Family of Hummingbirds
By John Gould, 1804-1881
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.
- Published
- 1849-1861
- Format
- Imperial folio
- Sheet
- 15 × 22 in, original size
- Volumes
- 4
- In our collection
- 280 prints

All 280 prints

Golden-tailed Plumeleteer
$185

Blue-breasted Plumeleteer
$185

Emerald-fronted Hummingbird
$185

Schreibers’ Hummingbird
$185

Green-crowned Brilliant
$185

Jameson’s Brilliant
$185

Otera Brilliant
$185

Leadbeater’s Brilliant
$185

Black-capped Hummingbird
$185

Brazilian Wood Nymph
$185

Waterton’s Wood Nymph
$185

Cayenne Wood Nymph
$185

Refulgent Wood Nymph
$185

Tschudi’s Wood Nymph
$185

Black-banded Wood Nymph
$185

Veraguan Wood Nymph
$185

Columbian Wood Nymph
$185

Green-crowned Wood Nymph
$185

Brazilian Wood Nymph
$185

Wagler’s Wood Nymph
$185

Jardine’s Panoplites
$185

Yellow-fronted Panoplites
$185

Matthews’ Panoplites
$185

Jacobin
$185

Great Jacobin
$185

Pied Jacobin
$185

Snow-cap
$185
Complete sets
Family of Hummingbirds is also available as complete sets, one for each volume, with every plate at the original size, a title page, a contents page and a certificate, in a Solander box.
Limited to 50 sets. Price on request.
