Auction on
20 January 2021 - 14:30 (CET) -
70, rue Vendôme - 69006 Lyon
These volumes are two of the 215 large-format folio copies of one of the most beautiful books on birds by ornithologist Louis-Pierre Vieillot and artist Jean-Baptiste Audebert.
Jean-Baptiste Audebert (1759-1800) and Louis-Pierre Vieillot (1748-1830), Oiseaux dorés ou à reflets métalliques. Histoire naturelle et générale des colibris, oiseaux-mouches, jacamars et promerops. Histoire naturelle et générale des grimpereaux et des oiseaux de paradis, Paris, Desray, 1801-1802, two folio volumes, 190 color plates. Estimate: €18,000/25,000
Jean-Baptiste Audebert (1759-1800) and Louis-Pierre Vieillot (1748-1830), Oiseaux dorés ou à reflets métalliques. Histoire naturelle et générale des colibris, oiseaux-mouches, jacamars et promerops. Histoire naturelle et générale des grimpereaux et des oiseaux de paradis, Paris, Desray, 1801-1802, two folio volumes, 190 color plates. Estimate: €18,000/25,000
Ornithology buffs and lovers of illustrated books will get excellent value for money with these 190 color plates highlighted in gold and silver, depicting some of the finest specimens of exotic birds, all rivaling each other in their multicolored elegance. The artist who produced these illustrations…
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