FRANCOIS NICOLAS MARTINET (FRENCH, 1725-1804)
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FRANCOIS NICOLAS MARTINET (FRENCH, 1725-1804) ORNITHOLOGICAL PRINTS, LOT OF FIVE, hand-colored engravings on laid paper, from "Historie Naturelle Des Oiseaux", including "Cassique, de la Louisiane" and "Choucas, des Philipines", each with plate number upper left, marked for Martinet lower left, two examples with partial watermark. Each unframed. 1770-1786. Each 9 5/8" x 8" plate. Largest 12 5/8" x 9 1/8" object.
Very good overall condition with minor toning and discoloration. Each with later pencil notation upper left margin.
Provenance: From Virginia private collection.
Catalogue Note: Francois Nicolas Martinet (1725-1804) was employed at the French Court in the second half of the 18th century as Graveur du Cabinet du Roi. The present illustrations were commissioned by Georges-Marie Louis Leclerc, the Count du Buffon, for his monumental 44-volume work, "Historie Naturelle des Oiseaux", published between the years 1770-1786.
Very good overall condition with minor toning and discoloration. Each with later pencil notation upper left margin.
Provenance: From Virginia private collection.
Catalogue Note: Francois Nicolas Martinet (1725-1804) was employed at the French Court in the second half of the 18th century as Graveur du Cabinet du Roi. The present illustrations were commissioned by Georges-Marie Louis Leclerc, the Count du Buffon, for his monumental 44-volume work, "Historie Naturelle des Oiseaux", published between the years 1770-1786.
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Very good overall condition with minor toning and discoloration. Each with later pencil notation upper left margin.
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FRANCOIS NICOLAS MARTINET (FRENCH, 1725-1804)
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