Mulsant & Verreaux. [Boucard’s Emerald Hummingbird] Arinia Boucardi. 1874. Celestial Views & Maps Histoire Naturelle was originally published

Histoire Naturelle was originally published in 64 plates in four volumes by L Bevealet & Mesplis in Lyon

Lear’s nonsense books were highly popular during his lifetime

This map contains insets of "Texas as it was in 1835 under Mexican rule"

each supported by four quadrants

A richly detailed double-hemisphere world map representing Enlightenment-era cartographic knowledge

Mulsant & Verreaux. [Boucard’s Emerald Hummingbird] Arinia Boucardi. 1874. Celestial Views & Maps Histoire Naturelle was originally publishedMulsant & Verreaux [Boucards Emerald Hummingbird] Arinia Boucardi from Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Mouches, ou Colibris constituant la famille des Trochildes Published: Lyon, 1874 Lithograph with original hand coloring Paper size: 12 1 4 x 8 3 4 Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Mouches, ou Colibris constituant la famille des Trochildes (The Natural History of Hummingbirds constituting the Trochilidae family) was published in 1874 by prominent French