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(French,1725-1804)Ten ornithological prints of Birds of Prey and Pigeons, including eagles and hawks, from Mathurin Jacques Brisson, [Ornithologia], 1760, signed in plate "Dessine et Grave par Martinet", each titled in French, hand-colored engravings on cream laid paper, 9-1/2 x 11-7/8 in. (plate), 10 x 15 in. (page); matching fine green painted and gilt decorated frames, pages loose with veritcal folds with left margin folded to back with ghost images, light toning and foxing, fresh colors. Provenance: Estate of Robert A. Walsh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania