Antique Print-HUMMINGBIRD-BIRDS-Buffon-1853

Steel engraving on a vellin type paper. Handcoloured, and heightened with arabic gum. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 17.5 x 27.8 cm. The image size is ca. 11.5 x 20.4 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 6.9 x 10.9 inch. The image size is ca. 4.5 x 8 inch.

Plate: ‘L’ Oiseaux-mouche a Longue Queue Noire – id. Violet a Queue Fourchue – id. a Collier ou Jacobine’. (Hummingbirds.) This delicate handcoloured engraving originates from: ‘Oeuvres completes de Buffon, avec la nomenclature Linneene et la classification de Cuvier.’ Published in Paris by Garnier Freres, Libraires, 6 Rue des Saint-Peres, 1853.Artists and Engravers: Author: 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. This handcoloured engravings is by Oudet after Edouard Travies (1809-c1868) The minute precision of Edouard Travies’ work places him with the best of France’s scientific artists. his bird drawings are considered to be some of the finest ever produced.

Condition: Excellent. General age-related toning and occasional light stains from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-HUMMINGBIRD-BIRDS-BUFFON

(PCO) C15-04

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