Mathurin Jaques Brisson (23 results)

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Francois-Nicolas Martinet (illustrator). Petite Sarcelle, male. Sarcelle de Ferroe. Small and Faroe Teals. An original hand-coloured copper plate engraving. Drawn and engraved by Francois-Nicolas Martinet (1760-1800). From The Ornithologia, sive synopsis methodica by Mathurin Jaques Brisson of 1760. Signed in the plate lower left. Size of sheet: 13.25" x 9.75". Size of image: 11.25" x 9.50". Francois-Nicolas Martinet was a French engineer, engraver and naturalist. He engraved plates for numerous works on natural history but he specialized in ornithology. Most notable are these produced for The Ornithologia. Condition: Near Fine. The engraving is exceptionally clean and fresh. It is marked in three places where it would have been folded in the book, with lesser creases also showing. The paper on which the image is printed is not evenly shaped. This is in consequence of its manufacture, not because it has been cut. The engraved part of the image almost overlaps the edge of the paper it is printed on. This would have to be taken into consideration if it were to be framed. There is one spot of foxing on the surround at the right hand edge.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Francois-Nicolas Martinet (illustrator). Millouin. Canard siffleur. A Pochard and a Whistling Duck. An original hand-coloured copper plate engraving. Drawn and engraved by Francois-Nicolas Martinet (1760-1800). From The Ornithologia, sive synopsis methodica by Mathurin Jaques Brisson of 1760. Signed in the plate lower left. Size of sheet: 14" x 10". Size of image: 11.25" x 9.25". Francois-Nicolas Martinet was a French engineer, engraver and naturalist. He engraved plates for numerous works on natural history but he specialized in ornithology. Most notable are these produced for The Ornithologia. Condition: Fine. The engraving is exceptionally clean and fresh. It is marked where it would have been folded in the book. There is a faint shadow of the main image on the surround to the left. Also one spot of foxing. These flaws do not affect he main image.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Francois-Nicolas Martinet (illustrator). 1. Grimpereau a collier du Cap de Bonne Esperance. 2. Grimpereau violet de Madagascar, male. 3. Grimpereau violet de Madagascar, femelle. 4. Grimpereau violet de Bresil. 5. Petit Grimpereau des Philippines. An original hand-coloured copper plate engraving. Drawn and engraved by Francois-Nicolas Martinet (1760-1800). From The Ornithologia, sive synopsis methodica by Mathurin Jaques Brisson of 1760. Signed in the plate lower left. Size of sheet: 14" x 10". Size of image: 11.25" x 9.50". Francois-Nicolas Martinet was a French engineer, engraver and naturalist. He engraved plates for numerous works on natural history but he specialized in ornithology. Most notable are these produced for The Ornithologia. Condition: Fine. The engraving is exceptionally clean and fresh. It is marked in two places where it would have been folded in the book. There is a fainter crease, also a fold, to the left. Also a flaw in the paper that looks like a crease to the bottom right. The engraved part of the image overlaps the edge of the paper on which it is printed. This would have to be taken into consideration if it were to be framed.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Francois-Nicolas Martinet (illustrator). Oye d' Egypte. Egyptian Goose. An original hand-coloured copper plate engraving. Drawn and engraved by Francois-Nicolas Martinet (1760-1800). From The Ornithologia, sive synopsis methodica by Mathurin Jaques Brisson of 1760. Signed in the plate lower left. Size of sheet: 14" x 10". Size of image: 11.50" x 9". Francois-Nicolas Martinet was a French engineer, engraver and naturalist. He engraved plates for numerous works on natural history but he specialized in ornithology. Most notable are these produced for The Ornithologia. Condition: Fine. The engraving is exceptionally clean and fresh. It is marked where it would have been folded in the book. There is a fainter crease, also a fold, to the left of the fold, and one, also faint, to the right.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Francois-Nicolas Martinet (illustrator). Guillemot. Macareux. Guillemot. Puffin. An original hand-coloured copper plate engraving. Drawn and engraved by Francois-Nicolas Martinet (1760-1800). From The Ornithologia, sive synopsis methodica by Mathurin Jaques Brisson of 1760. Signed in the plate lower left. Size of sheet: 12.50" x 10". Size of image: 9.50" x 8.25". Francois-Nicolas Martinet was a French engineer, engraver and naturalist. He engraved plates for numerous works on natural history but he specialized in ornithology. Most notable are these produced for The Ornithologia. Condition: Fine. The engraving is exceptionally clean and fresh. It is marked where it would have been folded in the book. There is a fainter crease to the left of this fold. There is a faint shadow of the main image on the surround to the left of the image. This does not affect the main image however. There is one black spot, and two spots of foxing to the far right of the sheet. They do not affect the image itself.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Francois-Nicolas Martinet (illustrator). Sarcelle, male. Sarcelle, femelle. Male Teal. Female Teal. An original hand-coloured copper plate engraving. Drawn and engraved by Francois-Nicolas Martinet (1760-1800). From The Ornithologia, sive synopsis methodica by Mathurin Jaques Brisson of 1760. Signed in the plate lower left. Size of sheet: 14" x 10". Size of image: 11.25" x 9.50". Francois-Nicolas Martinet was a French engineer, engraver and naturalist. He engraved plates for numerous works on natural history but he specialized in ornithology. Most notable are these produced for The Ornithologia. Condition: Fine. The engraving is exceptionally clean and fresh. It is marked in two places where it would have been folded in the book. There is a faint shadow of the main image on the surround to the left of the image. There is one small dark spot, a dot, at the top left of the image.

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Francois-Nicolas Martinet (illustrator). Grue. Crane. An original hand-coloured copper plate engraving. Drawn and engraved by Francois-Nicolas Martinet (1760-1800). From The Ornithologia, sive synopsis methodica by Mathurin Jaques Brisson of 1760. Signed in the plate lower left. Size of sheet: 12.75" x 10". Size of image: 11.50" x 9.50". Francois-Nicolas Martinet was a French engineer, engraver and naturalist. He engraved plates for numerous works on natural history but he specialized in ornithology. Most notable are these produced for The Ornithologia. Condition: Near Fine. The engraving is exceptionally clean and fresh. It is marked twice where it would have been folded in the book. The engraved part of the image overlaps the edge of the paper very slightly, and this would have to be taken into consideration if it were to be framed. There is a faint shadow of the main image on the surround to the left of the image. This shows faintly on the left part of the image itself.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Francois-Nicolas Martinet (illustrator). Grebe hupee. Crested Grebe. An original hand-coloured copper plate engraving. Drawn and engraved by Francois-Nicolas Martinet (1760-1800). From The Ornithologia, sive synopsis methodica by Mathurin Jaques Brisson of 1760. Signed in the plate lower left. Size of sheet: 14" x 10". Size of image: 10.50" x 9.75". Francois-Nicolas Martinet was a French engineer, engraver and naturalist. He engraved plates for numerous works on natural history but he specialized in ornithology. Most notable are these produced for The Ornithologia. Condition: Fine. The engraving is exceptionally clean and fresh. It is marked where it would have been folded in the book.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Francois-Nicolas Martinet (illustrator). Fou de Bassan. Northern Gannet. An original hand-coloured copper plate engraving. Drawn and engraved by Francois-Nicolas Martinet (1760-1800). Fou de Bassan. Northern Gannet. From The Ornithologia, sive synopsis methodica by Mathurin Jaques Brisson of 1760. Signed in the plate lower left. Size of sheet: 14" x 10". Size of image: 9.50" x 8". Francois-Nicolas Martinet was a French engineer, engraver and naturalist. He engraved plates for numerous works on natural history but he specialized in ornithology. Most notable are these produced for The Ornithologia. Condition: Fine. The engraving is exceptionally clean and fresh. It is marked twice where it would have been folded in the book.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Francois-Nicolas Martinet (illustrator). Grand Traquet ou Tarier, male. Traquet de l'Isle de Lucon, male. Traquet de l'isle de Lucon, femelle. Traquet de madagascar. Grand Figuier de Madagascar. Various Wheateaters. A Madagascan Figuier. An original hand-coloured copper plate engraving. Drawn and engraved by Francois-Nicolas Martinet (1760-1800). From The Ornithologia, sive synopsis methodica by Mathurin Jaques Brisson of 1760. Signed in the plate lower left. Size of sheet: 14.25" x 10". Size of image: 11.25" x 9.25". Francois-Nicolas Martinet was a French engineer, engraver and naturalist. He engraved plates for numerous works on natural history but he specialized in ornithology. Most notable are these produced for The Ornithologia. Condition: Fine. The engraving is exceptionally clean and fresh. It is marked where it would have been folded in the book with one crease to the center and secondary crease to the left. A faint shadow of the main image, a transfer, shows on the surround to the left of the print, and also at one point on the image itself. The image is printed on the paper such that the engraved part of the image only just fits onto the sheet. Were the image framed this discrepancy would not show.

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Francois-Nicolas Martinet (illustrator). Canard siffleur d'Amerique. Macreuse. The American Whistling Duck and The Scoter. An original hand-coloured copper plate engraving. Drawn and engraved by Francois-Nicolas Martinet (1760-1800). From The Ornithologia, sive synopsis methodica by Mathurin Jaques Brisson of 1760. Signed in the plate lower left. Size of sheet: 14" x 10". Size of image: 11.25" x 9.25". Francois-Nicolas Martinet was a French engineer, engraver and naturalist. He engraved plates for numerous works on natural history but he specialized in ornithology. Most notable are these produced for The Ornithologia. Condition: Near Fine. The engraving is exceptionally clean and fresh. There is however one spot of foxing to the left of the image; also a yellowish spot to the right. The plate is marked where it would have been folded in the book. The sheet on which the image has been produced is irregular in shape. This is a consequence of manufacture. Were the image framed this discrepancy, and the spot of foxing, would not show.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Francois-Nicolas Martinet (illustrator). Souchet, male. Canard d'ete, male. Male shoveler. Male Summer Duck. An original hand-coloured copper plate engraving. Drawn and engraved by Francois-Nicolas Martinet (1760-1800). From The Ornithologia, sive synopsis methodica by Mathurin Jaques Brisson of 1760. Signed in the plate lower left. Size of sheet: 13.50" x 9.50". Size of image: 10.75" x 9". Francois-Nicolas Martinet was a French engineer, engraver and naturalist. He engraved plates for numerous works on natural history but he specialized in ornithology. Most notable are these produced for The Ornithologia. Condition: Near Fine. The engraving is exceptionally clean and fresh. It is marked where it would have been folded in the book with one crease to the center and a fainter crease at the left. There is one pale spot of foxing to the left of the print; also a white dot of paint to the left of the shoveler s breast. Signed by Illustrator(s).

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Francois-Nicolas Martinet (illustrator). Plongeon a Gorge rouge. Grand Plongeon tachete. Two kinds of Loon. An original hand-coloured copper plate engraving. Drawn and engraved by Francois-Nicolas Martinet.(1760-1800). From The Ornithologia, sive synopsis methodica by Mathurin Jaques Brisson of 1760. Signed in the plate lower left. Size of sheet: 13.75" x 10". Size of image: 11.25" x 9.25". Francois-Nicolas Martinet was a French engineer, engraver and naturalist. He engraved plates for numerous works on natural history but he specialized in ornithology. Most notable are these produced for The Ornithologia. Condition: Fine. The engraving is exceptionally clean and fresh. It is lined in the middle where the plate would have been folded in the book.

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Francois-Nicolas Martinet (illustrator). 1. Grand Figuier de Canada, male. 2. Petit Figuier de S. Domingue, male. 3. Figuier de Canada. 4. Figuier de la Louisiane, male. 5. Figuier de S. Domingue, male. An original hand-coloured copper plate engraving. Drawn and engraved by Francois-Nicolas Martinet (1760-1800). From The Ornithologia, sive synopsis methodica by Mathurin Jaques Brisson of 1760. Signed in the plate lower left. Size of sheet: 14.75" x 10". Size of image: 11.50" x 9.25". Francois-Nicolas Martinet was a French engineer, engraver and naturalist. He engraved plates for numerous works on natural history but he specialized in ornithology. Most notable are these produced for The Ornithologia. Condition: Fine. The engraving is exceptionally clean and fresh. It is marked in two places where it would have been folded in the book. The engraved part of the image is very close to the edge of the paper on which it is printed. This would have to be taken into consideration if it were to be framed. There are faint dark marks on the surface of the image. Also a faint shadow of the main image on the surround to the left of the image. The later does not however show on the image itself.

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Francois-Nicolas Martinet (illustrator). Courby de Madagascar. Madagascan Curlew. An original hand-coloured copper plate engraving. Drawn and engraved by Francois-Nicolas Martinet (1760-1800). From The Ornithologia, sive synopsis methodica by Mathurin Jaques Brisson of 1760. Signed in the plate lower left. Size of sheet: 12.25" x 10". Size of image: 11.25" x 9.25". Francois-Nicolas Martinet was a French engineer, engraver and naturalist. He engraved plates for numerous works on natural history but he specialized in ornithology. Most notable are these produced for The Ornithologia. Condition: Near Fine. The engraving is exceptionally clean and fresh. It is marked in two places where it would have been folded in the book.

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Francois-Nicolas Martinet (illustrator). Petit Rale d'eau ou Marouett. Rale de Genet ou Roi de Cailles. An original hand-coloured copper plate engraving. Drawn and engraved by Francois-Nicolas Martinet (1760-1800). From The Ornithologia, sive synopsis methodica by Mathurin Jaques Brisson of 1760. Signed in the plate lower left. Size of sheet: 13.50" x 10". Size of image: 11.25" x 9.25". Francois-Nicolas Martinet was a French engineer, engraver and naturalist. He engraved plates for numerous works on natural history but he specialized in ornithology. Most notable are these produced for The Ornithologia. Condition: Fine. The engraving is exceptionally clean and fresh. It is marked in two places where it would have been folded in the book. There is a faint shadow of the main image on the surround to the left of the image. This shows faintly on the left part of the image itself.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Francois-Nicolas Martinet (illustrator). Petite Mouette cendree. Mouette cendree tachetee. Seagulls. An original hand coloured copper plate engraving by Francois Nicolas Martinet. (1760-1800). From The Ornithologia, sive synopsis methodica by Mathurin Jaques Brisson of 1760. Signed in the plate lower left. Size of sheet: 13.50" x 10". Size of image: 9.50" x 8.25". Francois-Nicolas Martinet was a French engineer, engraver and naturalist. He engraved plates for numerous works on natural history but he specialized in ornithology. Most notable are these produced for The Ornithologia. Condition: Fine. The engraving is exceptionally clean and fresh. It is lined in the middle where the plate would have been folded in the book. There is a very faint spot of foxing on the image itself and there are three smalls dots outside of the image.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Francois-Nicolas Martinet (illustrator). Poule-d'eau, male. Poule-d'eau, femelle. Male and Female Moorhens. An original hand-coloured copper plate engraving. Drawn and engraved by Francois-Nicolas Martinet (1760-1800). From The Ornithologia, sive synopsis methodica by Mathurin Jaques Brisson of 1760. Signed in the plate lower left. Size of sheet: 14" x 10". Size of image: 11.25" x 9.25". Francois-Nicolas Martinet was a French engineer, engraver and naturalist. He engraved plates for numerous works on natural history but he specialized in ornithology. Most notable are these produced for The Ornithologia. Condition: Fine. The engraving is exceptionally clean and fresh. There are however three spot of foxing on the image, one in the center and two fainter spots at the base. It is marked where it would have been folded in the book. The sheet on which the image has been produced is irregular in shape. This is a consequence of manufacture. Were the image framed this discrepancy would not show. The engraved part of the image itself only just fits onto the paper that it is printed on. This would have to be taken into consideration where the image to be framed.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Francois-Nicolas Martinet (illustrator). Butor. Crabier des Philippines. A Bittern and a Heron. An original hand-coloured copper plate engraving. Drawn and engraved by Francois-Nicolas Martinet (1760-1800). From The Ornithologia, sive synopsis methodica by Mathurin Jaques Brisson of 1760. Signed in the plate lower left. Size of sheet: 13.50" x 10". Size of image: 11.50 x 9.25". Francois-Nicolas Martinet was a French engineer, engraver and naturalist. He engraved plates for numerous works on natural history but he specialized in ornithology. Most notable are these produced for The Ornithologia. Condition: Fine. The engraving is exceptionally clean and fresh. It is creased at the point where it would have been folded in the book. The paper on which the image is printed is not evenly shaped. This is in consequence of its manufacture, not because it has been cut. The engraved part of the image overlaps the edge of the paper very slightly. This would have to be taken into consideration were it were to be mounted for framing. There is a small spot of foxing to the left of the bittern's leg.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Francois-Nicolas Martinet (illustrator). Harle hupe, male. Merganser duck. An original hand-coloured copper plate engraving. Drawn and engraved by Francois-Nicolas Martinet.(1760-1800). From The Ornithologia, sive synopsis methodica by Mathurin Jaques Brisson of 1760. Signed in the plate lower left. Size of sheet: 14" x 10". Size of image: 9.1/2" x 8.1/4". Francois-Nicolas Martinet was a French engineer, engraver and naturalist. He engraved plates for numerous works on natural history but he specialized in ornithology. Most notable are these produced for The Ornithologia. Condition: Fine. The engraving is exceptionally clean and fresh. It is creased in the middle where the plate would have been folded in the book. The sheet upon which the image is printed is quite misshapen. It does not however appear to have been cut; but has rather been made that way. The image itself is not affected by this flaw of manufacture.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Francois-Nicolas Martinet (illustrator). Spatule couleur de rose. A rose coloured Spoonbill. An original hand-coloured copper plate engraving. Drawn and engraved by Francois-Nicolas Martinet (1760-1800). From The Ornithologia, sive synopsis methodica by Mathurin Jaques Brisson of 1760. Signed in the plate lower left. Size of sheet: 12.50" x 10". Size of image: 11.25" x 9.25". Francois-Nicolas Martinet was a French engineer, engraver and naturalist. He engraved plates for numerous works on natural history but he specialized in ornithology. Most notable are these produced for The Ornithologia. Condition: Fine. The engraving is exceptionally clean and fresh. It is marked in two places where it would have been folded in the book. There are two fainter creases to the right of these folds and another faint crease to the right hand side of the image. The paper on which the image is printed is not evenly shaped. This is in consequence of its manufacture, not because it has been cut. The engraved part of the image overlaps the edge of the paper very slightly. This would not however present a problem were the image to be mounted for framing.

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Francois-Nicolas Martinet (illustrator). Milan. A Kite. An original hand-coloured copper plate engraving. Drawn and engraved by Francois-Nicolas Martinet (1760-1800). From The Ornithologia, sive synopsis methodica by Mathurin Jaques Brisson of 1760. Signed in the plate lower left. Size of sheet: 14" x 10". Size of image: 11.75 x 9.50". Francois-Nicolas Martinet was a French engineer, engraver and naturalist. He engraved plates for numerous works on natural history but he specialized in ornithology. Most notable are these produced for The Ornithologia. Condition: Near Fine. The engraving is exceptionally clean and fresh. It is marked twice where it would have been folded in the book. There is a faint shadow of the main image on the surround to the left of the image. This shows very faintly on the left part of the image itself. There are a few pin-head sized spots of foxing on the image.

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Francois-Nicolas Martinet (illustrator). Oye Sauvage de Canada. Canada Goose. An original hand-coloured copper plate engraving. Drawn and engraved by Francois-Nicolas Martinet (1760-1800). From The Ornithologia, sive synopsis methodica by Mathurin Jaques Brisson of 1760. Signed in the plate lower left. Size of sheet: 14" x 10". Size of image: 11.25" x 9.25". Francois-Nicolas Martinet was a French engineer, engraver and naturalist. He engraved plates for numerous works on natural history but he specialized in ornithology. Most notable are these produced for The Ornithologia. Condition: Near Fine. The engraving is exceptionally clean and fresh. It is marked where it would have been folded in the book. There is a fainter crease, also a fold, to the left. There is a faint shadow of the main image on the surround to the left of the image. There are two very faint spots of foxing on the image; one to the left of the bird's beak and one above it's back.