Bidspirit auction | Buffon - 27 Quadruped Engravings

Buffon - 27 Quadruped Engravings (Bison or Buffalo, Rhinoceros, Camel, Cow, Goat, etc) - This beautiful originally hand-colored engraving is from Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon's Herr von Buffon's Naturgeschichte der vierfüssigen Thiere. Mit Vermerkungen aus dem Französische übersetzt . The work was published in Berlin by Joachim Pauli between 1772 and 1792. Buffon's work became one of the most informative sources as far as the visual appearance of animals, and was highly understandable for a wide audience. Buffon described his work and love for natural history by stating that, ”Natural history embraces all the objects the universe presents to us. This prodigious multitude of quadrupeds, birds, fish, insects, plants, minerals, etc., offers to the curiosity of the human mind a vast spectacle, of which the whole is so great that the details are inexhaustible.” Paper Size: ~ 7 1/2” by 4 3/8” Paper Type or Special Features: Originally Hand-colored Engraving