75/2368 [Ornithology]. Des Murs, M.A.P.O. Iconographie ornithologique. Nouveaux recueil général de planches peintes d'oiseaux (...). Paris etc., F. Klincksieck a.o., (1845-)1849, 2 vols., text vol. without pagination; plate vol. 72 large handcol. and gommé lithogr. plates (loose as issued) by BECQUET after A. PRÉVOST and P. OUDART (plate size 54,8x36 cm., image size between ±26x23 cm. - 31x20 cm.), orig. unif. richly gilt dark blue hmor., a.e.g., large folio

- Text vol. (sl.) foxed throughout; plates occas. (sl.) foxed; first plate sl. soiled. Both vols. spine(-end)s and corners sl. worn.

= A rare large-paper copy of the first folio-edition of this work. Ronsil 844; Nissen, IVB 239; Martin Sale 71; Zimmer p.168: "The plates are very finely executed. (...) The work forms a supplement to Buffon's "Histoire naturelle des oiseaux" (...) and the "Nouveaux Recueil de Planches Coloriées" of Temminck and Laugier (...)." The majority of the plates are by P. Oudart, and were also coloured by him. He was the first artist to reproduce his natural history paintings in lithography and publish his own plate books. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CII.