Esquisses Ornithologiques: Descriptions et Figures d'Oiseaux Nouveaux ou Peu Connus

Esquisses Ornithologiques: Descriptions et Figures d'Oiseaux Nouveaux ou Peu Connus
by Bernard Du Bus de Gisignies
Adopted for Conservation by
Fay Taylor
on November 8, 2011
Esquisses ornithologiques- Descriptions et  figures d'oiseaux nouveaux ou peu connus.

Esquisses ornithologiques : descriptions et figures d'oiseaux nouveaux ou peu connus

By Bernard Du Bus de Gisignies. Bruxelles: A. Vandale, [1845-48].

A Dutch/Belgian ornithologist and paleontologist, du Bus amassed a private collection of almost 2500 bird specimens upon which he based this work and which he donated to the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences when he became its director in 1846. Describing and illustrating species new to Western science, the Esquisses ornithologiques was issued in parts, with five hand-colored lithographs and corresponding text in each; SIL holds the first three parts (of seven total), with their original printed wrappers.

Condition and Treatment: 

This work at present consists of loose sheets of text and hand-colored lithographic plates, with printed blue paper wrappers. The leaves of the text and plates are browned and chipped around the edges. Conservators will place each leaf in a numbered mylar folder and re-house them together in a custom-fitted, archival enclosure.

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Adoption Type: Preserve for the Future