1.Grimpereau olive de Madagascar. 2. Grimpereau verd de Cayenne. 3. Grimpereau noiratre de Bresil. 4. Grimpereau verd de Madagascar, male. 5. Grimpereau verd de Madagascar, Femelle. 6. Petit Grimpereau a longue queue du Cap de Bonne Esperance.
1. The Madagascan olive treecreeper. 2. The green treecreeper of Cayenne. 3. The Madagascan Brasilian blackish treecreeper. 4. The green Madagascan treecreeper, male. 5. The green Madagascan treecreeper, female. 6. The small, long tailed treecreeper, Cape of Good Hope.
An original copper plate engraving.
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 33.
Size: 25 x 36.5 cms with the engraved part of the image measuring 24 x 28.7 cms.
Dated 1770.
Condition: Very Good. There is a strong crease running vertically through the center of engraving and a lesser crease to the far left. At the top of the strong crease two other creases. These are in consequence of the image having been folded into a book. There are some very small marks across the surface of the paper but it is in the main fresh and clean.
