(BIRDS) Martinet Francois Nicholas (after) Four watercolors

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(BIRDS.) Martinet, Francois Nicholas (after). Four watercolors of parrots, on laid paper, pasted to board. Small 4to sheets. [France, circa late 18th or early 19th century]

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Evidently copied from Buffon's work at an early date, some of the drawings are the reverse of the images that appear there. Birds include: sulphur-crested cockatoo, salmon-crested cockatoo, Mascarene parrot (now extinct), and African grey parrot.