Antique Bird Print of an Aracari Toucan and an Australian Magpie Bird, ca.1830
€ 130
One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.
Date
1830
Sheet size
23 × 14 cm (9.1 × 5.5 in)
Condition
Fair
Reference
JAK-1121
Condition
General age-related toning. Shows some wear and foxing, blank verso. Please study image carefully.
About this sheet
Plate 128: '1. Le Grigri - 2. Le Cassican.' (1. Black-necked Aracari - 2. Australian Magpie). This print originates from 'Oeuvres completes, - suivies de ses continuateurs Daubenton, Lacepede, Cuvier, Dumeril, Poiret, Lesson et Geoffreoy-St-Hilaire; seule edition complete avec figures coloriees.', by Georges Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, published 1828-1833 Bruxelles, chez Th. Lejeune, Libraire-editeurs.
An aracari or araçari is any of the medium-sized toucans that, together with the saffron toucanet, make up the genus Pteroglossus. They are brightly plumaged and have enormous, contrastingly patterned bills. These birds are residents in forests and woodlands in the Neotropics.