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Walter Lawry BULLER'S A History of the Birds of New Zealand, 2nd edition, was published in 13 parts between July 1887 and December 1888. It was published in London: Taylor & Francis for the author, printed by Judd & Co., [1887-] 1888. 2 volumes, imperial quarto, (14 3/8 x 10 3/4 inches). The first 12 comprised text and 4 plates, the final part text only. Although 1,000 sets of the 1888 edition were produced, a total of 251 copies were lost in the wrecks of the Matai and the Assaye in 1890.
The plates of the second edition show the artist, John Gerard Keulemans (1842-1912) at his best and are superb examples of chromolithography. "The book itself is on a larger scale [than the first edition], being Imperial instead of Royal quarto, and the plates, instead of being handcoloured lithographs, have been produced by the more costly but more exact and satisfactory process of printing in colours ..." (Preface).
John Keulemans was a Dutch painter and illustrator who became famous as an artist and illustrator in England in the late 19th Century. He did the illustrations for both the first and second editions of Sir Walter Lawry Buller's (1838-1906),
A History of the Birds of New Zealand.
The demand for the first edition of Buller's Bird of New Zealand was such that Buller persuaded Keulemans to undertake a second edition which included details of many more species than the first and gives names, synonymies, detailed descriptions and elaborate accounts of the habits and distribution of the birds. Keulemans completely re-drew the plates for the original subjects as well as undertaking the additional plates of the newly discovered species.
(Two-Fifths Natural Size)
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Original chromolithograph from A History of the Birds of New Zealand 2nd ed. published in London, 1888.
Artist: John Gerard Keulemans
Paper size: Imperial quarto 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches approximately (36.5cm x 27cm).
Condition: excellent; please see larger image.
Text: text is included.
(Three-Fourths Natural Size)
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Original chromolithograph from A History of the Birds of New Zealand 2nd ed. published in London, 1888.
Artist: John Gerard Keulemans
Paper size: Imperial quarto 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches approximately (36.5cm x 27cm).
Condition: excellent with faint spot of foxing in top left of border just below image and in left border just left of image; please see larger image.
Text: text is included.
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Original chromolithograph from A History of the Birds of New Zealand 2nd ed. published in London, 1888.
Artist: John Gerard Keulemans
Paper size: Imperial quarto 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches approximately (36.5cm x 27cm).
Condition: excellent with one small spot of foxing in upper right image, please see larger image.
Text: text is included.
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Original chromolithograph from A History of the Birds of New Zealand 2nd ed. published in London, 1888.
Artist: John Gerard Keulemans
Paper size: Imperial quarto 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches approximately (36.5cm x 27cm).
Condition: excellent.
Text: text is included.
LINK to LARGER image
Original chromolithograph from A History of the Birds of New Zealand 2nd ed. published in London, 1888. (Two-fifths natural size)
Artist: John Gerard Keulemans
Paper size: Imperial quarto 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches approximately (36.5cm x 27cm).
Condition: excellent, please see larger image.
Text: text is included.
LINK to LARGER image
Original chromolithograph from A History of the Birds of New Zealand 2nd ed. published in London, 1888. (Two-fifths natural size)
Artist: John Gerard Keulemans
Paper size: Imperial quarto 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches approximately (36.5cm x 27cm).
Condition: excellent, please see larger image.
Text: text is included.
LINK to LARGER image
Original chromolithograph from A History of the Birds of New Zealand 2nd ed. published in London, 1888. (One-third natural size)
Artist: John Gerard Keulemans
Paper size: Imperial quarto 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches approximately (36.5cm x 27cm).
Condition: very good, with a 4cm tear in the left bottom margin, please see larger image.
Text: text is included.
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Original chromolithograph from A History of the Birds of New Zealand 2nd ed. published in London, 1888. (Three-fourths natural size)
Artist: John Gerard Keulemans
Paper size: Imperial quarto 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches approximately (36.5cm x 27cm).
Condition: excellent, please see larger image.
Text: text is included.
LINK to LARGER image
Original chromolithograph from A History of the Birds of New Zealand 2nd ed. published in London, 1888. (Two-fifths natural size)
Artist: John Gerard Keulemans
Paper size: Imperial quarto 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches approximately (36.5cm x 27cm).
Condition: very good, with foxing in the left border near the edge and a smudge on outside right edge. Please see larger image.
Text: text is included.
LINK to LARGER image
Original chromolithograph from A History of the Birds of New Zealand 2nd ed. published in London, 1888. (Two-fifths natural size)
Artist: John Gerard Keulemans
Paper size: Imperial quarto 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches approximately (36.5cm x 27cm).
Condition: very good, with foxing in the bottom border near the edge and some age toning on outside left edge. Please see larger image.
Text: text is included.
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Original chromolithograph from A History of the Birds of New Zealand 2nd ed., published in London, 1888. (Seven-eighths Natural Size)
Artist: John Gerard Keulemans
Paper size: Imperial quarto 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches approximately (36.5cm x 27cm).
Condition: good, with foxing in the upper right and lower left of the image and in the borders. Please see larger image.
Text: text is included.
EXTINCT
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Original chromolithograph from A History of the Birds of New Zealand 2nd ed., published in London, 1888. (7/8 Natural Size)
Artist: John Gerard Keulemans
Paper size: Imperial quarto 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches approximately (36.5cm x 27cm).
Condition: excellent, a lovely print of one of New Zealand's extinct birds.
Text: text is included.
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Original chromolithograph from A History of the Birds of New Zealand 2nd ed., published in London, 1888.
Artist: John Gerard Keulemans
Paper size: Imperial quarto 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches approximately (36.5cm x 27cm).
Condition: very good, with foxing in the bottom border near the edge and some age toning on outside left edge. Please see larger image.
Text: text is included.
EXTINCT
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Original chromolithograph from A History of the Birds of New Zealand 2nd ed., published in London, 1888.
Artist: John Gerard Keulemans
Paper size: Imperial quarto 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches approximately (36.5cm x 27cm).
Condition: very good, with extensive foxing in the margins only. Please see larger image.
Text: text is included.
LINK to LARGER image
Original chromolithograph from A History of the Birds of New Zealand 2nd ed. published in London, 1888. (Three-Fifths Natural Size)
Artist: John Gerard Keulemans
Paper size: Imperial quarto 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches approximately (36.5cm x 27cm).
Condition: very good, with some foxing, mainly in left border. Please see larger image.
Text: text is included.
LINK to LARGER image
Original chromolithograph from A History of the Birds of New Zealand 2nd ed. published in London, 1888. (One-Third Natural Size)
Artist: John Gerard Keulemans
Paper size: Imperial quarto 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches approximately (36.5cm x 27cm).
Condition: very good, with small smudge in the top right image, some foxing in the left, right and bottom border, and a mark just above and to the right of the title. Please see larger image.
Text: text is included.
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Original chromolithograph from A History of the Birds of New Zealand 2nd ed. published in London, 1888. (One-Third Natural Size)
Artist: John Gerard Keulemans
Paper size: Imperial quarto 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches approximately (36.5cm x 27cm).
Condition: very good, with two small foxing marks in the top right of image and smudge on outer right margin. Please see larger image.
Text: text is included.
LINK to LARGER image
Original chromolithograph from A History of the Birds of New Zealand 2nd ed. published in London, 1888. (Two-Fifths Natural Size)
Artist: John Gerard Keulemans
Paper size: Imperial quarto 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches approximately (36.5cm x 27cm).
Condition: excellent, please see larger image.
Text: text is included.
LINK to LARGER image
Original chromolithograph from A History of the Birds of New Zealand 2nd ed. published in London, 1888. (Two-fifths natural size)
Artist: John Gerard Keulemans
Paper size: Imperial quarto 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches approximately (36.5cm x 27cm).
Condition: very good, with left margin 3/16 inches wide, please see larger photograph.
Text: text is included.
LINK to LARGER image
Original chromolithograph from A History of the Birds of New Zealand 2nd ed. published in London, 1888. (Two-fifths natural size)
Artist: John Gerard Keulemans
Paper size: Imperial quarto 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches approximately (36.5cm x 27cm).
Condition: excellent.
LINK to LARGER image
Original chromolithograph from A History of the Birds of New Zealand 2nd ed., published in London, 1888.
Artist: John Gerard Keulemans
Paper size: Imperial quarto 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches approximately (36.5cm x 27cm).
Condition: Excellent.
Text: text is included.
LINK to LARGER image
Original chromolithograph from A History of the Birds of New Zealand 2nd ed., published in London, 1888. (One-half Natural Size)
Artist: John Gerard Keulemans
Paper size: Imperial quarto 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches approximately (36.5cm x 27cm).
Condition: excellent, please see larger photograph.
Text: text is included.
LINK to LARGER image
Original chromolithograph from A History of the Birds of New Zealand 2nd ed., published in London, 1888. (One-half Natural Size)
Artist: John Gerard Keulemans
Paper size: Imperial quarto 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches approximately (36.5cm x 27cm).
Condition: excellent, please see larger photograph.
Text: text is included.
LINK to LARGER image
Original chromolithograph from A History of the Birds of New Zealand 2nd ed., published in London, 1888. (Two-fifths Natural Size)
Artist: John Gerard Keulemans
Paper size: Imperial quarto 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches approximately (36.5cm x 27cm).
Condition: excellent, please see larger photograph.
Text: text is included.
LINK to LARGER image
Original chromolithograph from A History of the Birds of New Zealand 2nd ed., published in London, 1888. (One-fifth Natural Size)
Artist: John Gerard Keulemans
Paper size: Imperial quarto 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches approximately (36.5cm x 27cm).
Condition: very good, foxing in right margin and bottom margin, small faint foxing in lower right image, please see larger photograph.
Text: text is included.