A Monograph of the Trochilidae or Hummingbirds – Vol. 1 to 5

Facsimile edition, Saarbrücken of the 1861 London edition, HC., large format 44.3 × 30.5 cm, VI, 360 colour plates with explanations. “These wonderful works of creation my thoughts are often directed to them in the day, and my night dreams have not infrequently carried me to their native forests in the distant country of America,” wrote Gould in his Introduction and his fascination resulted in the description of 400 species new to science (by comparison, Linnaeus named just 22).