Gould Brown-fronted Woodpecker Hand-Colored Plate front and rear boards with

front and rear boards with elaborate blind-stamped border decorations set off by tooled gilt rules

small bump to front outer corner of volume 4

each heightened with gum Arabic

500 full-page hand-colored plates

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

Gould Brown-fronted Woodpecker Hand-Colored Plate front and rear boards withHand 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