Antique Sunbird Lithograph

A rare originally hand-colored lithograph is from George Ernest Shelley's A Monograph of The Nectariniidae or Family of Sun-Birds. The work was published by the author in London between 1876 and 1880. This is a first edition lithograph with "excellent hand-colored plates" (Zimmer). Only 250 copies of the work were ever published.

Title
Sunbird Print, ca.1876 (3)
Publication Place / Date
Image Dimensions
London/ca.1876
32 by 25 cm.
Color
Condition
Lithograph
VG+
Product Price
Product Number
USD 580
SKU #P.1683