SAVERIO MANETTI (ITALIAN 1723 - 1784), TWELVE BIRDS FROM 'A NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS'

SAVERIO MANETTI (ITALIAN 1723 - 1784)
TWELVE BIRDS FROM 'A NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS'
Hand-coloured engravings
Florence, 1776
Each plate: 35 x 27cm (13¾ x 10½ in.) (36)

Provenance:
Sale, Pandolfini Casa D'aste, Florence, Old Master and Modern Prints and Drawings - Old and Rare Books, where purchased by Count Manfredi della Gherardesca , 22 November 2016, lot 29 (14 in the lot)

Condition Report:
Most sheets with some foxing and discoloration. Please see additional images for examples of some of those most affected. Each work framed and glazed and unexamined out of frames. Condition Report Disclaimer