The Brenthurst Library

Bird Plates

The Brenthurst Press

publisher of finely produced limited-edition Africana from the private collection
of the late Mr H.F. Oppenheimer is pleased to offer a limited quantity of
57 BIRD PLATES reproduced from FRANÇOIS LEVAILLANT
HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES OISEAUX D'AFRIQUE

Intrepid traveller, pioneering naturalist and famous author – François Levaillant (1753-1824) was a celebrity in his own lifetime. His sumptuous bird books, highly sought after collectors’ items, were published in a golden age of French natural history book production. A print extracted from the published books is currently offered by dealers at US $950; while a complete six volume set of Oiseaux d’Afrique sells at approximately $60 000. The Brenthurst Library is fortunate to have original watercolour paintings, mostly of birds of prey. Painted with brilliant clarity under Levaillant's supervision, these illustrations were the inspiration for the recent publication, François Levaillant and the Birds of Africa.

The plates are reproduced to the highest standards at actual size of the originals, on acid-free paper. A limited number have been made available as prints, to be sold as sets. The prints are of exceptional beauty and quality, and are a rare opportunity to obtain reproductions of Levaillant plates at an affordable price. Whilst the prints, if framed, would enhance any setting, they would be particularly appropriate for corporate projects.

Specifications

Bird Plates The sets are offered as 12 prints, priced at R450 per set; or 9 prints, priced at R360.
Each plate is 300mm deep x 240mm wide, printed on 150g/m² Phoenixmotion Xantur paper.
A maximum of 400 copies of each set is available.

The Brenthurst Press (Pty) Ltd (Registration number 1974/002969/07)
Box 87184 Houghton 2041 South Africa
Telephone +27 11 544 5412 Fax +27 11 486 1651
e-mail orders@brenthurst.co.za

Set 1: 12 plates. Price: R450 including VAT. EAGLES - See Details Le Griffard Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus Le Huppard Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis Le Blanchard Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus Le Vocifer African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer Le Blagre White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster Le Caffre [unidentified] Le Bateleur Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus Le Bateleur jeune âge Bateleur, juvenile Terathopius ecaudatus VULTURES - See Details L’Oricou Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos Le Chasse-fiente Cape Griffon Gyps coprotheres Le Chaugoun Indian White-backed Vulture Pseudogyps bengalensis L’Ourigourap Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	Set 2: 12 plates. Price: R450 including VAT. SHRIKES - See Details Le Fiscal Fiscal Shrike Lanius collaris Le Fiscal jeune âge Fiscal Shrike, juvenile Lanius collaris La Piegrieche Rousse mâle et La Femelle [sic] Woodchat Shrike, male and juvenile Lanius senator L’Écorcheur mâle et Le jeune âge [sic] Red-backed Shrike, male and female Lanius collurio La Piegrieche à plastron blanc [unidentified] 1. Le Pendeur [unidentified] 2. Le Rousseau Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus superciliosus BUSH SHRIKES - See Details Le Bacbakiri fig. 1. le Mâle fig. 2. La Femelle [sic] Bokmakierie Shrike, male and juvenile Telophorus zeylonus Le Boubou fig. 1. le Mâle fig. 2. La Femelle Southern Boubou Shrike, male and female Laniarius ferrugineus Le Gonolek Mâle Barbary Shrike Laniarius barbarus Le Tchagra fig. 1. le Mâle fig. 2. La Femelle Southern Tchagra, male and female Tchagra tchagra Le Brubru fig. 1. le Mâle fig. 2. La Femelle Brubru Shrike, male and female Nilaus afer Le Cubla fig. 1. le Mâle fig. 2. La Femelle Southern Puffback Shrike, male and female Dryoscopus cubla
Set 3: 12 plates. Price: R450 including VAT. FALCONS - See Details Le Faucon Chanteur Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus Le Faucon Huppé African Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus minor Le Faucon à culotte noire Laggar Falcon Falco jugger Le Chicquera Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera L’Acoli [?Hen Harrier/Goshawk] Le Tchoug Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos Le Gabar Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar Le Minule Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus Le Montagnard Rock Kestrel Falco tinnunculus rupicolus Le Blac Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus Le Blac, dans son jeune âge Black-shouldered Kite, juvenile Elanus caeruleus NIGHTJARS - See Details L’engoulevent à queue fourchue Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis	Set 4: 12 plates. Price: R450 including VAT. BUZZARDS - See Details Le Bacha Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela Le Rounoir Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus Le Rougri Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus La Buse Gantée Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Le Tachard Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus Le Buseray Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis Le Buzon Rufous Crab-hawk Buteogallus aequinoctialis SUNDRY RAPTORS - See Details Le Parasite Yellow-billed Kite Milvus migrans parasitus Le Grenouillard African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus Le Tachiro African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro Le Mangeur de Serpents Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius L’Autour Huppé Ornate Hawk-eagle Spizaetus ornatus
Set 5: 9 plates. Price: R360 including VAT. OWLS - See Details Le Chou cou ?Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Le Chou cou hou Spotted Eagle Owl Bubo africanus Le Grand Duc Cape Eagle Owl Bubo capensis Le Huhul Black-banded Owl Strix huhula La Chouette à Collier Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata La Chouette à Aigrette blanche Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata La Chouette à Masque noir Spectacled Owl , juvenile Pulsatrix perspicillata La Chouette Blanche Snowy Owl Nyctea scandiaca La Chevechette Eurasian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium passerinum

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Bird Plates

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