Variété du Lori à collier Purple-naped Lory Lorius domicellus

by Jacques Barraband

$1,250 · 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.Levaillant describes this beautiful bird as a colour variety of of the 'Perroquet Lori á collier jaune'. Jacques Barraband was the finest ornithological

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