Mulsant & Verreaux. [Broad-billed Hummingbird] Circe Magica. 1874. lithograph 1759–1800)Histoire Naturelle de Singes et

1759–1800)Histoire Naturelle de Singes et des MakisWatercolor on paperFrance

driven by both scientific interest and colonial ambitions

Philippe Buache

and is an unsophisticated but attractive rendering of what was generally known of the world at that time

Mulsant & Verreaux. [Broad-billed Hummingbird] Circe Magica. 1874. lithograph 1759–1800)Histoire Naturelle de Singes etMulsant & Verreaux [Broad billed Hummingbird] Circe Magica 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