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
Ruby and Topaz
$185
Blue-Crest
$185
Green and Blue Crest
$185
Gilt-Crest
$185
De Lalande’s Plover-crest
$185
Loddiges’ Plover-crest
$185
Guimet’s Flutterer
$185
Abeille’s Flutterer
$185
Sun Gem
$185
Cayenne Fairy
$185
Brazilian Fairy
$185
Green-throated Fairy
$185
Purple-crowned Fairy
$185
Columbian Fairy
$185
Geoffroy’s Wedge-Bill
$185
Masked Wedge-Bill
$185
White-throated Wedge-Bill
$185
Natterer’s Vizor-bearer
$185
Hooded Vizor-bearer
$185
Brazilian Violet-Ear
$185
Columbian Violet-Ear
$185
Bolivian Violet-Ear
$185
Chequered Violet-Ear
$185
Mexican Violet-Ear
$185
Little Violet-Ear
$185
Brown Violet-Ear
$185
Golden-throated Hummingbird
$185
Green-tailed Hummingbird
$185
Giant Hummingbird
$185
Sword-bill
$185
Empress Hummingbird
$185
Star-frontlet
$185
Bonaparte’s Star-frontlet
$185
Golden Star-frontlet
$185
Comte de Paris
$185
Violet-throated Star-frontlet
$185
Parzudaki’s Star-frontlet
$185
Viola Star-frontlet
$185
Sun Angel
$185
Gorgeted Sun Angel
$185
Spence’s Sun Angel
$185
Amethystine Sun Angel
$185
Mars
$185
Rainbow
$185
Bolivian Rainbow
$185
Brazilian Ruby
$185
Banded Ruby
$185
Collared Inca
$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.