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Yellow-bellied Glider, Petaurus australis (formerly known as Belideus flaviventer) from John Gould's Mammals of Australia, 1863. https://t.co/ea9phxVLyX via

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2018-10-14

...and for the it has to be John Gould's sumptuous 'A monograph of the with by H.C. Richter

Also available on via https://t.co/Ri931uUC4P

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2018-10-03

82 years ago, the last known died in captivity in Hobart. To mark this sad day we wanted to share these beautiful images from John Gould's 'Mammals of Australia' vol. 1 (c.1845-63)

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2018-09-08

Poland's national bird, the White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla). Our guy is Plate 4 from John Gould's 1873 'Birds of Great Britain', so he clearly gets around! View for free https://t.co/2JmlqGKWVg

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2018-07-13

in 1936, the or Tasmanian Tiger was named a protected animal, only 59 days before the last known specimen died in captivity

by H.C. Richter for John 'Mammals of v.1 (1863)

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2018-07-10

It's finally We've been saving this picture especially for today, but have been itching to share it after seeing . The image is taken from Gould's 'Birds of Great Britain', 1873.

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2018-06-16

Pinguinus impennis, great auk. Plate 46 from John Gould's The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873) hand coloured lithograph. View the book for free via https://t.co/y8qLypIQRv

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2018-05-19

Gorgeous scan of John Gould's Birds of Australia (1840–48) from https://t.co/ELtkbxSZut

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2018-03-01

Happy from ! (image from Gould's "Birds of Australia" https://t.co/RmAq6uc8f8

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2018-02-14

Need a last minute gift idea for Check out Gould's "Birds of Australia" via & ) https://t.co/gqwUP3qUkD

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2018-02-13

J. Gould's Monographie der Ramphastiden oder Tukanartigen Voegel. By Gould, John. Nürnberg: Gedruckt auf Kosten der Herausgeber,1841-1847. https://t.co/Q1BuyuqOTD

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2018-01-03

James has just finished photographing volume 1 of Gould's 'Birds of Asia', and the images are just incredible! It was very difficult choosing just a couple to share with you, so expect a few more later...

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2017-11-17

Gould's sunbird (Aethopyga gouldiae)

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2017-10-19

White-necked herons (Ardea pacifica) for Gould's Birds of Vol. 6 (1848) via : https://t.co/XbXTX6atzz

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2017-09-28

Gould's "The Mammals of Australia" Vol 1-3 (1863) is now on via mt

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2017-09-09

All of Gould's prints newly up on / are gorgeous but this one is obviously the best

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2017-09-05

Gould's stunning "The Mammals of Australia" Vol 1-3 (1863) is now on (via & ) https://t.co/30jHWf8m86

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2017-09-04

John Gould's "The Birds of Australia" (Vol 1-7) is now on : 600 illustrations via https://t.co/30jHWf8m86

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2017-09-01

Such lovely images from Gould's 'Birds of Europe'! Photographed today by James, and too beautiful not to share!

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2017-07-08

Happy Easter from . Hope the Easter Bilby came! (image from Gould's Mammals of Australia via https://t.co/SeGKrsXIKi)

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2017-04-16