Gould and Richter Prince Max's Aracari Hand-Colored Plate Dark green half morocco

Dark green half morocco

Image is of a ptarmigan or lagopus and egg

printed on glossy thick paper

a bright and clean near fine copy

The first section of De piscibus marinis constitutes a general treatise on comparative anatomy distinguishing species by their habits

Gould and Richter Prince Max's Aracari Hand-Colored Plate Dark green half moroccoHand colored lithographic plate, approximately 14. 5 inches wide by 21 inches long. From: Gould, J., and Owen, R., A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or Family of Toucans, Second edition, 1852 1854, plate number 16. Image is of a Prince Max's Aracari, Pteroglossus wiedii. The second edition of this work contained 18 more fine hand colored plates than the original documenting these colorful birds from Mexico, Central and South America and the Caribbean.