JOHN GOULD (1804-1881)

A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Hummingbirds: Six Plates

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JOHN GOULD (1804-1881)
A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Hummingbirds: Six Plates
six lithographs with hand-coloring and gold-leafing, 1849-61, on wove papers, published by Hillmandel & Walton and Walter & Cohn, London, Lophornis Reginae with the palest scattered foxing, otherwise apparently in very good condition, in faux-gilt latticed frames, not examined out of the frames
all L. approx. 19½ x 12½ in. (495 x 317 mm.) (6)

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Including:
Adelomyia Maculata, Calliphlox Mitchell, Discura Longicauda, Lophornis Reginae, Rhodopis Vespera, Selasphorus Floresii

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