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Saw-bill, the first plate of the set
The first plate of the set, Saw-bill.

Family of Hummingbirds, Vol. 1, complete set

By John Gould, 1849-1861

All 41 plates of Family of Hummingbirds as facsimile giclées at the size of the original sheet, kept in a Solander box the way a library keeps the original.

  • 41 plates, each 15 × 22 in
  • A title page and a contents page with the titles of all plates
  • A Solander box in linen with gold lettering, in the colour and lettering you choose
  • A certificate of authenticity

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Family of Hummingbirds

Contents

John Gould, 1849-1861

  1. 1Saw-billGrypus naevius
  2. 2Spix’s Saw-billGrypus spixi
  3. 3Sickle BillEutoxeres aquila
  4. 4Condamine’s Sickle BillEutoxeres condamini
  5. 5Hairy Hermit (1)Glaucis hirsutus
  6. 6Mazeppa HermitGlaucis mazeppa
  7. 7Allied Hermit (1)Glaucis affinis
  8. 8Lanceolate HermitGlaucis lanceolata
  9. 9Black-tailed HermitGlaucis melanura
  10. 10Dohrn’s HermitGlaucis dohrni
  11. 11Rucker’s HermitGlaucis ruckeri
  12. 12Fraser’s HermitGlaucis fraseri
  13. 13White-tailed Barbed-throatThrenetes leucurus
  14. 14Fawn-tailed Barbed-throatThrenetes cervinicauda
  15. 15Sooty Barbed-throatThrenetes antoniae
  16. 16Eurynome HermitPhaëthornis eurynome
  17. 17Cayenne HermitPhaëthornis superciliosus
  18. 18Allied Hermit (2)Phaëthornis fraterculus
  19. 19Mexican HermitPhaëthornis cephalus
  20. 20Train-bearing HermitPhaëthornis syrmatophorus
  21. 21De Filippi’s HermitPhaëthornis philippi
  22. 22Hairy Hermit (2)Phaëthornis hispidus
  23. 23D’Osery’s HermitPhaëthornis oseryi
  24. 24Pallid HermitPhaëthornis anthophilus
  25. 25Bourcier’s HermitPhaëthornis bourcieri
  26. 26Guy’s HermitPhaëthornis guy
  27. 27Yaraquian HermitPhaëthornis yaruqui
  28. 28Pretre’s HermitPhaëthornis pretrei
  29. 29Sallé’s HermitPhaëthornis augustis
  30. 30Middle-sized HermitPhaëthornis intermedius
  31. 31Longuemare’s HermitPhaëthornis longuemareus
  32. 32Amaura HermitPhaëthornis amaura
  33. 33Green-tailed HermitPhaëthornis viridicaudata
  34. 34Southern HermitPhaëthornis zonura
  35. 35Adolph’s HermitPhaëthornis adolphi
  36. 36Grey-throated HermitPhaëthornis griseogularis
  37. 37Stripe-throated HermitPhaëthornis striigularis
  38. 38Obscure HermitPhaëthornis adolphi
  39. 39Belted HermitPhaëthornis nigricinctus & phaëthornis episcopus
  40. 40Little HermitPhaëthornis eremita
  41. 41Pygmy HermitPhaëthornis pygmaeus

The contents page in the box lists every plate. Each title opens the single print.

About the original

John Gould (1804-1881) published A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Hummingbirds between 1849 and 1861: five volumes with 360 hand-coloured lithographs. Most plates show two or three birds among plants, at least one of them in flight to show the colour of its feathers.

Volume 1 of five opens the monograph with the sawbills, sicklebills and barbthroats and a long series of hermits, from the Hairy Hermit to the Pygmy Hermit.

Title
Family of Hummingbirds
Published
1849-1861
Format
Imperial folio, 15 × 22 in
Plates
41

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