Skip to product information
1 of 3

Daniel Good Rare Books and Engravings

1751 Mongoose, Lori, Martinet, large folio, hand colour, mammal

1751 Mongoose, Lori, Martinet, large folio, hand colour, mammal

Regular price $141.00 CAD
Regular price $166.00 CAD Sale price $141.00 CAD
Sale Sold out
Shipping calculated at checkout.

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. Minor worming to left margin.

View full details