After Louis Piere Vieillot Set of Four Birds of Paradise Lithographs

Code: 10519

After L P Vieillot - A Set of Four Lithographs of Birds of Paradise c1900 – Highly Decorative

Louis Pierre Vieillot (May 10, 1748, Yvetot – August 24, 1830,Soutevilles les Rouen) was a French Ornothologist

Vieillot is the author of the first scientific descriptions and Linnaean names of a number of birds, including species he collected himself in the West Indies and North America and South American species discovered but not formally named by Azara and Sonnini. At least 26 of the genera erected by Vieillot are still in use. He was among the first ornithologists to study changes in plumage and one of the first to study live birds

30 x 42 cms Image only

Condition : In very good condition.
Origin : English
Manufacture Date : c.1900