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ORNITHOLOGIE OU METHODE CONTENANT LA DIVISION DES OISEAUX EN ORDRES, SECTIONS, GENRES, ESPECES & LEURS VARIETES. A LAQUELLE ON A JOINT UNE DESCRIPTION EXACTE DE CHAQUE ESPECE, AVEC LES CITATIONS DES AUTEURS QUI EN ONT TRAITE, LES NOMS QU'ILS LEUR ONT DONNES, CEUX QUE LEUR ONT DONNES LES DIFFERENTES NATIONS, & LES NOMS VULGAIRES [bound with:] SUPPLEMENTUM ORNITHOLOGIAE .
by BRISSON (Mathurin Jacques)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- One plate with partial closed tear, most plates with some offsetting from being folded. Near Fine, handsome set
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About This Item
Paris: Jean-Baptiste Bauche, 1760. First Edition. Hardcover. One plate with partial closed tear, most plates with some offsetting from being folded. Near Fine, handsome set. Six quarto volumes (7-1/2" x 10") bound in contemporary marbled calf leather, rebacked with later gilt decorated spines. Dual title-pages in French and Latin with parallel text in French and Latin, engraved woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials. Illustrated with 6 engraved title pages and 261 folding engraved plates by Martinet depicting numerous species of birds (pigeons, peacock, stork, eagle, ostrich, turkey, pheasant, etc.). The birds are depicted in their natural habitat, with charming backgrounds. The most important French ornithological work of the 18th century.
ANKER 69: "Written by one of the greatest connoisseurs of birds of the time, the work deals with 1336 species.... Brisson knew by sight more than 800 of the species he described.... The plates, which are folded, were drawn and engraved by Martinet. Both artistically and as accurate detail studies they are better than those of most of his predecessors"; NISSEN 145; ZIMMER, page 95: "One of the early systematic treatises on birds by a contemporary of Linnaeus."
ANKER 69: "Written by one of the greatest connoisseurs of birds of the time, the work deals with 1336 species.... Brisson knew by sight more than 800 of the species he described.... The plates, which are folded, were drawn and engraved by Martinet. Both artistically and as accurate detail studies they are better than those of most of his predecessors"; NISSEN 145; ZIMMER, page 95: "One of the early systematic treatises on birds by a contemporary of Linnaeus."
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017499
- Title
- ORNITHOLOGIE OU METHODE CONTENANT LA DIVISION DES OISEAUX EN ORDRES, SECTIONS, GENRES, ESPECES & LEURS VARIETES. A LAQUELLE ON A JOINT UNE DESCRIPTION EXACTE DE CHAQUE ESPECE, AVEC LES CITATIONS DES AUTEURS QUI EN ONT TRAITE, LES NOMS QU'ILS LEUR ONT DONNES, CEUX QUE LEUR ONT DONNES LES DIFFERENTES NATIONS, & LES NOMS VULGAIRES [bound with:] SUPPLEMENTUM ORNITHOLOGIAE .
- Author
- BRISSON (Mathurin Jacques)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - One plate with partial closed tear, most plates with some offsetting from being folded. Near Fine, handsome set
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Jean-Baptiste Bauche
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1760
- Keywords
- Natural History, Birds, Illustrated Books, Americana, 18th Century, Rare, French, Ornithology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History; Ornithology; Birds;
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Charles Agvent
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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