A FINE SET OF SIX 18th CENTURY BIRD PRINTS BY FRANCOIS-NICOLAS MARTINET 1731 - 1800
A FINE SET OF SIX 18th CENTURY HAND COLOURED BIRD PRINTS
BY FRANCOIS-NICOLAS MARTINET 1731 - 1800
THESE PRINTS ARE CIRCA 1770
THE SIX PRINTS DEPICTING VARIOUS BIRDS PERCHED ON TREE TRUNKS
EACH BIRD NUMBERED AND NAMED
ALL TEXT IN FRENCH
ONE PRINT HAS THE MARTINET NAME IN THE BORDER
ALL PRINTS FRAMED AND GLAZED
GOOD ANTIQUE CONDITION
FRAME SIZE 17.25 X 15 INCHES
VIEW SIZE 10 X 8.5 INCHES
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François-Nicolas Martinet (1731 - 1800) was a French engineer, engraver and naturalist.
Martinet engraved the plates for numerous works on natural history, especially ornithology. Notable in particular are those for l'Ornithologia, sive Synopsis methodica of Mathurin Jacques Brisson (1760-63).