History of Birds - Hardcover

Martinet, Francois Nicolas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3833161787 ISBN 13: 9783833161780

Verlag: Ullmann Publishing, 2012

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Histoire des Oiseaux: A History of Birds Francois Nicolas Martinet h.f.ullmann $69.99 ISBN-13: 978-3833161780 This lush volume will be of great interest to birders, art lovers, and naturalists. Comprising some 200 color plates, the book contains just a fraction of the total output of 18th-century engraver to the French royal household, Nicolas Martinet. He produced, for example, all 1,008 plates for the Comte de Buffon's landmark Histoire Naturelle, and 21 bird illustrations for Diderot and d'Alembert's vast Encyclopedie. It is estimated that Martinet was born in the early 1730s and lived into the early years of the 19th century. These plates were drawn from two works completed between 1787 and 1796. Given the constraints and preserving abilities of the era, not all birds were drawn from life, but Martinet's meticulousness to detail and arrangement make a stunning collection. Lavendar Review "

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Birds are fascinating: when they fly, they embody freedom; their magnificent plumage displays nature's amazingly wide range of colors. F. N. Martinet first made his hand-colorized lithographs to help identify and classify the various species; they were published in the works of the leading ornithologists of the 18th century. However, they have long since been acclaimed as works of art in their own right. What makes Martinet's illustrations so special is the passion for detail, the coloring, which is especially striking in the birds' plumage, and the realism of his depictions, as he preferred live rather than preserved specimens. Histoire des oiseaux brings together more than 200 bird species in one volume. Not only do these illustrations offer us a fascinating overview, they also witness a period in history as well as documenting the exceptional talent of Martinet. The illustrations are described by Antoine Reille, an expert in fauna, and the president of the French Union for the Conservation of Nature.

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• Verlag: Ullmann Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 3833161787
• ISBN 13: 9783833161780
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 432