Bidspirit auction | Linnaeus - Hummingbirds: Long-tailed Colibri,

Linnaeus - Hummingbirds: Long-tailed Colibri, Long-tailed Black-cap Colibri - This scarce first edition engraving is from Sir Charles Linnaeus & Ebenezer Sibley's A Genuine and Universal System of Natural-History... or Magazine of Natural History . The work was printed for the propietor in London between 1794 and 1810. Carl Linnaeus was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist who formalized the system of binomial nomenclature which is still in practice today. He is considered the Father of Taxonomy. Paper Size: ~ 8 1/8” by 5 1/4”