La Spatule blanche de L’Isle de Luçon

₱11,000.00

Author: Pierre Sonnerat / C. Baquoy

Publisher: Ruault in Paris.

Year: 1776

Size: 19.3 x 14.5 cm

Reference: Nissen III, Vogelbuecher p. 885; Engelmann 240

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Description

hand-coloured copper engraving. RARE

Attractive ornithological print from ‘Voyage à la Nouvelle Guinée, dans lequel on trouve la description des Lieux, des Observations physiques & morales, & des details relatifs a l’Histoire Naturelle dans le Regne Animal & le Regne Vegetal’; pl. 51, p. 89; First edition.
The book title is misleading as Sonnerat features many Philippine birds, as in this case, encountered during his extensive travels within the Philippines.