Jean-Théodore Descourtilz
Ornithologie Bresilienne Birds Plate
Waterlow and Sons, Thomas Reeves
Circa 1852 - 1856
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A colored plate of birds by Jean-Théodore Descourtilz.
- Jean-Théodore Descourtilz (French).
- From Ornithologie Bresilienne ou Histoire des Oiseaux du Brésil, remarquables par leur plumage, leur chant ou leurs habitudes.
- Rio de Janeiro: Waterlow and Sons; London for Thomas Reeves, circa 1852-1856.
- Birds depicted: Euphonia Chlorolica, Euphonia Vittata, Euphonia Diademata and Euphonia Psittacina.
- Chromolithgraph plate printed in color and finished by hand.
- This work is presented unframed.
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.
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