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Extraordinary Birds
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b10402810
Title
Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Merops Philippinus, from Leclerc's Histoire naturelle des oiseaux
Agent (Role)
Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788
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Author
),
Chesek, Craig
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Copy photographer
),
Martinet, François Nicolas, 1731-
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Artist
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Date
1792 (published)
Artwork/Object Type
Hand-colored engravings
Is Part Of
Histoire Naturelle Des Oiseaux
,
Natural histories. Extraordinary birds : rare book selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library
Collection/Work Relation
AMNH Library, 35-E: Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon, Guéneau de Montbéliard Philibert, Bexon Gabriel-Léopold-Charles-Amé, Martinet François Nicolas, Daubenton, Georges Leclerc Buffon, et al. 1770. Histoire Naturelle Des Oiseaux. Paris: Imprimerie Royale.
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Publication History
Sweet, Paul, Peter Capainolo, Barbara J. Rhodes, American Museum of Natural History Library, and American Museum of Natural History. 2013. Natural Histories. Extraordinary Birds : Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library. New York: Sterling Signature.
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