De Toerako's
By Hermann Schlegel, 1804-1884
Hermann Schlegel (1804-1884), director of the natural history museum in Leiden, made De Toerako’s with Gerardus Frederik Westerman, a founder of the Amsterdam zoo Natura Artis Magistra. Published in 1860, it shows all 17 turaco species then known at life size, in hand-coloured lithographs after Schlegel’s drawings, made where possible from living birds in the zoo.
The society dedicated it to King Willem III and never sold it: copies were presented to members and to scientists it wished to honour.
- Published
- 1860
- Format
- Elephant folio
- Sheet
- 22½ × 28¼ in, original size
- Original in
- Teylers Museum, Haarlem
- In our collection
- 16 prints
All 16 prints
16 prints
Musophaga (Schizorchis) Africana
$235
Musophaga (Schizorchis) Concolor
$235
Musophaga (Schizorchis) Leucogastra
$235
Musophaga (Schizorchis) Personata
$235
Musophaga (Schizorchis) Zonura
$235
Musophaga Albicristata
$235
Musophaga Erythrolopha
$235
Musophaga Gigantea
$235
Musophaga Leucolopha
$235
Musophaga Leucotis
$235
Musophaga Macrohynchuo
$235
Musophaga Meriani
$235
Musophaga Persa
$235
Musophaga Porphyreolopha
$235
Musophaga Rossae
$235
Musophaga Violacea
$235
The complete set
De Toerako's 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.