Livre contenant la recherche de plusieurs oyseaux peints et grauéz d'après nature / [Pierre Mariette].

Paris : Pierre Mariette, 1659.

43 plates ; (oblong 4to)

Title vignette

Includes 20 plates of other vertebrates, plate one signed chez Pierre Mariette; 6 unnumbered plates of birds and insects, of which the first is signed Carolus Allard; 6 plates of insects, of which plate one is signed F. de Wit

Engravings after Barlow by Thomas, Neale, Marie Briot, etc. There are 3 sequences, (I) of 11 plates, including title (3-5 wanting), (2) of 15 plates, (3) of 12 plates. At the end of (2) is a small unnumbered engraving which has probably been inserted.

Copy 1 Note: Bound with: Flamen, A. Diverses especes de poissons. [1659]