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Histoire des Oiseaux: A History of Birds Francois Nicolas Martinet h.f.ullmann $69.99 ISBN-13: 978-3833161780 This lush volume will be of great interest to birders, art lovers, and naturalists. Comprising some 200 color plates, the book contains just a fraction of the total output of 18th-century engraver to the French royal household, Nicolas Martinet. He produced, for example, all 1,008 plates for the Comte de Buffon's landmark Histoire Naturelle, and 21 bird illustrations for Diderot and d'Alembert's vast Encyclopedie. It is estimated that Martinet was born in the early 1730s and lived into the early years of the 19th century. These plates were drawn from two works completed between 1787 and 1796. Given the constraints and preserving abilities of the era, not all birds were drawn from life, but Martinet's meticulousness to detail and arrangement make a stunning collection. Lavendar Review

Histoire des Oiseaux: A History of Birds<br><br>Francois Nicolas Martinet<br><br>h.f.ullmann $69.99 ISBN-13: 978-3833161780<br><br><br><br>This lush volume will be of great interest to birders, art lovers, and naturalists. Comprising some 200 color plates, the book contains just a fraction of the total output of 18th-century engraver to the French royal household, Nicolas Martinet. He produced, for example, all 1,008 plates for the Comte de Buffon's landmark Histoire Naturelle, and 21 bird illustrations for Diderot and d'Alembert's vast Encyclopedie. It is estimated that Martinet was born in the early 1730s and lived into the early years of the 19th century. These plates were drawn from two works completed between 1787 and 1796. Given the constraints and preserving abilities of the era, not all birds were drawn from life, but Martinet's meticulousness to detail and arrangement make a stunning collection.<br><br><br><br>Lavendar Review<br><br><br><br>

Histoire des Oiseaux: A History of Birds<br><br>Fran ois Nicolas Martinet<br><br>h.f.ullmann $69.99 ISBN-13: 978-3833161780<br><br><br><br>This lush volume will be of great interest to birders, art lovers, and naturalists. Comprising some 200 color plates, the book contains just a fraction of the total output of 18th-century engraver to the French royal household, Nicolas Martinet. He produced, for example, all 1,008 plates for the Comte de Buffon's landmark Histoire Naturelle, and 21 bird illustrations for Diderot and d'Alembert's vast Encyclop die. It is estimated that Martinet was born in the early 1730s and lived into the early years of the 19th century. These plates were drawn from two works completed between 1787 and 1796. Given the constraints and preserving abilities of the era, not all birds were drawn from life, but Martinet's meticulousness to detail and arrangement make a stunning collection.<br><br><br><br>Lavendar Review<br><br><br><br>

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Francois-Nicolas Martinet (1760 - 1800) was a French engineer, engraver and naturalist. Martinet engraved the plates for numerous works on natural history, especially ornithology.

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