Original hand-painted engraving coming from famous Saverio Manetti's Storia naturale degli Uccelli (A Natural History of Birds).
Print made by Violante Vanni and Lorenzo Lorenzi, calligraphic inscription by Saviero Manetti himself.
The whole work consisted of 10 volumes published in Florence between 1767-1776 by: F. Mouck (volumes I-III), C. Cambiagi (volume IV), [Giuseppe Vanni (volume V) and included 600 absolutely unique depictions of birds often, like in this case, captured in flight.
Condition: good with small and clearly visible spots of discoloured paper.
Sizes with frame: 43x34cm ≈ 16.9x13.3in
