Sold for:
$400
$400
Manetti, Xavier (1723-1784) Five Engraved Ornithological Prints. [from] Storia Naturale Degli Uccelli Trattata con Metodo e Adornata di Figure Intagliate in Rame e Miniate al Naturale , Florence, 1767-1776. Five hand-colored copper-plate engravings, including the following: Succiacapre, o Nottola d'America [nightjar, plate C]; Corvo Imperiale [the common raven, plate CXLIII]; Tordo comune [song thrush, plate CCXC]; Merlo [albino blackbird, plate CCCII]; and Marangone di becco [European shag, a comorant, plate DIII]; all nicely matted and framed, 22 x 19 in. (5)
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-10-30
