John Gould’s ‘masterpiece’ is offered at auction in a rare complete set of 25 original parts
Bid just short of the high estimate to sell at £56,000 in a Dominic Winter (20% buyer’s premium) sale was a rare complete set in 25 original parts of John Gould’s 'Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming Birds' of 1849-61.
Reckoned by many his masterpiece, “…a feast of beauty and a source of wonder”, it includes among t…