Description: This delicate handcoloured engraving originates from: 'Oeuvres complètes de Buffon, suivies de la classification comparee de Cuvier, Lesson etc. Nouvelle Edition revue par M. Richard, professeur a la faculte de medicine de Paris.' Published in Paris by Pourrat Freres, 1837.
Artists and Engravers: Author: Georges-Louis Le Clerc, Comte de Buffon (September 7, 1707 - April 16, 1788). French naturalist, mathematician, biologist, cosmologist and author. Buffon's views influenced the next two generations of naturalists, including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin. This handcoloured engraving is by unknown. The minute precision of Edouard Travies' work places him with the best of France's scientific artists; his bird drawings are considered to be some of the finest ever produced.
Subject: Plate : '1. Le Bengali - 2. Le Cabaret - 3. La Linotte.' (1. Amandava - 3. Linnet).
Condition: Good; General age related toning; Light staining and / or foxing.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 15.5 x 24 cm. The image size is ca. 7.5 x 15.5 cm. Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 6.1 x 9.4 inch. The image size is ca. 3 x 6.1 inch.
Medium: Steel engraving on vellin type paper. Original old hand colouring.
Location: C126-22
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Condition:Good; General age related toning; Light staining and / or foxing.