180. Le Roy (Henri) La Voliere des Oiseaux, comprising of 2 suites of friezes of various birds, the first of 8 numbered plates, including the title, the second of 6 numbered plates, engravings, the former each c.70 x 190mm., the latter each c.90 x 185mm., both sets with full margins, stitched at the left side and upper edge, respectively, the former generally clean, with only slight surface dust to the title plate and one or two isolated marginal spots, the latter with some spotting and browning, mostly marginal, Paris, Herman Weyen, early 17th century.
est. £400 – £600
This scarce work conforms to that held in the Alfredo Brandolini collection in the library of the Museo Ornitologico di Ravenna.