Southern Golden Bird of Paradise', from New Guinea
| Title | Southern Golden Bird of Paradise', from New Guinea |
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| Creator | Richard Bowdler Sharpe |
| Date | c.1891-1898 |
| Format | Monograph |
| Subject | Natural World 2007 |
| Calendar Month | January 2007 |
| Description | Richard Bowdler Sharpe, Monograph of the Parasdiseidae, or birds of paradise and Ptilonorhynchidae, or bower-birds (London: 1891-1898) volume 2, plate 26. Sharpe had been assistant to the great ornithologist John Gould, and this splendid work, described as 'the last of the great bird books' by Sacheverell Sitwell, was a continuation of Gould's vision. |
| Shelf Mark | JZ 243 |
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