Antique Print-YELLOW CROWNED AMAZON PARROT-Buffon-Hulk-1755

‘L’Amazone Jaune ou Perroquet d’Or’

etching / engraving on hand laid (vergé) paper.
Sheet size: 25,7 x 21 cm. (10,1 x 8,3 inch). Image size: 14,7 x 19,5 cm. (5,8 x 7,7 inch).

From: “Histoire Naturelle Générale et Particuliere….”, by de Buffon & Dauberton. Nouvelle Edition, Amsterdam J.H. Schneider, 1755. RB-408

Made by ‘Hulk’ after ‘Jacques E. de Seve (1742-1788)’. 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.

Condition: Good, given age. Light creasing. Stain at bottom middle image. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: YELLOW CROWNED AMAZON PARROT

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