1. Grand Traquet ou Tarier, mâle. 2. Traquet de L’Isle de Luçon, mâle. 3. Traquet de l’Isle de Luçon, femelle. 4. Traquet de Madagascar. 5. Grand Figuier de Madagascar.
An original copper plate engraving of a four wheateaters and a Grand figurier (I cannot find a translation into English).
Drawn and engraved by Francois-Nicholas Martinet.
Hand coloured. Printed on strong cream coloured paper.
From The Comte de Buffon’s Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, published in Paris from 1770 to 1786. Book 3. Plate 24.
Size: 25 x 36.5 cms with the engraved part of the image measuring 24 x x 28.8 cms.
Dated 1770.
Condition: Very Good. The engraved part of the image does not sit evenly upon the paper on which it is printed. This would not present a problem were the image to be framed however. There is a strong vertical crease running vertically through the piece and one fainter line. This is in consequence of the image having been folded into a book. There are a couple of small spots of foxing across the surface of the image. It is otherwise fresh and very clean.
