[Rarebooks] FS: 1760 French Ornithology with 261 Folding Engraved Plates by Martinet, price reduced
Charles Agvent
charles at charlesagvent.com
Wed Nov 1 15:07:50 EDT 2017
Price reduced to $7000 NET
BRISSON (Mathurin Jacques). ORNITHOLOGIE OU METHODE CONTENANT LA
DIVISION DES OISEAUX EN ORDRES, SECTIONS, GENRES, ESPECES & LEURS
VARIETES. A LAQUELLE ON A JOINT UNE DESCRIPTION EXACTE DE CHAQUE ESPECE,
AVEC LES CITATIONS DES AUTEURS QUI EN ONT TRAITE, LES NOMS QU'ILS LEUR
ONT DONNES, CEUX QUE LEUR ONT DONNES LES DIFFERENTES NATIONS, & LES NOMS
VULGAIRES [bound with:] SUPPLEMENTUM ORNITHOLOGIAE…. Paris:
Jean-Baptiste Bauche, 1760. First Edition. Six quarto volumes (7-1/2" x
10") bound in contemporary marbled calf leather, rebacked with later
gilt decorated spines. Dual title-pages in French and Latin with
parallel text in French and Latin, engraved woodcut head- and tailpieces
and initials. Illustrated with 6 engraved title pages and 261 folding
engraved plates by Martinet depicting numerous species of birds
(pigeons, peacock, stork, eagle, ostrich, turkey, pheasant, etc.). The
birds are depicted in their natural habitat, with charming backgrounds.
The most important French ornithological work of the 18th century. One
plate with partial closed tear, most plates with some offsetting from
being folded. Near Fine, handsome set.
ANKER 69: "Written by one of the greatest connoisseurs of birds of the
time, the work deals with 1336 species.... Brisson knew by sight more
than 800 of the species he described.... The plates, which are folded,
were drawn and engraved by Martinet. Both artistically and as accurate
detail studies they are better than those of most of his predecessors";
NISSEN 145; ZIMMER, page 95: "One of the early systematic treatises on
birds by a contemporary of Linnaeus." (#017499) $10,000.00
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