Mulsant & Verreaux. [Bolivian cœligena Hummingbird] Lampropygia Boliviana. 1874. Artists_Andreas Cellarius the artist of each flower

the artist of each flower piece tried to convey the intrinsic beauty of each blossom and it is his skill in doing this that divides the ordinary from the more exemplary examples of the genre

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Mulsant & Verreaux. [Bolivian cœligena Hummingbird] Lampropygia Boliviana. 1874. Artists_Andreas Cellarius the artist of each flowerMulsant & Verreaux [Bolivian cligena Hummingbird] Lampropygia Boliviana 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