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Phalene Chauve-Souris de la Chine


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Francois Nicolas Martinet's magnificently engraved and splendidly colored illustration of the Chinese Bat Moth, from the Comte de Buffon's Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, one of the most important and comprehensive late 18th-century French ornithological works (it also includes butterflies and other insects).
Item Number: FF2506
Cartographer: Martinet / Buffon
Place & Date: Paris / 1770 / 1786
Size: 7 3/8" x 9 1/2" (image); 12 3/4" x 18 1/2" (overall sheet)
Condition: full color; excellent condition
Price: SOLD