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Robert, Nicolas (cont.) 
Nouveau livre de fleurs, feuilles et oyseaux, dessin^s 
et graves d'aprfes le natural. Paris, l 68 o. 27 plates. 
(Hermann, Cat.12?, item 367 ) 
Hermann, l.c., sayfi "Graves par N. R." (i.e. 
N. Robert). The date I 680 is that indicated by 
Wheldon & Wesley, Illus. Cat., n.s,, 6 , no,111, 
as that of a collection of "Variae ac raultifor- 
mes florum species" with 70 plates; is it possi¬ 
ble that a copy of the latter might have been 
bound with one of the "Nouveau livre"? Their 
combined plates, with title-pages, etc., would 
total about that number of plates. (MFW) 
There is a "Livre nouveau de fleurs et d'oi- 
seaux dessinez et graves d’aprfes nature', with 
24 engravings, published Paris, Joilain, l683, 
in the Brit. Mus. No attribution is given, but 
the similarity in title and closeness in date 
rouse the suspicion that it may be another is¬ 
sue of above engravings by Robert. (MFW) 
