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Ruby and Topaz, the first plate of the set
The first plate of the set, Ruby and Topaz.

Family of Hummingbirds, Vol. 4, complete set

By John Gould, 1849-1861

All 79 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.

  • 79 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. 1Ruby and TopazChrysolampis moschitus
  2. 2Blue-CrestOrthorhynchus crisatus
  3. 3Green and Blue CrestOrthorhynchus ornatus
  4. 4Gilt-CrestOrthorhynchus exilis
  5. 5De Lalande’s Plover-crestCephalepis delalandi
  6. 6Loddiges’ Plover-crestCephalepis loddigesi
  7. 7Guimet’s FluttererKlais guimeti
  8. 8Abeille’s FluttererMyiabiellia typica
  9. 9Sun GemHeliactin cornuta
  10. 10Cayenne FairyHeliothrix auritus
  11. 11Brazilian FairyHeliothrix auriculatus
  12. 12Green-throated FairyHeliothrix phaïnolaema
  13. 13Purple-crowned FairyHeliothrix purpureiceps
  14. 14Columbian FairyHeliothrix barroti
  15. 15Geoffroy’s Wedge-BillSchistes geoffroyi
  16. 16Masked Wedge-BillSchistes personatus
  17. 17White-throated Wedge-BillSchistes albogularis
  18. 18Natterer’s Vizor-bearerAugastes scutatus
  19. 19Hooded Vizor-bearerAugastes lumachellus
  20. 20Brazilian Violet-EarPetasophora serrirostris
  21. 21Columbian Violet-EarPetasophora anais
  22. 22Bolivian Violet-EarPetasophora iolata
  23. 23Chequered Violet-EarPetasophora coruscans
  24. 24Mexican Violet-EarPetasophora thalassina
  25. 25Little Violet-EarPetasophora cyanotis
  26. 26Brown Violet-EarPetasophora delphinae
  27. 27Golden-throated HummingbirdChrysobronchus virescens
  28. 28Green-tailed HummingbirdChrysobronchus viridicaudus
  29. 29Giant HummingbirdPatagona gigas
  30. 30Sword-billDocimastes ensiferus
  31. 31Empress HummingbirdEugenia imperatrix
  32. 32Star-frontletDocimastes ensiferus
  33. 33Bonaparte’s Star-frontletHelianthea bonapartei
  34. 34Golden Star-frontletHelianthea eos
  35. 35Comte de ParisHelianthea lutetiae
  36. 36Violet-throated Star-frontletHelianthea violifera
  37. 37Parzudaki’s Star-frontletDocimastes ensiferus
  38. 38Viola Star-frontletHeliothrypha viola
  39. 39Sun AngelHeliangelus clarissae
  40. 40Gorgeted Sun AngelHeliangelus strophianus
  41. 41Spence’s Sun AngelHeliangelus spencei
  42. 42Amethystine Sun AngelHeliangelus amethysticollis
  43. 43MarsHeliangelus mavors
  44. 44RainbowDiphogena iris
  45. 45Bolivian RainbowDiphlogaena aurora
  46. 46Brazilian RubyClytolaema rubinea
  47. 47Banded RubyClytolaema aurescens
  48. 48Collared IncaBourcieria torquata
  49. 49Green-throated IncaBourcieria fulgidigula
  50. 50Conrad’s IncaBourcieria conradi
  51. 51IncaBourcieria inca
  52. 52CoeligeneCoeligena tupica
  53. 53Purple CoeligeneCoeligena purpurea
  54. 55Wilson’s CoeligeneCoeligena wilsoni
  55. 56Long-billed StarthroatHeliomaster longirostris
  56. 57Constant’s StarthroatHeliomaster constanti
  57. 58Pine StarthroatHeliomaster pinicola
  58. 59Stripe-breasted StarthroatHeliomaster mesoleucus
  59. 60Angela StarthroatHeliomaster angelae
  60. 61White-throated OreopyraOreopyra leucaspis
  61. 62Chilian FirecrownAustephanus galeritus
  62. 63Stokes’ HummingbirdEustephanus stokesi
  63. 64Cinnamon FirecrownEustephanus fernandensis
  64. 65Lilac-throatPhaiolaima rubinoïdes
  65. 66Equatorial Lilac-throatPhaiolaima aequatorialis
  66. 67Coppery-bellied Puff-legEriocnemis cupreiventris
  67. 68Olive-colourd Puff-legEriocneis simplex
  68. 69Long-billed Puff-legEriocnemis isaacsoni
  69. 70Buquet’s Puff-legEriocnemis luciani
  70. 71Mosquera’s Puff-legEriocnemis mosquera
  71. 72Glowing Puff-legEriocnemis vestitus
  72. 73Black-breasted Puff-legEriocnemis nigrivestis
  73. 74Godin’s Puff-legEriocnemis luciani
  74. 75D’Orbigny’s Puff-legEriocnemis d’orbignyi
  75. 76Derby’s Puff-legEriocnemis luciani
  76. 77Metallic Puff-legEriocnemis alinae
  77. 78Scaly Puff-legEriocnemis squamata
  78. 79Hoary Puff-legEriocnemis lugens
  79. 80Aurelia’s Puff-legEriocnemis aureliae

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 4 of five runs from the Ruby and Topaz to the puff-legs, by way of plovercrests, fairies, violet-ears, the Giant Hummingbird and the Sword-bill, star-frontlets, sun angels, incas and starthroats.

Title
Family of Hummingbirds
Published
1849-1861
Format
Imperial folio, 15 × 22 in
Plates
79

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