Antique Print-COMTE DE BUFFON-PORTRAIT-Buffon-Houbraken-1773

‘George Louis leClerc, comte de Buffon (..).’

Etching / engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 21,5 x 26 cm. (8,5 x 10,2 inch). Image size: 15,2 x 20 cm. (6 x 7,9 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 ‘J. Houbraken’ after ‘Drouais’. 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. Lower part damp-stained. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: COMTE DE BUFFON-PORTRAIT

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