Pair of Bird Engravings by François-Nicolas Martinet

A pair of hand-coloured copperplate engravings of birds by François-Nicolas Martinet (1731-1800). 'Troupiale, appellé Cassique jaune, du Brésil' and 'Faisan, Le Pierre de Cayenne', both taken from 'Les Planches Enluminées' by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon.

Provenance: The private collection of Roysia and Raffaello Romanelli.