Le Perroquet Bouquet Red-necked Amazon Amazona arausiaca

by Jacques Barraband

$1,750 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

This print is from an apparently unrecorded issue of Levaillant's Perroquets published on large format paper probably 'papier vélin colombier satiné' , with a scratch proof of the title and plate number, but otherwise avant-lettre. This issue is not recorded in any of the standard bibliographies.The Red-necked Amazon or Amazona arausiaca is an endangered species found in the wild only on the island of Dominica in the Caribbean, where its local name is 'Jaco'. Levaillant saw

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