Engraving from the Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux d'Afrique, 1799-1802, by Francois Le Vaillant (1753-1824)
After drawing by Reinhold Lebrecht.
LARGE PAPER EDITION.
Color-printed aquatint, stipple, and etching, some finished by hand.
References: Anker 297; Ayer/Zimmer, pp. 391-392; Fine Bird Books, p. 188; Mendelssohn, South African Bibliography I:892; Nissen IVB 555; Ronsil 1780.
"Levaillant was until exceeded by Gould (and until now only by him) the producer of the most comprehensive series of works on exotic birds." (Fine Bird Books, p. 118).
