Le Merle moqueur. Turdus orpheus

by Ornithology, Jean Gabriel Pretre, Print

$250 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

Engraving of a mockingbird printed in color and retouched by hand, 11 7/8 x 9 inches plate marks on a larger sheet. Plate 68 in Vieillot's Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de l'Amerique septentrionale Paris, 1807 . Anker Bird Books 515: The plates Pretre pinxt. are engravings printed in colour Bouquet sculpt., Langlois imp. , and retouched by hand. With substantial foxing mostly in margins , but an attractive image. Item #50579

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