Australia is home to some of the world’s most unique and beautiful birds – many of which were captured in this incredible book 🦜 The Birds of Australia volumes were published between 1840-1848 and are considered to be the first comprehensive scientific survey of Australian bird life. Produced by ornithologist and publisher John Gould and his illustrator wife, Elizabeth Gould, these books feature over 600 plates of hand-coloured lithographs of Australian birds. Only 250 copies of these books wer