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Lot 138
Sale 709 - Atlanta Collections (Online Only)
Dec 10, 2019
10:00AM ET
Online / Atlanta
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$600 -
900
Price Realized
$2,375
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Twelve French Hand-Colored Bird Engravings
Designed and Engraved by Francois Nicolas Martinet (1731-1804); From Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux by George-Louis Marie Leclere, Comte de Buffon; Printed at the Imprimerie Royale, 1770-1786
Comprising:
Heron bleuatre; de Cayenne;
Le Heron blanc;
L'Agamie de Cayenne;
Faisan, Le Pierre de Cayenne;
Petit Heron roux du Senegal;
Heron, de la cote de Coromandel;
Crabier tachete, de la Martinique;
Beccassine, de la Chine; all contained within Chinese pierced giltwood frames. Together with
Le Guignard;
Caille, de la Louisiane;
Grosse Gelinote, du Canada, all three within simple wood frames;
and a Martinet hand-colored engraving depicting three Petit Oiseau, matted, unframed.
Heron bleuatre; de Cayenne;
Le Heron blanc;
L'Agamie de Cayenne;
Faisan, Le Pierre de Cayenne;
Petit Heron roux du Senegal;
Heron, de la cote de Coromandel;
Crabier tachete, de la Martinique;
Beccassine, de la Chine; all contained within Chinese pierced giltwood frames. Together with
Le Guignard;
Caille, de la Louisiane;
Grosse Gelinote, du Canada, all three within simple wood frames;
and a Martinet hand-colored engraving depicting three Petit Oiseau, matted, unframed.
Eight Chinese pierced giltwood frames: 14 x 10 inches. Two frames with Country Club plaques: 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches; Guignard: 10 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches; unframed sheet of last 19 x 13 inches.
Property from the Estate of Deanna Vondrak, Deerfield Beach, Florida