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
Saw-bill
$185
Spix’s Saw-bill
$185
Sickle Bill
$185
Condamine’s Sickle Bill
$185
Hairy Hermit (1)
$185
Mazeppa Hermit
$185
Allied Hermit (1)
$185
Lanceolate Hermit
$185
Black-tailed Hermit
$185
Dohrn’s Hermit
$185
Rucker’s Hermit
$185
Fraser’s Hermit
$185
White-tailed Barbed-throat
$185
Fawn-tailed Barbed-throat
$185
Sooty Barbed-throat
$185
Eurynome Hermit
$185
Cayenne Hermit
$185
Allied Hermit (2)
$185
Mexican Hermit
$185
Train-bearing Hermit
$185
De Filippi’s Hermit
$185
Hairy Hermit (2)
$185
D’Osery’s Hermit
$185
Pallid Hermit
$185
Bourcier’s Hermit
$185
Guy’s Hermit
$185
Yaraquian Hermit
$185
Pretre’s Hermit
$185
Sallé’s Hermit
$185
Middle-sized Hermit
$185
Longuemare’s Hermit
$185
Amaura Hermit
$185
Green-tailed Hermit
$185
Southern Hermit
$185
Adolph’s Hermit
$185
Grey-throated Hermit
$185
Stripe-throated Hermit
$185
Obscure Hermit
$185
Belted Hermit
$185
Little Hermit
$185
Pygmy Hermit
$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.