Author: Martinet, Francois Nicolas
Publisher: Comte Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon in Paris
Year: 1770-86
Size: 22.5 x 18.5 cm
Reference: Sitwell: Fine Bird Books 1700-1900 pp.83+90
Anker 76; Mengel 411; Nissen IVB 158;
Zimmer 104
Femelle du Calao, de I’Isle Panay [Visayan Tarictic Hornbill (Female)]
₱14,700.00
In Stock
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Description
original hand-colour copper engraving.
RARE ornithology from ‘Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux’, plate 781. 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.
