This information comes from G. T. Bettany's entry for John Gould in the Dictionary of National Biography (1908). It has been arranged as a list for the Victorian Web. Note that many of the texts are available offsite, in the Internet Archive, the Hathi Trust or Project Gutenberg. — Jacqueline Banerjee.
Gould's publications
- 1. A Century of Birds from the Himalayan Mountains, 80 plates, 1832.
- 2. The Birds of Europe, 1832–7, 5 vols. folio, 449 plates.
- 3. A Monograph of the Rhamphastidæ (Toucans), 1834, 34 plates; 2nd edition 1854, 52 plates.
- 4. Synopsis of the Birds of Australia and the adjacent Islands, 1837–8, 72 plates.
- 5. Icones Avium, 1837–8, 18 plates.
- 6. Monograph of the Trogons, 1838, 36 plates; 2nd edition, 1858–75, 47 plates; German translation, Nuremberg, 1841–8.
- 7. The Birds of Australia, 1840–8, 601 plates, 7 vols. folio; introduction, 8vo, 1848; supplemental volume, 1851–69, 81 plates.
- 8. The Birds collected during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, 4to, 1841.
- 9. Monograph of the American Partridges (Odontophorinæ), 1844–50, 32 plates.
- 10. The Birds collected during the Voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur, 4to, 1844.
- 11. Monograph of the Macropodidæ (Kangaroos), 1844, 45 plates.
- 12. Monograph of the Trochilidæ (Humming Birds), 1849–61, 360 plates; octavo introduction, 1861; supplement, completed by R. Bowdler Sharpe and Osbert Salvin, 1885–7, 58 plates.
- 13. The Birds of Asia, 1850–80, 497 plates; completed by R. Bowdler Sharpe, 1886, 33 plates.
- 14. The Birds of Great Britain, 1862–73, 5 vols., 367 plates; introduction, 8vo, 1873.
- 15. The Mammals of Australia, 1845–63, 3 vols. folio, 182 plates; octavo introduction, 1863.
- 16. Handbook to the Birds of Australia, 2 vols. 8vo, 1865.
- 17. The Birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, 1875–80, 141 plates; completed by R. Bowdler Sharpe, 1888, 179 plates.
- 18. Monograph of the Pittidæ or Ant-Thrushes of the Old World, 1880, pt. i. 15 plates.
Source
Bettany, G. T. Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. VIII, Glover - Harriot. Ed. Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. New York: Macmillan / London: Smith, Elder, 1908: 287-88. Internet Archive, contributed by the University of California Libraries. Web. 4 April 2019.
Created 4 April 2019; last modified 8 September 2023