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