John Gould's major works (all published in London by Gould unless otherwise indicated):

1831. A Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains. The Ellis Collection has a copy of the plates in original wrappers dated 1831, a bound copy dated 1831, a bound copy dated 1832, and unbound sheets of text dated 1832.

1832-37. The Birds of Europe. 5 volumes, originally issued in 22 parts from 1832 to 1837. The Ellis Collection has a bound copy dated 1837 and a second bound copy composed of uncolored pulls of the plates on India paper which is reputed to be Gould's own "reserved copy."

1834. A Monograph of the Ramphastidae or Family of Toucans.

1835-38. A Monograph of the Trogonidae or Family of Trogons. The Ellis copy is in the three original parts with printed boards dated 1835, 1835, and 1838.

1837-38. A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia, and the Adjacent Islands. The Ellis Collection has a copy in the original four parts, dated January 1837, April 1837, April 1838 and April 1838, as well as a bound copy.

1837-38. The Birds of Australia, and the Adjacent Islands. The only two parts published of a work canceled when Gould decided to go to Australia. The Ellis copy is in original printed boards with Part I dated August 1837 and Part II February 1838.

1837-38. Icones Avium, or Figures and Descriptions of New and Interesting Species of Birds from Various Parts of the Globe. The Ellis Collection has the two parts in original printed boards dated August 1837 and August 1838.

1840-48. The Birds of Australia. In Seven Volumes. Originally published in 36 parts from December 1st, 1840 to December 1st, 1848. The Ellis copy is bound and dated 1848.

1841-47. J. Gould's Monographie der Ramphastiden, Nürnberg. Gould's own copy of the original four parts of his A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, translated by J.H.C. Sturm.

1841. The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle . . . Part III. Birds, by John Gould, London: Smith, Elder and Co.

1841-42. A Monograph of the Macropodidae, or Family of Kangaroos. The two parts in original printed boards (Part I dated August 1st, 1841, and Part II May lst, 1842) and a bound copy.

1843-44. The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur, London: Smith, Elder and Co. Parts 3 (October 1843) and 4 (January 1844), Birds, by John Gould. In original parts. The Ellis Collection has the same plates also in a volume labeled"Atlas of Plates of Sulphur."

1844-50. A Monograph of the Odontophorinae, or Partridges of America. Originally published in 3 parts: 1844, 1846, 1850. The Ellis copy is bound and dated 1850.

1845-60. The Mammals of Australia. The twelve parts in original printed boards, dated from May 1st, 1845 to November 1st, 1860, and a bound copy in three volumes dated 1863.

1848. An Introduction to the Birds of Australia. The introductory matter to The Birds of Australia, set up in small type and published in octavo in a limited number, probably issued on August 1st, 1848.

1849-61. A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Hummingbirds Originally issued in 25 parts, dated February 1849-September 1861. The Ellis copy is the final five-volume form, dated 1861.

1850-83. The Birds of Asia. Originally published in 35 parts, January 1st, 1850-August 1883. The Ellis copy is the final seven-volume form, dated 1850-1883.

1880-1887. A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Hummingbirds Supplement. Published in five parts, the first two (1880 and 1881) by Gould and the remaining three (1883, 1885, 1887) by R. Bowdler Sharpe. The Ellis copy is the final form published as a single volume by Henry Sotheran & Co., dated 1887.