BRISSON, Mathurin Jacques (1723-1806)

Lot 149
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Lot 149 | BRISSON, Mathurin Jacques (1723-1806)
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BRISSON, Mathurin Jacques (1723-1806)

Ornithologie ou methode contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres, especes & leur variétés. Paris: Jean Baptiste Buache, 1760.

‘One of the most important early systematic ornithologies’ (Ellis 378). Brisson classified 1336 species in addition to 150 varieties, distributed over 115 genera, which are grouped in 26 orders. The work is illustrated by François Nicolas Martinet with over 500 birds, on 261 plates, (this copy lacks plate 35), a number of which had not been illustrated before. Brunet mentions copies on large paper without giving details. Anker 69; Brunet I. 1262; Ellis 378; Nissen IVB 145; Ronsil 391; Wood p.257; Zimmer p.94.



6 volumes, with supplement bound at end of vol. VI, quarto (253 x 196mm). Text in Latin and French, six engraved titles, of which 3 hand-coloured, 260 (of 261) folding engraved plates, almost all coloured by a contemporary hand, folding letterpress tables (lacking plate 35 in vol. I and leaf P3 in vol. II, occasional faint spotting). Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spines, red edges, marbled endpapers (some repairs, particularly to head and foot of spines.) Provenance: Pichard (booksellers tickets) — FID.C (library stamps to titles).

Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.





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