Colombi-Galline des Gallapagos. Galápagos dove (Zenaida galapagoensis). First edition of the engraving..
Paris, Gide et J. Baudry, 1846. Color engraving.. 52.3 x 34.5cm. Browned. . Plate 8...
As published in "Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate la Vénus. Zoologie: mammifères, oiseaux, reptiles, et poissons," By
Du Petit-Thouars, Abel Aubert, 1793-1864;
Des Murs, Marc Athanase Parfait Œillet, 1804-1889;
Duméril, Auguste Henri André, 1812-1870;
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Isidore, 1805-1861;
Prévost, Florent, 1794-1870;
Valenciennes, M., 1794-1865 ..Paul Louis Oudart (1775–1851) was a notable French natural history illustrator who collaborated on major 19th-century ornithological works, while "colombi-galline" refers to archaic or fictitious pigeon-like ground doves (such as those depicted in historical plates by Levaillant or Mme. Knip), and the Galápagos host unique endemic doves and rails (like the common gallinule or Galápagos rail). Item #51-7437
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