Scarce 1802 AUDEBERT & VIEILLOT Hand-Colored Folio Engraving HUMMINGBIRDS Pl. 40

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Artist:Jean Baptiste Audebert
Image Orientation:Portrait
Size:Large
Material:Paper
Region of Origin:Europe
Original/Licensed Reprint:Original
Subject:Biology,France,Natural History,Ornithology,Hummingbirds,Trochilidae,Oiseau-Mouche
Type:Hand-Colored Original Engraving Print
Year of Production:1802
Item Height:13-3/4″
Style:Natural History
Theme:History,Natural History,Nature,Science & Medicine,Ornithology,Hummingbirds
Features:1st Edition
Production Technique:Hand-Colored Copperplate Engraving
Country/Region of Manufacture:France
Handmade:Yes
Item Width:10-1/4″
Time Period Produced:1800-1849

Rare 1802 Hand-Colored Copper-Plate Engraving from: OISEAUX DORÉS OU À REFLETS MÉTALLIQUES HISTOIRE NATURELLE ET GÉNÉRALE DES COLIBRIS, OISEAUX-MOUCHES, JACAMARS ET PROMEROPS; PAR J.B. AUDEBERT ET L.P. VIELLOT LE PETIT SOUï-MANGA A LONGUE QUEUE P L A N C H E X L About the Volumes: Some of the world’s most beautiful birds are masterfully illustrated in Vieillot and Audeberts 1802 masterpiece “Oiseaux dores ou a reflets metallique.” Published in 32 issues over 26 months, the edition was limited to 312 folio copies: 200 captioned in gold, 100 copies in-4 captioned in black and 12 copies with the text entirely printed in gold. Only 100 copies of this first edition large quarto set were issued, so it is now unusual to find these rare and beautiful prints.The plates were etched by Audebert after his own designs and those of “les plus habiles artistes de Paris,” with the assistance of Louis Bouquet in coloring the plates, and of Langlois in printing them in oil colors. Audebert died before he was able to complete his great work, finishing only the section on the colibris, after which it was continued by Viellot on the basis of Audebert’s drawings and his notes on the oiseaux-mouches.For the “Oiseaux dores ou a reflets metallique” Audebert devised a printing method using a single plate and oils instead of the more typical water based paints. The color printed plates often lavishly decorated with gold to reflect the plumage of the individual birds.This quarto, or small folio edition was printed in colors in the same way as the folio version, using the unique process developed by Audebert. The complete Folio version of these volumes are listed from $71,000 to as much as $160,000 (est), & this small folio version from $8,000 – $24,200. Individual prints from this version are very scarce, the only ones I’ve been able to find thus far were listed at $245 each from a reputable dealer, all of those are presently sold. About the Artist: Jean-Baptiste Audebert (1759-1800) was born at Rochefort. He studied painting and drawing at Paris, and gained reputation as a miniature-painter. Employed in preparing plates for the Histoire des cloportes of Guillaume-Antoine Olivier, he acquired a taste for natural history. His first original work, Histoire naturelle des singes appeared in 1800, illustrated by sixty-two folio plates, drawn and engraved by himself. The coloring in these plates was unusually beautiful, and was applied by this method devised by himself. Audebert died in Paris, leaving complete materials for another work, Histoire des colibris, oiseaux-mouches, jacamars et promerops, which was published in 1802. Two hundred copies were printed in folio, one hundred in large quarto, and fifteen were printed with the whole text in letters of gold. Another work, left unfinished, was also published after the author’s death, L’Histoire des grimpereaux et des oiseaux de paradis. The last two works also appeared together in two volumes, Oiseaux dorés, ou à reflets métalliques, (1801-1802) from which this print came, written with his friend Louis Pierre Vieillot. About the Author: Louis Pierre Vieillot (1748–1830) was a French ornithologist. Vieillot is the author of the first scientific descriptions and Linnaean names of a number of birds, including species he collected himself in the West Indies and North America and South American species discovered but not formally named by Félix de Azara and his translator Sonnini de Manoncourt. He was among the first ornithologists to study changes in plumage and one of the first to study live birds. At least 77 of the genera erected by Vieillot are still in use. 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. 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. Please peruse the detailed photos. Printed on light thick, creamy wove paper with plate-marks. The hand-coloring appears to be magnificent.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 multiple text pages, which are beautifully typeset & printed on thick, gorgeous rag paper. (Please note, the scans of the title page is included for reference, it’s not part of this listing…) About The Bird:The Pygmy Sunbird (Hedydipna platura) is a tiny-bodied sunbird native to Africa.It’s breeding males are colorful and distinctive, and females and non-breeding males less so.Breeding males have a green back, a yellow belly, and extremely elongated central tail feathers. Females and non-breeding males have gray-brown upperparts and pale-yellow underparts.Similar to Nile Valley Sunbird, but there is very little overlap in range; males are distinguished by their lack of purple on the back and breast, and females by being darker overall and having a less distinct pale eyebrow. Also similar to female Beautiful Sunbird, but yellower below, with a shorter bill.The most common call is a rising “sweet,” and the song is a typical sunbird jumble. Size: 13-3/4″ x 10-1/4″ inches approximately. Shipping: Multiple prints combine into one USPS Flat-Rate envelope. If you’d like to combine & need more time to choose, please send a message & we’ll do our best to oblige. If you’re assessed multiple shipping for one combined package, we’ll endeavor to refund any overage asap. Thanks for Visiting!

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