Antique Print-BIRD-KINGFISHER-CAYENNE-FRENCH GUIANA-Martinet-Buffon-ca. 1770

Description This print shows a view on a bird called the Green and Rufous Kingfisher from Cayenne, French Guiana. The plate shows the name of the bird in French. Nr. 592. Made by Francois-Nicolas Martinet after Buffon. Medium: etching with original hand colouring on handlaid (verge) paper. Sheet size: 24 x 32.5 cm (9.45 x 12.8 inch). Image size: 17.2 x 21.4 cm. (6.77 x 8.43 inch). Condition: good, given age. Remains of paper tape in upper margin. Holes in left margin from binding. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. ANIMAL-BIRD-KINGFISHER-CAYENNE-FRENCH GUIANA-SOUTH AMERICA | RBOS-A11-04 BACKGROUND INFORMATION This attractive print was published in the ‘Natural History of Birds’ by Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon (1770-1783). Biography engraver: Francois-Nicolas Martinet (1731-c.1800) was a prominent French engineer, engraver and naturalist. He worked closely with Count Georges-Louis Leclerc du Buffon on ‘Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux’. The work is considered one of the most influential bird books of all time.