COLORED COPPER PLATE ORNITHOLOGICAL ENGRAVING ON LAID PAPER CAPERCAILLIE TETRAO
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Manetti Lorenzi Vanni
ANTIQUE HAND-COLORED COPPER PLATE ORNITHOLOGICAL ENGRAVING ON LAID PAPER
CAPERCAILLIE – TETRAO URUGALLUS
giant grouse- European
Manetti Lorenzi Vanni VG Sheet Manetti Lorenzi Vanni Color Illustrations Not Attrbuted Florence 1767-1776 Cuculus variegatus" (Plate no CCXVI). Identified in pencil on verso Manetti, 1767-75. Presumably from "Storia Naturale Degli Uccelli Ornithologia Methodice Digesta" which was larger and better printed than a...ny previous book on birds. Rated amongst the very greatest of the bird books. Giovanni Gerini was the collector from whose extensive collection of specimens Manetti worked chiefly. . Laid paper, sheet size 14" x 18". Clear print. Back is clean other than a couple of brief lightly oneciled notations. “Saviero (also spelled Xaviero) Manetti was a physician and naturalist. He was a graduate of the University of Pisa, member of the Royal Society and served as president of the Botanical Society of Florence, as well as being the director of the Florentine Botanical Garden from 1749 to 1782. Manetti edited and wrote the descriptions for the ambitious five-volume work of folio plates called ‘Storia Naturale degli Uccelli’ (1767-76) , Nissen, IVB 588; Ayer/ Zimmer 241; Bradley Martin 154. A type of giant grouse- European. 399.00 We do not sell print on demand books- only originals.View My FeedbackView My Other Items For SaleView My About Me pageVisit My eBay StoreAdd me to your Favorite Sellers
Manetti Lorenzi Vanni
ANTIQUE HAND-COLORED COPPER PLATE ORNITHOLOGICAL ENGRAVING ON LAID PAPER
CAPERCAILLIE – TETRAO URUGALLUS
giant grouse- European
Manetti Lorenzi Vanni VG Sheet Manetti Lorenzi Vanni Color Illustrations Not Attrbuted Florence 1767-1776 Cuculus variegatus" (Plate no CCXVI). Identified in pencil on verso Manetti, 1767-75. Presumably from "Storia Naturale Degli Uccelli Ornithologia Methodice Digesta" which was larger and better printed than a...ny previous book on birds. Rated amongst the very greatest of the bird books. Giovanni Gerini was the collector from whose extensive collection of specimens Manetti worked chiefly. . Laid paper, sheet size 14" x 18". Clear print. Back is clean other than a couple of brief lightly oneciled notations. “Saviero (also spelled Xaviero) Manetti was a physician and naturalist. He was a graduate of the University of Pisa, member of the Royal Society and served as president of the Botanical Society of Florence, as well as being the director of the Florentine Botanical Garden from 1749 to 1782. Manetti edited and wrote the descriptions for the ambitious five-volume work of folio plates called ‘Storia Naturale degli Uccelli’ (1767-76) , Nissen, IVB 588; Ayer/ Zimmer 241; Bradley Martin 154. A type of giant grouse- European. 399.00 We do not sell print on demand books- only originals.View My FeedbackView My Other Items For SaleView My About Me pageVisit My eBay StoreAdd me to your Favorite Sellers
