DESCOURTILZ, Jean Theodore
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, [?1852-1856].
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Birds depicted: Pipra Militaris, Pipra Serena, Pipra Setifera and Pipra Galeata.
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
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
Stock code 87562
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Ornithologie Bresilienne
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