Listings / Decorative Arts / Books / Other
Showrooms
Iconographie des perroquets by Charles de SOUANCÉ
-
Description
SOUANCÉ, Charles de.
Add To Wishlist
Iconographie des perroquets
non figurés dans les publications de Levaillant et de M. Bourjot Saint-Hilaire... avec la coopération de S.A. le prince Bonaparte et de Émile Blanchard.
Stock Code 111271
Paris, Bertrand, 1857[-58].
Current price$16,173.00
Souancé's Perroquets is a fine sequel to the works of Levaillant and Bourjot Saint-Hilaire. Together these three works constitute the definitive study of parrots in France. The change of printer after the plates I-XV, resulted in the later plates having the branches uncoloured.
First edition. Large Folio, 48 hand-coloured, lithographed plates (last plate is misnumbered LXXIX) with descriptive text. The first 15 plates by Emile Théophile Blanchard (1795-1864) have both the birds and the branches coloured, while the branches are left uncoloured in the remaining plates by J. Daverne (? -1860), modern black half morocco gilt slight tear to margin plate 14, spotting, browning and toning to many of the plates as usual with this book due to the slightly inferior paper stock used, but withal a very good example of this work; housed in modern black box.
Anker 479; Fine Bird Books 108; Jackson 161, 217; McGill/Wood 578; Nissen IVB 887; Zimmer 598. - More Information
Message from Seller:
Shapero Gallery Located in the heart of Mayfair, London, Shapero Gallery specializes in prints and original works on paper, ranging from antique prints to modern pochoir plates and photography. For inquiries, contact us at +44.207.493.0876 or gallery@shapero.com.
