Gould Brown-fronted Woodpecker Hand-Colored Plate small bump to front outer

small bump to front outer corner of volume 4

It covers a vast region from the Amur (Heilong Jiang) and Ussuri (Wusuli Jiang) river basins in northeastern China westward through Mongolia

2 and 3 have the name stamp of Tenneco Oil Company Exploration Library on the top page edge and volume 1 has the same name stamp in bottom corner of the title page

there is an old wrinkle to the top inner corner of front free endpaper in volume 2

Since the highest of these numbers is 291

Gould Brown-fronted Woodpecker Hand-Colored Plate small bump to front outerHand colored lithographic plate, approximately 14. 5 inches wide by 21 inches long. From: Gould, J., and Vigors, N. A., A Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains, 1831 1832, plate number 52. Image is of a Brown fronted Woodpecker, Picus brunnifrons. This plate is from Gould's first published work. Publisher published by the author Publisher Place London Date Published 1831 1832 Date Published Estimated No Edition First Number of Volumes 0 Reprint