Black Swan and Greylag Goose
Engraving with original hand-colouring. 1837. 150mm by 85mm (image) 230mm by 145mm (sheet). From an Italian edition of 'Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles', first published by the Royal Printing House of France from 1816-1829, then published in Italian in 1837 by Batelli & Sons.
Pretre was one of the foremost French natural history artists of the early 1800s. CONDITION : A couple of very faint marks in the image." Item #3265
Price: $120.00
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