REGNAUT DE SAINT JEAN D'ANGELY (Michel).Livre Rare Book
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Cochon dInde à deux corps. Les ecarts de la nature ou recueil des principales monstruosités que la nature produit dans le genre animal planche 2.
réf. 72833Paris Regnault 1775. Single sheet 26.6 x 18.7 cm. Engraved and finely hand-coloured plate with printed caption. = A very rare illustration of a guinea pig with one head and two bodies owned by a certain Mr Cotelle in Paris. Engraved by the French engraver Geneviève de Nangis 1746-1802 after a drawing by her husband the French naturalist engraver and publisher Nicolas François Regnault 1746-1810. This plate - numbered 2 - belongs to a suite of ten plates forming a first series of illustrations on teratological mammals. This suite was recorded in May 1775 as being published earlier in that year apparently with a temporary title Jeux de la nature ou recueil des monstres see: Affiches Annonces et Avis Divers 18 p. 71. In total 40 plates were printed. All are very rare. There are no auction records whatsoever. Right edge a bit uneven slight staining at the lower edge otherwise very good clean and well-coloured. Brunet IV p. 1187. Neither in Cat. BMNH nor in Nissen. unknown
Antiquariaat Schierenberg · Pays-Bas650,00 €
