Birds · 19th century
€ 275
One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.
General age-related toning. Minor wear and creasing. Please study images carefully.
Set of four antique bird prints titled 'Le Balbusard - Le Jean-le-Blanc, La Buse - Le Milan, Le Hobereau - Le Faucon, La Cresserelle - l'Emerillon'. It shows the Osprey, Short-toed Snake Eagle, the Buzzard, the Kite, the Eurasian hobby, a Falcon, the Kestrel and the Merlin. These prints originate from 'Oeuvres completes de Buffon, avec des extraits de Daubenton et la classification de Cuvier'. Published in Paris by Au Bureau des Publications Illustrees, 59 Rue de la Harpe, 1839. Author: Georges-Louis Le Clerc, Comte de Buffon (September 7, 1707 – April 16, 1788).
