{"product_id":"0793-boat-billed-heron","title":"Boat-billed Heron","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eGiclee reprint of an original lithograph from \u003cem\u003eLa galerie des oiseaux,\u003c\/em\u003e a foundational, two-volume ornithological treatise published in Paris between 1820 and 1826 (commonly cited as 1825) by the pioneering French ornithologist Louis-Pierre Vieillot in collaboration with curator Paul-Louis Oudart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConceived as a comprehensive systematic catalog of the expansive avian collections housed within the Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, the work is celebrated for introducing numerous newly discovered bird species and establishing critical modern taxonomic classifications. The monumental publication features over 300 exquisite plates, mostly drawn from nature by Oudart. These illustrations were produced using fine line engraving or lithography and finished with meticulous, vibrant hand-applied watercolor. Highly prized in the rare book and antiquarian print market today, Vieillot's Galerie stands alongside the works of Audubon and Gould as a masterwork of 19th-century scientific illustration, perfectly marrying artistic beauty with rigorous empirical observation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis plate is inscribed \"Le Savacou huppé \/ Cancroma cochlearia\", which is known in modern ornithology as the Boat-billed Heron (\u003cem\u003eCochlearius cochlearius\u003c\/em\u003e). The historical genus name Cancroma and the French \"Savacou\" refer to its distinctively wide, scoop-like bill resembling an overturned boat.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Archival Finds Prints","offers":[{"title":"Photo - 13cm x 18cm","offer_id":54663186481489,"sku":"0792-Photo","price":14.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"A5 - 14.8cm x 21 cm","offer_id":54663186448721,"sku":"0792-A5","price":14.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"A4 - 21cm x 29,7cm","offer_id":54663186383185,"sku":"0792-A4","price":24.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3 - 29,7cm x 42cm","offer_id":54663186415953,"sku":"0792-A3","price":34.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1046\/0977\/5953\/files\/0793_Portrait1.webp?v=1790107241","url":"https:\/\/archivalfinds.com\/products\/0793-boat-billed-heron","provider":"Archival Finds Prints","version":"1.0","type":"link"}