Nouveau Recueil de planches colorièes d'oiseaux pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches - 1838
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From the rare five‑volume work Nouveau Recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, this lot offers four colour mezzotints from volumes 3 and 4, each plate measuring about 36 × 26 cm with the 26.5 × 21 cm image area, in very good to excellent condition.
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From the rare 5-volume work 'Nouveau Recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux' by C. J. Temminck, the following 4 hand-colored engravings from volume 3 and volume 4 are offered:
1) Plate 159, Podarge cornu - Podargus Cornutus (after Temminck) - giant shrike
gez. J. G. Pretre, Dimensions: 36 x 26 cm, Plate: 26.5 x 21 cm
Minimal tan, image very clean.
Page 182, Engoulouvent nacunda - Caprimulgus Diurnus (according to Wied-Neuwied) - Ziegenmelker
gez. J. G. Pretre, Dimensions: 46 x 30 cm, Plate: 26.5 x 21 cm
Excellent preservation, no errors.
Page 101, Pipit Richard - Anthus Richardi (after Temm.) - spur-winged pipit
G. J. G. Pretre, dimensions: 46.5 x 30.5 cm, plate: 26.5 x 21 cm
Excellent preservation, no errors.
Table 364, giant swift - Cypselus Giganteus (after v. Hasselt) - speedy sailor
Gez. Nic. Huet, dimensions: 35 x 26 cm, plate: 26 x 21 cm
The image is very clear.
The old-colored copper engravings are in very good to excellent condition.
For interested collectors: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/51468
From the rare 5-volume work 'Nouveau Recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux' by C. J. Temminck, the following 4 hand-colored engravings from volume 3 and volume 4 are offered:
1) Plate 159, Podarge cornu - Podargus Cornutus (after Temminck) - giant shrike
gez. J. G. Pretre, Dimensions: 36 x 26 cm, Plate: 26.5 x 21 cm
Minimal tan, image very clean.
Page 182, Engoulouvent nacunda - Caprimulgus Diurnus (according to Wied-Neuwied) - Ziegenmelker
gez. J. G. Pretre, Dimensions: 46 x 30 cm, Plate: 26.5 x 21 cm
Excellent preservation, no errors.
Page 101, Pipit Richard - Anthus Richardi (after Temm.) - spur-winged pipit
G. J. G. Pretre, dimensions: 46.5 x 30.5 cm, plate: 26.5 x 21 cm
Excellent preservation, no errors.
Table 364, giant swift - Cypselus Giganteus (after v. Hasselt) - speedy sailor
Gez. Nic. Huet, dimensions: 35 x 26 cm, plate: 26 x 21 cm
The image is very clear.
The old-colored copper engravings are in very good to excellent condition.
For interested collectors: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/51468
Details
Number of Books
4
Book Title
Nouveau Recueil de planches colorièes d'oiseaux pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
1838
Height
36 cm
Width
26 cm
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