LEVAILLANT, Francois (1753-1824). Histoire naturelle d'une partie d'oiseaux nouveaux et rares de l'Amerique et des Indes. Paris and Amsterdam: J.E. Gabriel Dufour, 1801-[1802]. Volume one, all published. Folio (20 6/8 x 13 3/8 inches). Half title, list of plates. With 49 exceptionally fine colour engraved plates finished by hand. Modern half red morocco gilt. First edition, and a rare large paper copy. Originally published in eight parts, "Oiseaux nouveaux et rares de l'Amerique et des Indes" was available in three states: folio, with both colored and uncolored plates; large quarto, with colored plates only as here; and quarto, with uncolored plates only. Only this one volume was published with 49 plates of a total of 240 plates planned.

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