Barraband Yellow-necked Lorikeet. Levaillant Crimson Parakeet-Lori

$18.00

Heritage Editions Yellow-necked Parakeet-Lori, Le Perroquet-Lori a collier jaune.

Levaillant Yellow-necked Lori, Lorius chlorocercus from Guadalcanal and Solomon Islands.

Reproduction from a hand-coloured stipple engraving of a beautiful crimson parrot by the important 19th century natural history artist, Jacques Barraband (1767-1809) for Francois Levaillant's magnificent Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets (Natural History of Parakeets) published in Paris circa 1805.

Image size: 30 x 22cm (11.75 x 8.5 inches). Page size: 38.5 x 32cm (15 x 12.5 inches).