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Vosmaer, A.

Description d'un petit Alcyon d'Amerique, d'une beauté admirable, n'ayant presque point de queuë, pourû de deux doigts de devant, & de deux derrière; apporté de la Colonie Hollandoise, nommée Les Berbices; et qui se conserve dans le cabinet de.le prince d'Orange.

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Vosmaer, A.

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Amsterdam, Pierre Meijer, 1768. 4to (27.3 x 21.2). Six pp.; text vignette, one finely engraved plate. = A scarce part from the rare French edition of Aernout Vosmaer (1720-1799), Algemeene natuurkundige en historische beschryving der zeldzaamste en verwonderenswaardigste schepsels der natuur. This part describes and figures a kingfisher from the Guyanas. It should not be confused with the "Alcyon d'Aérique à longue queuë", from the same region and described by Vosmaer in the same year. The plate was drawn by Aert Schouman (1710-1792) and engraved by the famous copper engraver Simon Fokke (1712-1784). In 1795 the collection was brought to Paris as a war trophy (Notes on the menagerie and zoological cabinet of Stadholder William V of Holland, directed by Aernout Vosmaer, F. Pieters, 1980). A very good, clean copy. Nissen ZBI, 4294.
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