A collection of hand coloured plates from John Gould's ornithological works in which orchids have been used as background decoration / collected and presented by Stanley Smith to the John Herbert Beaumont Memorial Library. 1961.

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A collection of hand coloured plates from John Gould's ornithological works in which orchids have been used as background decoration / collected and presented by Stanley Smith to the John Herbert Beaumont Memorial Library. 1961.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63184197

[100] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 57 cm.

University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hamilton Library

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University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hamilton Library

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Smith, Stanley D., 1951-....

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Gould, John, 1804-1881

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By the time of his death in 1881, John Gould was the most acclaimed publisher of illustrated orinthology in Europe. Hummingbirds were his favorite species. To capture on paper the bright iridescent color of the plumage, Gould developed a special forumla of oils and color over gold leaf. From the description of Phaethornis philippi (Philippi's hermit) print. (College of Charleston). WorldCat record id: 166261106 Gould was an ornithologist. From the description of ...