A GROUP OF THREE HANDCOLORED PRINTS OF BIRDS
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A GROUP OF THREE HANDCOLORED PRINTS OF BIRDS
Comprising a pair of handcolored engravings depicting a kingfisher and a rollier from G.L. Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Collection de planches d'histoire naturelle enlumineés, Paris, 1765-1783, by F.N. Martinet; and a single GALLINELLA COLLI... by D. Veremondo Rossi, etching with handcoloring, circa 1790
The pair 14¼in. (36cm.) high, 12½in. (32cm.) wide the frames; the single 22¾in. (58cm.) high, 18½in. (47cm.) wide the frames (3)
Comprising a pair of handcolored engravings depicting a kingfisher and a rollier from G.L. Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Collection de planches d'histoire naturelle enlumineés, Paris, 1765-1783, by F.N. Martinet; and a single GALLINELLA COLLI... by D. Veremondo Rossi, etching with handcoloring, circa 1790
The pair 14¼in. (36cm.) high, 12½in. (32cm.) wide the frames; the single 22¾in. (58cm.) high, 18½in. (47cm.) wide the frames (3)
Provenance
The pair with Purnell Art Company, Baltimore.
The single with the Print Gallery, Oxfordshire.
Mrs. Amory, 1985.
The single with the Print Gallery, Oxfordshire.
Mrs. Amory, 1985.
Special notice
This lot has no reserve.