Antique Print-PEACOCK-FOWL-Buffon-1853

Steel engraving on vellin type paper. Original old hand colouring, heightened with arabic gum. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 27.7 x 17.8 cm. The image size is ca. 20 x 14.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 10.9 x 7 inch. The image size is ca. 7.9 x 5.7 inch.

Plate: ‘Le Paon’. (Peacock.) 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: Very good. Small stain in right top. General age-related toning and occasional light stains from handling. Please study image carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-PEACOCK-FOWL-BUFFON

(PCO) C14-16