Collection des oiseaux les plus rares gravés et dessinés d'après nature pour servir d'intelligence à l'histoire naturelle
Subtitle: et raisonnée des différens oiseauax qui habitent le globe
By: par Robert et Jonston
Published: 1773
Place of publication: A Paris
Language: fre; lat
Translated from: fre
Number of pages: 62
Subjects: Birds; Pictorial works; Early works to 1800
Other titles: Suite des oyseaux le plus rares quis se voyent a la menagerie royalle du parc de Versaille; Theatrum universale omnium animalium.
Notes: Consists of two series of reissued plates: the first series shows Robert's birds in their natural habitats, originally published in 1676; the second series contains Jonston's birds, taken from a section of Theatrum universale omnium animalium.

"Suite des oyseaux le plus rares qui se voyent à la Menagerie royalle du Parc de Versaille, desseignés et gravés par Nicolas Robert"--Pl. 1.

Birds are identified in both French and Latin in Robert's plates.

From the library of Dr. John Jeffries, with his armorial bookplate; bookplate of the Boston Society of Natural History; inscription on front pastedown: "Boston Soc. of Nat. History from Dr. B.J. Jeffries, March 16/60"; printed shelf mark label "61-1".

Bound in contemporary half calf and marbled boards, red morocco and gilt spine title.