Description
Rare lithograph of Mitchells Hopping Mouse from John Gould’s epic work on Mammals of Australia published in London 1845-1863, the most important study on Australian Fauna.
There were only 175 subscribers to the series and now most of those complete subscribed sets are in institutional collections making individual lithographs rare.
Modern common name: Mitchells Hopping Mouse
Modern binomial name: Notomys mitchelli
First described by: Ogilby 1838
Distribution: WA, SA & VIC.
References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 10032.
Sauer, G. C. John Gould The Bird Man: A Chronology and Bibliography London 1982 14.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 760101
Royal Collection Trust UK: RCIN 1122360
State Library New South Wales: RB/LF0008/G SET
State Library Victoria: RARELTEF 599.0994 G73M
State Library South Australia: 599.0994 G697 d
