1794 Common Goldeneye, Rémy Willemet (1735-1790), quarto, engraving, ornithology

Copper engraving by Remy Willemet

Overall size: 25.8 x 25 cm

Nissen, Die Illustrierten Vogelbücher, 700; # Brunet III-577.

Later hand colour.

Rémy Willemet (1735-1790) 

Rémy Willemet was above all a local botanist whose first work was selected by the academy of Nancy in 1766. His notoriety began when another work with Jean-François Coste was chosen by the academy of Lyon ten years later. He published then in many papers and was elected in numerous academies and scientific societies. 

Extremely scarce copper engraving issued for the very rare series:

Ornithologie abrégée de la France, contenant les figures & la nomenclature ... espèces d’oiseaux gravées en taille-douce. Neuwied sur le Rhin, chez la Société typographique, 1794.