2 Antique Prints-WORLD MAP-OLD-NEW-Vaugondy-Buffon-1773

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Landkaart van de Oude Wereld – Landkaart van de Nieuwe Wereld (..). – Two original antique plates forming together a world map, the old and the new world.

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‘Landkaart van de Oude Wereld – Landkaart van de Nieuwe Wereld (..).’

Etching / engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 21,5 x 26 cm. (8,5 x 10,2 inch). Image size: 35 x 21 cm. (13,8 x 8,3 inch).

From a Dutch edition of ‘Histoire naturelle …’, by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, ed. published in Amsterdam by J. Schneider, 1775. This edition was published in The Netherlands 1766-1799.

Made by ‘Anonymous’ after ‘Robert de Vaugondy’. 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: Very good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: WORLD MAP-OLD-NEW

PCO-A30-04

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Dimensions 26 × 21 × 1 cm

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