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1751 Lawing, Jacana, Plover, ornithology, Martinet, large folio, hand colour

1751 Lawing, Jacana, Plover, ornithology, Martinet, large folio, hand colour

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L' ECHASSE; LE PLUVIER ARME DU SENEGAL; LE VANNEAU ARME DE LA LOUISIANE; JACANA ARME D' AMERIQUE

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).

Issued in: Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (Encyclopedia, or a Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Crafts) by Denis Diderot (1713-1784) after de la Rue.

Overall size: 39.5 x 25 cm

Overall very good condition.

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