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Petite Outarde ou Canne-Petiere de France, femelle


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Francois Nicolas Martinet's magnificently engraved and splendidly colored illustration of the female Petite Outarde (Little Bustard) of France, from the Comte de Buffon's Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, one of the most important and comprehensive late 18th-century French ornithological works.
Item Number: FF2500
Cartographer: Martinet / Buffon
Place & Date: Paris / 1770 / 1786
Size: 7 5/8" x 9 1/2" (image); 12 3/4" x 18 1/2" (overall sheet)
Condition: full color; excellent condition
Price: SOLD