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Temminck's Nouveau recueil des planches colories d'oiseaux
Original handcolored copperplate engrvings from Temmnick's Nouveau Receuil des Planches coloriees d'oiseau. (New Collection of Colored Plates of Birds)
Coenraad Jacob Temminck (March 31, 1778 - January 30, 1858) was a Dutch aristocrat and zoologist. The work Nouveau Recueil de Planches coloriées d'Oiseaux (1820-1839) was published during Temmnick's tenure as the first director of the National Natural History Museum in Leiden. It was illustrated with beautiful copperplate engravings by Jean Gabriel Prêtre and Nicholas Huet.
Dimensions: 21.5 X 13.75 inches ( 54 x 35 cm )
Coucou geai, femelle adulte - Plate 414 Huet
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