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100 1 _aGould, John,
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245 1 4 _aThe Birds of Australia, Vol. 1 of 7
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2021
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_of_Australia_(Gould)
500 _aRelease date is 2021-04-05
508 _aRichard Tonsing, MWS, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"The Birds of Australia, Vol. 1 of 7" by John Gould is a comprehensive ornithological survey published between 1840 and 1848. This groundbreaking work presented the first complete examination of Australian birds, documenting 681 species—328 previously unknown to Western science. Created through specimens collected during Gould's travels across Australia, the volumes feature hand-colored lithographic plates, many drawn by his wife Elizabeth. With only 250 original sets printed for subscribers, it remains a landmark achievement in natural history illustration and scientific documentation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aBirds -- Australia -- Pictorial works
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65002
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