François Levaillant
1753-1824, French naturalist and explorer
François Levaillant was a pioneering naturalist, an intrepid traveller and a famous author, a celebrity in his own lifetime. His bird books appeared in a golden age of French natural history publishing.
Between 1801 and 1806 he worked with the artist Jacques Barraband (1767-1809) on the parrots and on the birds of paradise, rollers and toucans. Barraband was the foremost bird painter of his time in France.
The works
58 prints from 3 works, in the order they were published. From the originals in the Teylers Museum, Haarlem.
