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[ 18th CENTURY - ALBUM OF DRAWINGS – NATURAL HISTORY 63 BEAUTIFUL & CURIOUS DRAWINGS ]
[ NATURAL HISTORY]
Album of drawings,
8vo, cardboard. 63 plates of drawings (126 pp.)
This beautiful album contains 63 plates of pencil drawings of animals - including large full-page drawings.
Some of these drawings were "sketched from nature" as the author indicates "made by me from nature" and others obviously after natural history books. The title indicates moreover: "Supplément de différents morceaux détachées de l'histoire naturelle prises dans leuvre (sic) de Mr Pluche, et différente étude d'animaux tant quadrupède que (...) fait par moy daprès nature et autres composent 137 dessins". 26 drawings with annotations in front of each other. The handwritten pagination here indicates 137 p., We have 126 : missing pp. 63-70 and 73-74. Charming and curious album of 18th century drawings.
In addition to drawings of insects, butterflies, birds, parrots, ostriches, tigers and peacocks, there are curious &… Read More