Ornithologie Bresilienne

£1,000 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Birds depicted: Pipra Strigillata, Pipra Erythrocephala, Pipra Chrysocephala and Pipra Aureola. Descourtilz worked for the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro. He was the son of French adventurer, botanist and naturalist Michel Etienne Descourtilz. The only other work that Descourtilz was known to have illustrated was his father's work Flore Pittoresque et Médicale des Antilles. Chromolithgraph plate printed in colour and finished by hand. Overall sheet size: 606mm x 430mm. Sitwell Fine Bird Books: 90

• Binding: Hardcover

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