Mulsant & Verreaux. [Lesser violetear Hummingbird] Petasophora Cyanotis. 1874. exotic In 24 segments and mounted

In 24 segments and mounted on Linen

prompted him to take to cartography as a full-time occupation

1780Engraving on two joined sheetsSheet size: 17" x 43"

and they are the most complete record of the Plains Indians before the epidemics of the mid-19th century had decimated their numbers

John James Audubon (1785 - 1851)

Mulsant & Verreaux. [Lesser violetear Hummingbird] Petasophora Cyanotis. 1874. exotic In 24 segments and mountedMulsant & Verreaux [Lesser violetear Hummingbird] Petasophora Cyanotis 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