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Perruche, des Indes Orientales (Budgerigar from the East Indies)

François-Nicolas MARTINET

1731 - Vers 1800

Perruche, des Indes Orientales (Budgerigar from the East Indies)

1770
Plate 143 from a set of 973 illustrations for Georges-Louis Le Clerc, count of Buffon’s book, Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux
Original etching heightened with watercolour
About 250 × 205 mm, good margins
Fine impression, very fresh colours, on greenish laid paper

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