Brilliant Birds of Brazil
By Jean Théodore Descourtilz, 1796-1855
Jean Théodore Descourtilz (about 1796-1855), a French doctor, painter and ornithologist who lived and worked in Brazil, published Oiseaux brillans du Brésil in Paris in 1834, his first bird book: 60 hand-coloured lithographs, most showing a single species with the plants that feed and shelter it.
It is one of the rarest books on South American birds, and Descourtilz is thought to have coloured the plates himself.
- Published
- 1834
- Format
- Folio
- Sheet
- 11½ × 17¾ in, original size
- Original in
- Teylers Museum, Haarlem
- In our collection
- 60 prints
All 60 prints
60 prints
Cotinga Ouette
$165
Tachyphône Archevêque
$165
Toucan Ariel
$165
Fringille Paroare
$165
Tersine Bleue
$165
Psittacule Caica-Barraband
$165
Perroquet à Ventre bleu
$165
Pie à Ventre rouge
$165
Tangara Septicolor
$165
Momot Hoûtou
$165
Pie à Huppe Paillée
$165
Spatulé Ajarit
$165
Tyran Bem te Veol
$165
Cabézon à Plastron noir
$165
Cabézon-Elégant
$165
Carouge Jamacaii
$165
Cassique Huppé
$165
Colibri-Topaze
$165
Colombe Cocotzin
$165
Coracine Ensanglantée
$165
Cotinga Cordon-bleu
$165
Cotinga Pacapaca
$165
Courlis Rouge
$165
Couroucou Oranga
$165
Couroucou Rosalba
$165
Céphaloptère-Orné
$165
Dacnis Bleu
$165
Daonis Spize
$165
Euphône Galot
$165
Euphône Téité
$165
Euphône à Bandeau
$165
Euphône à Diadême
$165
Euphône à Tête bleue
$165
Guit guit aux ailes variées
$165
Héliophile Taunay
$165
Jacamar Doré
$165
Manakin Militaire
$165
Manakin Tijé
$165
Manakin aux longues Pennes
$165
Manakin à Tête d’Or
$165
Moucherolle Rubin
$165
Oiseau Mouche Chatoyant
$165
Oiseau Mouche Hirondelle
$165
Oiseau Mouche Rubis Topaze
$165
Oiseau Mouche très petit
$165
Oiseau Mouche à Collier
$165
Oiseau Mouche à deux Huppes
$165
Pardalote Couronné
$165
The complete set
Brilliant Birds of Brazil 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.