Description
(lot of 2) Framed hand-colored ornithology engravings on paper, after Jean Gabriel Pretre (Swiss-French, 1768-1849), from "Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des epimaque," published by A. Bertrand, Paris, including: (1) "La Lophorine Superbe" (Lophorina superba, superb bird-of-paradise), engraved by Jean Baptiste Guyard (fl.1783-1803), plate 13, (1) "Le Sericule...