Scarce 1820 TEMMINCK & HUËT, Hand-Colored Folio Engraving, Pl. 346 KINGFISHER

Description: Rare 1820 Hand-Colored Folio Copper-Plate Engraving from: NOUVEAU RECUEILDE PLANCHES COLORIÉES D'OISEAUX POUR SERVIR DE SUITE ET DE COMPLÉMENT AUX PLANCHES ENLUMINÉES DE BUFFON PUBLIE PARC. J. TEMMINCK Pl. 346Martin - Chasseur trapu, mâle adulte. (Rufous-Collared Kingfisher, Actenoides concretus) This stunning hand-painted engraving originates from Coenraad Jacob Temminck's (1778-1858) magnum opus Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux published in 102 parts from 1820 to 1839. About the Volumes: The full title of this work is 'Nouveau Recueil de Planches Coloriées d'Oiseaux : pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon, édition in-folio et in-4o de l'Imprimerie royale, 1770 (Translation: New Collection of Colored Plates of Birds: to serve as a continuation and complement to the illuminated plates of Buffon, edition in folio and quarto of the Imprimerie royale, 1770) This monumental work continues Buffon's "Histoire naturelle des oiseaux". Illustrated with 600 hand-coloured engraved plates by and after Nicolas Huët and J.G. Prêtre. The plates depict approximately 800 birds, with many of the specimens depicted from the collection of Guillaume Laugier, baron de Chartrouse (1772-1843), botanist, ornithologist, politician and heritage guardian. One of Europe's foremost private collectors of birds. About the Artist: Nicolas Huët (1770-1828) was born in the Louvre as the son of the painter Jean-Baptiste Huet I (1745–1811), who worked in the Palace.Nicolas was a prodigy and as early as 1788 exhibited at the Exposition de la Jeunesse at the Place Dauphin.The young Nicolas took part in Napoleon’s scientific and artistic expedition to Egypt between 1798 and 1801, and made his Salon debut in 1802 with several animal pictures.In October 1804 he was appointed official painter of the Musée de l’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, and of the exotic zoo of Empress Joséphine, Napoleon’s first wife. Founded in 1793, the Paris museum of natural history was one of the earliest institutions of its kind, and Huët produced hundreds of finely detailed watercolours of animals in its collections and he continued to exhibit at the Salons until 1827, showing mainly drawings and watercolors of animals. Baron de Chartrouse & Coenraad Jacob Temminck commissioned Nicolas Huët and Jean-Gabriel Prêtre to produce the highly detailed watercolours after which the engraved plates & hand-colored prints from which this publication were made, the Nouveau Recueil de Planches Coloriées d'oiseau, sumptuously published in Paris in six folio volumes between 1820 and 1839 at the Imprimerie Royale. About the Author: Coenraad Jacob Temminck ( Amsterdam , March 31, 1778 - Lisse , January 30, 1858) was a Dutch aristocrat, naturalist , botanist and zoologist.Temminck was the first director of the National Museum of Natural History in Leiden from 1820 until his death.His Manuel d'ornithologie, ou Tableau systematique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe (1815) was the standard book on European birds for many years. He inherited a large collection of birds from his father, who was the treasurer of the Dutch East India Company.Temminck was also the author of Histoire naturelle générale des Pigeons et des Gallinacées (1813-1817), Nouveau Recueil de Planches coloriées d'Oiseaux (1820-1839, the present work), and contributed to the mammal sections of Philipp Franz von Siebold 's Fauna japonica (1844-1850). About the Plate:Every part of these prints was made by hand: Hand drawn & engraved on Copper or steel which was hand-mined, smelted & rolled, printed onto handmade cotton rag paper, inked & colored with hand-ground pigments individually by hand, & they were usually hand sewn into handmade leather-bound books. I've not found any other dis-bound prints from these volumes at present. Certainly this one is about the best I've seen from the set, it's stunning. I've never found another copy of this plate. Condition:Appears to be in excellent condition for a centuries-old engraving. The hand-coloring appears to remain sharp & brilliant as the day it was painted. Typical age-toning & character for a print this old. Almost no foxing. A very clean plate as these go. Please peruse the detailed photos. These prints are very old & may have minor imperfections expected with age, such as some typical age-toning of the paper, oxidation of the old original watercolors, spots, text-offsetting, artifacts from having been bound into a book, etc. Please examine the photos & details carefully.Text Page(s): This one comes with original text page(s). About This Stunning Bird:Although the custom in France at the time was to title these plates in the descriptive French, this stunning bird is no doubt the The Rufous-Collared Kingfisher (Actenoides concretus).This is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae (the Kingfishers). It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.Brilliantly colored but often elusive and difficult to spot in the gloom of the forest. Male is bright blue above and orange below with a green cap. Female replaces male’s blue with cream-spotted green. Broad black, blue, and orange stripes across the face distinguish this species from other kingfishers in range. Whistles pleasantly and persistently, often while perched low above the forest floor in shaded areas. Size: 14" x 10-1/2" inches approximately. Combined Shipping: Yes! Multiple prints can be combine into one Priority Mail package. Larger prints may need to be shipped in tube. eBay should auto-combine your items if you put all of your selections into your shopping cart & check out all together as one order. If you purchase them individually, eBay charges shipping on each. 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Price: 295 USD

Location: Great Barrington, Massachusetts

End Time: 2025-01-19T19:11:53.000Z

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