Le Canard Musque. [Muscovy Duck].

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• ARTIST: Francois Nicolas Martinet

• MEDIUM: Engraving hand-colored,

  DATE: 1770-86.

• EDITION SIZE: Paper size 18 7/8 x 13 1/2" (48.1 x 34.3 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: Plate 989. From the 'grand-papier' folio edition of "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. Illustrated by Francois Nicolas Martinet. Published in Paris. <br><br> 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. <br><br> The muscovy duck is native to Mexico and Central and South America.

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Fair condition, good impression. Lower left margin corner replace, repair does not affect the image. Original handcolor.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Natural History - Birds , Francois Nicolas Martinet