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Illustrated by Redouté and Barraband

SAVIGNY, Marie Jules-César Lelorgue de.
Histoire naturelle et mythologique de l'ibis.

6 engraved plates of which 3 are folding, designed by Redouté and Barraband and executed by Bouquet.

6 engraved plates of which 3 are folding, designed by Redouté and Barraband and executed by Bouquet.

6 engraved plates of which 3 are folding, designed by Redouté and Barraband and executed by Bouquet.

6 engraved plates of which 3 are folding, designed by Redouté and Barraband and executed by Bouquet.

6 engraved plates of which 3 are folding, designed by Redouté and Barraband and executed by Bouquet.



Paris, Allais, 1805. 8vo. Contemporary half red morocco, spine gilt. 6 engraved plates of which 3 are folding, designed by Redouté and Barraband and executed by Bouquet. XIV, 224 pp.

First edition of the natural and mythological history of the ibis, illustrated with beautifully engraved designs. Savigny (1777-1851), gives an account of the black and white ibis, their mythical position in ancient Egypt with the several cults that existed, their natural habitat and the answer to the question whether they eat snakes and why or not. Six numbered engravings illustrate the work, showing the black and white ibis, close-ups from the beak and leg and some ancient illustrations.
H.J. Redouté and Barraband designed the illustrations. Both were extra-ordinary good artists and probably two of the greatest illustrators of natural history of all time. We only know Redouté as such, because Barraband died rather young. However by that time he had already made beautiful ornithological illustrations for Levaillant's works on parrots and birds of paradise. During the years 1809-1830 appeared De Savigny's Description de l'Egypte in which he published his observations and investigations made during the military expeditions of Napoleon's army to Egypt in the years 1798-1801. The section dealing with natural history was printed in 4 vols. in 1809-1820 with plates designed by J.H. Redouté and Barraband and executed by Bouquet. The present work is a sort of 'pre-edition' on the Ibis.

Good copy with autograph dedication by the author on half-title.
Nissen, Vogelbücher 819; Ronsil 2718; not in Anker.

Related Subjects: Natural History  Ornithology  Redouté 

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