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Antique Print-VIRGINIA OPOSSUM-DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA-PL. 25-de Vries-Buffon-1785

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€75.00

Tom. XVI. Pl. XXV. Le Sarigue des Illinois. – Original antique print showing a Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana), or North American opossum.

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SKU: pco-19742 Category: Tag:

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‘Tom. XVI. Pl. XXV. Le Sarigue des Illinois.’

Etching / engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 19 x 25 cm. (7,5 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 ‘O. de Vries’ 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. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: VIRGINIA OPOSSUM-DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA-PL. 25

PCO-A34-27

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Dimensions 25 × 19 × 1 cm

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