Name: 8 Antique Prints-SHEEP-RAM-ORGANS-SKELETON-ANATOMY-PL 1-7-de Bakker-Buffon-1775
SKU: pco-19102
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8 Antique Prints-SHEEP-RAM-ORGANS-SKELETON-ANATOMY-PL 1-7-de Bakker-Buffon-1775

€225.00

Tom. V. PL. I – VII. La Brebis Commune (…). – Original antique set of 10 plates showing the sheep, male and female and its anatomy, with skeleton, organs etc.

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SKU: pco-19102 Category: Mammals Tag: Animals

Description

‘Tom. V. PL. I – VII. La Brebis Commune (…).’

Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 21 x 25 cm. (8,3 x 9,8 inch). Image size: 15 x 19,5 cm. (5,9 x 7,7 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 ‘B. De Bakker’ after ‘de Seve’. 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. An occasional minor spot. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: SHEEP-RAM-EWE-ORGANS-SKELETON-ANATOMY-PL. 1-7

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