Mulsant & Verreaux. [Bronzy hermit Hummingbird] Glaucis Antoniæ. 1874. Maps of Africa and Middle East circa 1755Hand-colored copperplate engravingSheet size:

circa 1755Hand-colored copperplate engravingSheet size: 23 x 19 inches

the Commander-in-Chief of the British land forces

PROVENANCE: Near contemporary ownership inscription of F Ollivier on the recto of each first blank

There he was influenced by his friendship with the Dutch painter Gerard van Spaendonck

Mulsant & Verreaux. [Bronzy hermit Hummingbird] Glaucis Antoniæ. 1874. Maps of Africa and Middle East circa 1755Hand-colored copperplate engravingSheet size:Mulsant & Verreaux [Bronzy hermit Hummingbird] Glaucis Antoni from Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Mouches, ou Colibris constituant la famille des Trochildes Published: Lyon, 1874 Lithograph with original hand coloring Paper size: 12 1 4 x 8 3 4 Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Mouches, ou Colibris constituant la famille des Trochildes (The Natural History of Hummingbirds constituting the Trochilidae family) was published in 1874 by prominent French