Histoire naturelle des Toucans
By François Levaillant, 1753-1824
François Levaillant (1753-1824), the French naturalist and traveller born in Paramaribo, published Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus between 1801 and 1806 with the painter Jacques Barraband (1767-1809): two volumes with 114 engravings after Barraband, printed in colour and finished by hand.
Eighteen of the plates are given to toucans and araçaris, the subject of this series. One of them shows the red-belted araçari ‘in extreme old age’.
- Published
- 1801-1806
- Sheet
- 13¼ × 20¼ in, original size
- In our collection
- 12 prints
All 12 prints
12 prints
Le Cocan à collier jaune
$195
Le Pignancoin
$195
Le Tocard
$195
Le Toco
$195
Le Toucan
$195
Le grand Toucan à gorge rouge
$195
Le grand Toucan à ventre rouge
$195
Le petit Toucan à ventre rouge
$195
L’Aracari Koulik mâle de la Guyane
$195
L’Aracari à ceinture rouge
$195
L’Aracari à ceinture rouge dans ses extreme vielesse
$195
L’Aracari à double couleurs
$195
The complete set
Histoire naturelle des Toucans is also available as a complete set: every plate we hold, as a facsimile at the original size, with a title page, a contents page and a certificate, in a Solander box.
Limited to 50 sets. Price on request.