DESMAREST, Anselme Gatan (1784-1838). Histoire naturelle des tangaras, des manakins et des todiers. Paris: Garnery, Delachauss, 1805-[1807]. 2 (510 x 338mm.) Half title, table, 72 hand-coloured etched plates by Gremilliet and A. Martinet after Pauline de Courcelles (Madame Knip), printed by Rousset. (Plate of Tanagra violacea with restored tear at outer margin, some light spotting.) Modern half calf with contemporary brown cloth boards. Provenance : March Phillips (gift inscription dated 1862); J. F. Symons-Jeune (bookplate). The work was issued in 12 parts, the fine plates after Madame Knip illustrating the American genus Tangara and its allies. Anker 116: 'Under the individual forms figured on the beautifully executed plates the text contains a diagnosis in French and Latin, further synonyms, a description, brief or long, information of the geographical occurence and other data of interest'; Fine Bird Books p. 70; Nissen IVB 238; Wood p. 316; Zimmer p. 167.
DESMAREST, Anselme Gatan (1784-1838). Histoire naturelle des tangaras, des manakins et des todiers. Paris: Garnery, Delachauss, 1805-[1807]. 2 (510 x 338mm.) Half title, table, 72 hand-coloured etched plates by Gremilliet and A. Martinet after Pauline de Courcelles (Madame Knip), printed by Rousset. (Plate of Tanagra violacea with restored tear at outer margin, some light spotting.) Modern half calf with contemporary brown cloth boards. Provenance : March Phillips (gift inscription dated 1862); J. F. Symons-Jeune (bookplate). The work was issued in 12 parts, the fine plates after Madame Knip illustrating the American genus Tangara and its allies. Anker 116: 'Under the individual forms figured on the beautifully executed plates the text contains a diagnosis in French and Latin, further synonyms, a description, brief or long, information of the geographical occurence and other data of interest'; Fine Bird Books p. 70; Nissen IVB 238; Wood p. 316; Zimmer p. 167.
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