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Ptilopus Roseicapillus

 

Rare Lithograph from Charles Lucien Bonaparte's Iconographie des Pigeons

 

Ptilopus Roseicapillus by F. Willy - Plate 23 with one sheet of accompanying text

 

A pigeon from the tropical islands of the Pacific.

 

 

 

Charles-Lucien Bonaparte

 

Charles Lucien Bonaparte (1803-1857), the nephew of Napoleon, had an long and prolific career as a natural historian. He spent six years in the United States between 1822 to 1828, where he was a friend of John James Audubon. His key works include an updating of Alexander Wilson's American Ornithology, an 1841 study of Italian wildlife, Iconografia della Fauna Italica and this work, Iconographie des Pigeons.

 

Bonaparte's fine collection of portraits of pigeons was intended to appear in thirty monthly installments (livraisons) with a total of 150 plates but the author died after the publication of part four. The publishers went forward with an additional eight installments, the last of which appeared in July 1858. The total number of plates from this work is therefore only 55.

 

 

Dimensions: 35.5 X 54.5 cm

Light age toning, and a few scattered light spots. Small tear (1/2 inch) in edge of sheet center bottom. Striking and vibrant hand-coloring.

 

 

 

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