Mulsant & Verreaux. [Brazilian ruby Hummingbird] Clytolaema Matthewsi. 1874. 1016-B these he acknowledged scrupulously on

these he acknowledged scrupulously on the maps he designed…

24 ½ x 40 ½ inches

Images of African birds were popular in early 19th-century France both for their exoticism and for Africa’s interest that Napoleon’s campaigns were generating

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21" x 18 1/2"

Mulsant & Verreaux. [Brazilian ruby Hummingbird] Clytolaema Matthewsi. 1874. 1016-B these he acknowledged scrupulously onMulsant & Verreaux [Brazilian ruby Hummingbird] Clytolaema Matthewsi from Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Mouches, ou Colibris constituant la famille des Trochildes Published: Lyon, 1874 Lithograph with original hand coloring Paper size: 12 1 4 x 8 3 4 Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Mouches, ou Colibris constituant la famille des Trochildes (The Natural History of Hummingbirds constituting the Trochilidae family) was published in 1874 by prominent