VISSCHER, Nicolaes [I].
Avium vivae et artificiosissimae delineationes.
Amsterdam, Nicolaus [I] Visscher, 1659.
Oblong 4to, ff. 24; slight spots, trimmed with minor loss to f. 3, light stain to f. 6, small marginal ink stain to title; a very good copy in modern marbled boards, printed paper label to upper board.
First and only edition of this rare set of ornithological prints by the famed cartographer Nicolaes Visscher I.
The fine series of twenty-four plates shows over one hundred figures in natural settings, labelled in Latin, with an engraved title depicting a marketplace with birds for sale, both dead and alive.
STCN 38591878X; Nissen 962; Wood, p. 614 (‘curious and very rare’).
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