GOULD, John (1804-1881)

Monograph of the Odontophorinae, or Partridges of Americona

London: Richard and John E. Taylor for the Author, [1844]-1850., 1850. Large folio (21 4/8 x 14 4/8 inches). 32 hand-coloured lithographic plates by Gould and Henry Constantine Richter, printed by Hullmandel and Walton. The first of Gould's monographs on gamebirds, and originally issued in three parts by subscription in 1844, 1846, and 1850. Inspired by the "Callipepla Californica" (or, California Quail) presented to the Zoological Society of London by Captain Frederick William Beechey.