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Heliothrix purpureiceps, Gould

by John Gould & Henry Constantine Richter

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source

Coloured lithograph of Purplecrowned Fairy, Heliothrix pupureiceps, includes flowering plant Vriesia glaucophylla. Heliothrix purpureiceps, Gould Plate 216 and accompanying text from John Gould's 'A monograph of the Trochilidæ, or family of hummingbirds'.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Legendary beings and transformations.

  • Controlled discovery queries from digital-bodleian matched “fairy”. Retained metadata contains “fairy” in the description.

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Digital Bodleian completeness: complete; 2 digitized image(s); Shelfmark: Bodleian Library CR. D. 14/1-5 (v.4) [plate 216]

1861-1887EnglishPublic reader

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  • Bodleian shelfmark: Bodleian Library CR. D. 14/1-5 (v.4) [plate 216]
  • Collection: Early Modern and Modern Rare Books
  • Holding institution: Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
  • Place of origin: England, London
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