totanus Bartramia) and the Spotted Sandpiper (Totanus macularius) are from John Gould’s The Birds of Europe, issued in parts between 1832-37.
These plates are numbers 71 and 75 from volume 4 of this work and were drawn and lithographed by J & E Gould.
The first edition was 5 volumes, folio size with 448 hand-coloured lithographed plates, the majority drawn and lithographed by Elizabeth Gould from sketches and designs by John Gould and the remainder drawn and lithographed by Edward Lear. In these prints, the bird is the only focus of the image, with a sketchier background, giving them the air of being a watercolour study or drawing. Such exquisite delicacy is the hallmark of this work.
The prints are in excellent condition on thick, high quality paper. Please inspect the images carefully
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