1673 Nicholas Robert (1610-1684); Merlin Finch Birds 46.5 cm - Master Engraving

Engraved and drawn by Nicholas Robert (1610-1684)

Imperial folio. Sheets approx. 46.5 x 36.7 mm.

Issued for the very scarce treatise: Suite des Oyseaux des Plus Rare, 1676 and dated 1673

Very large double page folio plates that has been professionally flattened.

On beautiful 17th Century laid paper with the watermark.

Reference: Mariette Abecedario, IV pp.408-11

Famous flower and bird painter; also an etcher. Worked for Gaston d'Orléans, and his vélins remain in Paris.