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François Nicolas Martinet
Le Canard a Longue Queue (The Long Tailed Duck) /// Ornithology Martinet Bird

1770-1786

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Artist: François-Nicolas Martinet (French, 1731-1800) Title: "Le Canard a Longue Queue (The Long Tailed Duck)" (Plate 954) Portfolio: Histoire Naturelle Des Oiseaux *Signed by Martinet in the plate (printed signature) lower left Year: 1770-1786 Medium: Original Hand-Colored Engraving on laid paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: Imprimerie Royale, Paris, France Publisher: George-Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Paris, France Reference: Anker No. 76; "Fine Bird Books" No. 83; McGill/Wood No. 267; Nissen IVB No. 158; Zimmer page 104-106 Sheet size: 10" x 8" Image size: 8.5" x 7" Condition: In excellent condition Notes: Comes from Buffon's ten volume portfolio "Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux" (1770-1786), which consists of 1,008 hand-colored engravings. Biography: 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).

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