Various pigeons including the extinct Mauritius blue pigeon

Western crowned pigeon, Goura cristata 1, banded fruit dove, Ptilinopus cinctus 2, extinct Mauritius blue pigeon, Alectroenas nitidissimus 3, wonga pigeon, Leucosarcia melanoleuca 4, pied imperial pigeon, Ducula bicolor 5, and the artificial production of a taxidermist Colombe oricou, Columba auricularis 6. Copied from illustrations by Madame Pauline Knip in Les Pigeons, 1811. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1813. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1, 200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc. published from 1790-1830

Picture No

14009096

Media ID

45828914

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4941px x 6530px (6.2MB)

Credit

©Florilegius/Mary Evans

Source

Pauline Knip