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Casoar, des Indes Orientales. [East India Cassowary]

  • ARTIST: Francois Nicolas Martinet

  • MEDIUM: Engraving hand-colored,

    DATE: 1770-86.

  • EDITION SIZE: Paper size 19 1/8 x 13 3/8" (48 x 33.9 cm). Image size 8 15/16 x 7 7/16" (22.7 x 18.9 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Plate 313. From "Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux" by de Buffon, George Louis LeClerc, Philib. Gueneau de Montbeillard, l'Abbe, Gabriel Leopold Charles Aime Bexon and Edme Louis Daubenton. Published in Paris, 'Grand-papier' folio edition. Due in large part to Martinet's skill. "This edition was certainly the most ambitious and comprehensive bird book which had appeared at the time of its publication, and ranks still as one of the most important of all bird books from the Collector's point of view." - Sitwell.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition, save a small crease in the outer lower right margin corner. Original hand-color.

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