François Levaillant | Histoire naturelle d'une partie d'oiseaux... de l'Amerique et des Indes, Paris, 1801, diced russia

François Levaillant

Histoire naturelle d’une partie d’oiseaux nouveaux et rares de l’Amerique et des Indes… tome premier [all published]. Paris: J.E. Gabriel Dufour, 1801

FIRST EDITION, folio (495 x 320mm.), 49 engraved plates in two states, plain and printed in colours and finished by hand, contemporary diced russia, some spotting and foxing, binding rubbed and repaired

Intended as a supplement the Oiseaux d’Afrique (see lot 411), only one volume of this work was published, dealing mainly with hornbills and contingas. This copy is in the most desirable state: folio format with the plates in two states.

LITERATURE:

Anker 301; Fine Bird Books, p. 90; Nissen IVB 557; Zimmer, p. 392