3 Antique Prints-SET-SEA-LION-ANATOMY-Buffon-1772

Copperplate engraving on hand laid paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 19.5 x 25.5 cm. The image size is ca. 15.5 x 20 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 7.7 x 10 inch. The image size is ca. 6.1 x 7.9 inch.

Plate XLV, XLVI, VI: le lion-marin. This set of 3 plates shows the sea lion, a detailed print of its legs and tail and some bones. These old antique prints originate from: “Histoire Naturelle Générale et Particuliere….”, by de Buffon & Dauberton. Nouvelle Edition, Amsterdam J.H. Schneider, 1766. You will find more items from this work in our ebay store and on our website (use about me link). Artists and Engravers: Author: Georges-Louis Le Clerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788). French naturalist, mathematician, biologist, cosmologist and author. Buffon’s views influenced the next two generations of naturalists, including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin. The engravers in this work are B. de Bakker, C. Brouwer, O. de Vries, C.F. Fritzsch (1719-c.1772), Reinier Vinkeles (1741-1816), H. Vinkeles, Mittelj, G.S., R. Oakes and Fringham after Jacques de Seve (active 1744-1788), Buvee and others. These plates are engraved by o. de vries after de Seve.

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Keywords: 3 ANTIQUE PRINTS-SET-SEA-LION-ANATOMY-BUFFON

(PCO) C172-09