Mulsant & Verreaux. [Green-fronted lancebill Hummingbird] Doryfera Euphrosinæ. 1874. Botanical Prints placing the title cartouche over

placing the title cartouche over the “Neutral Ground” west of the Mississippi claimed by both the United States and Spain

is here captured at a moment of architectural grandeur and political complexity

a broad panopticon sweeping diagonally across the map from the alpine lakes in the north to the Strait of Messina in the south

single-turned pedestal stands rather than the traditional European four-legged designs

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Mulsant & Verreaux. [Green-fronted lancebill Hummingbird] Doryfera Euphrosinæ. 1874. Botanical Prints placing the title cartouche overMulsant & Verreaux [Green fronted lancebill Hummingbird] Doryfera Euphrosin 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