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NICOLAS ROBERT (1614-1685)
Diverses Oyseaux Dessignes et graves d'Aprs le natural. Paris: N.Poilly, [circa 1673]. Oblong 4 (2235 x 280mm). Engraved, cut-down and mounted throughout, title at foot of Aygle Royal plate, 27 plates only (of 31) by Robert, extra-illustrated with an 18th-century title surround (the centre cut out and blank), 10 duplicate plates, one folding plate additional plate by Robert from another work, and 21 small format plates by a 19th-century hand mounted on five leaves at the end. (Plates cut-down to within the plate area, with occasional slight loss to the image area.) 19th-century roan-backed marbled boards (lightly scuffed). Provenance: Monsieur de Mimeure (inscription at end).
FIRST EDITION. Robert was equally adept at depicting flowers, animals or birds: this pioneering work included subjects, many of them rare and exotic, taken from the menagerie at Versailles and includes some of the earliest bird 'portraits'. Nissen IVB 787.
Diverses Oyseaux Dessignes et graves d'Aprs le natural. Paris: N.Poilly, [circa 1673]. Oblong 4 (2235 x 280mm). Engraved, cut-down and mounted throughout, title at foot of Aygle Royal plate, 27 plates only (of 31) by Robert, extra-illustrated with an 18th-century title surround (the centre cut out and blank), 10 duplicate plates, one folding plate additional plate by Robert from another work, and 21 small format plates by a 19th-century hand mounted on five leaves at the end. (Plates cut-down to within the plate area, with occasional slight loss to the image area.) 19th-century roan-backed marbled boards (lightly scuffed). Provenance: Monsieur de Mimeure (inscription at end).
FIRST EDITION. Robert was equally adept at depicting flowers, animals or birds: this pioneering work included subjects, many of them rare and exotic, taken from the menagerie at Versailles and includes some of the earliest bird 'portraits'. Nissen IVB 787.