Antique Bird Print-CRESTED GREBE-HORNED GREBE-Buffon-Travies-1837

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Plate : '1. Le Grebe Cornu - 2. Le Grebe esclavon.' (1. Crested Grebe - 2. Horned Grebe). Steel engraving on vellin type paper. Original old hand colouring. Description: This delicate handcoloured engraving originates from: 'Oeuvres complètes de Buffon, suivies de la classification comparee de Cuvier, Lesson etc. Nouvelle Edition revue par M. Richard, professeur a la faculte de medicine de Paris.' Published in Paris by Pourrat Freres, 1837.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 engraving is by Fournier 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: Good; General age related toning; Light staining and / or foxing. Storage location: C126-43 The overall size is ca. 6.1 x 9.4 inch. The image size is ca. 3.3 x 6.3 inch. The overall size is ca. 15.5 x 24 cm. The image size is ca. 8.5 x 16 cm. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 23848

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