Mulsant & Verreaux. [Bee Hummingbird] Calypta Helenae. 1874. 1016F1 which forever altered the coastlines

which forever altered the coastlines

New Orleans

Created during an era when European powers were expanding their influence in Asia

It was purchased in 1865 for the then-astounding sum of $25

Vincenzo Maria Coronelli

Mulsant & Verreaux. [Bee Hummingbird] Calypta Helenae. 1874. 1016F1 which forever altered the coastlinesMulsant & Verreaux [Bee Hummingbird] Calypta Helenae 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 naturalists