Coucou, des Philippines [Philippine Coucal] [Sabukot/ Tsabukot] [Centropus Viridis]

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Author: Francois Nicolas Martinet

Publisher: published in Paris by Comte Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon , et al

Year: 1770-86

Size: 20.3 x 17.2 cm

Reference: Sitwell: Fine Bird Books 1700-1900 pp.83+90; Anker 76; Mengel 411; Nissen IVB 158; Zimmer 104
SKU: 52395 Category: Tag:

Description

original hand-colour copper engraving. Ornithological print from ‘Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux’ [Natural History of Birds]; pl. 824.

Endemic (4 races) – common. Habitat: grassland, mixed cultivation and second growth up to 2000m level.

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

margin shaved and browned lower right, barely affecting plate.

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