Author: Francois Nicolas Martinet
Publisher: Comte Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon , et al in Paris.
Year: 1770-86
Size: 22 x 18.8 cm
Reference: Sitwell: Fine Bird Books 1700-1900 pp.83+90; Anker 76; Mengel 411; Nissen IVB 158; Zimmer 104
Calao à bec rouge, du Sénégal [Red-billed Hornbill from Senegal]
₱6,600.00
In Stock
In Stock
Description
original hand-colour copper engraving.
RARE ornithology from ‘Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux’ [Natural History of Birds], plate 260. With 1,008 plates (of which 973 are birds) drawn by Francois Nicholas Martinet from E.L. Daubenton’s work, printed at theL’Imprimerie Royale.
Certainly considered as the most ambitious & comprehensive bird book appearing at the time of its publication, it still ranks as one of the most important bird books from a collector’s view point.
Condition
Excellent condition.
