Hand-coloured set of Buffon’s Histoire naturelle in its most luxurious form
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
Publisher: Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc de Place / Date: Dordrecht, Abraham Blussé, 1766-1799 Size: 38 parts in 21 volumes. Large 4to. With more than 1100 hand-coloured engraved ...
Paint, Paper
$248Sale Price|20% Off
Original Antique Bird Engraving of a Green Macaw
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique bird print titled 'L'Ara Vert'. Old bird engraving of a green macaw. This print originates from 'Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet ...
Paper
Mimufops (Mimusops); Ibricaria (Shingle Oak) /// Botanical Botany Plants Buffon
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (French, 1707-1788) Title: "Mimufops (Mimusops); Ibricaria (Shingle Oak)" (Octandreie, Monogynie, Plate 300) Portfolio: Histoire Nature...
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio
$100 / item
Vintage Buffon Books
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Napa, CA
Vintage Buffon books from France circa 1825 with original red covers and labels. "Natural History Encyclopedia" & "Traveling Encyclopedia". Buffon Books: $100 Non Buffon Books: $7...
Paper, Ink
$372Sale Price|20% Off
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Chonburi, TH
"Le Rhinoceros D'Afrique" is an exquisite 18th-century hand-colored engraving depicting a rhinoceros, created by the renowned naturalist and artist Georges-Louis Leclerc. The artwork...
Paper
Custom Framed Antique Bird Engravings - Set of Two
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Pearland, TX
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Count of Buffon (1707-1788) was a French naturalist, mathematician, and cosmologist. Buffon published thirty-six quarto volumes of his most well-known work, Hi...
Glass, Wood, Paper
Euphorbia (Spurge) /// Antique Botanical Botany Plants Engraving Buffon Science
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (French, 1707-1788) Title: "Euphorbia (Spurge)" (Dodecandrie, Trigynie, Plate 411) Portfolio: Histoire Naturelle Year: 1749-1789 Medium...
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio
Large Picture containing Six Different Engravings of Grouping of Birds
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Downingtown, PA
The Avian Wonders: Engravings from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle, Ornithologie ________________________________________ This meticulously presented a...
Paper
Antique Bird Print of a Rooster, Hen, Turkey & Guinea Fowl, 1841
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Le Coq, La Poule - Le Dindon, La Pintade'. Original antique print of a rooster, hen, turkey and Guinea fowl. This print originates from ...
Paper
$1,600Sale Price|20% Off
Pair Original Hand Colored Engravings, Georges-Louis Leclerec, Comte de Buffon.
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Pair Original Hand Colored Engravings, Georges-Louis Leclerec, Comte de Buffon, Paris 1749. These two original engravings from Histoire Naturell, Generale et Particuliere, avec la...
Paper
Baccharis (Baccharises); Chrysocoma (Golden Bitter Bush) /// Botanical Botany
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (French, 1707-1788) Title: "Baccharis (Baccharises); Chrysocoma (Golden Bitter Bush)" (Syngenesie; Polygamie, Plate 698) Portfolio: His...
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio
18th Century French Hand Colored Etching of an Elephant Skeleton
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Stamford, CT
A beautifully rendered etching with hand coloring depicting the skeleton of an elephant on a pedestal. A live elephant, foliage and huts in the background. French, 18th century by Georges Le Clerc...
Paper
Atraphaxis (Shrub); Cabomba (Carolina Fanwort) /// Botanical Botany Plants Art
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (French, 1707-1788) Title: "Atraphaxis (Shrub); Cabomba (Carolina Fanwort)" (Hexandrie, Digynie, Plate 265) Portfolio: Histoire Naturel...
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio
Quivisia; Portesia /// Antique Botanical Botany Plants Science Engraving Buffon
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (French, 1707-1788) Title: "Quivisia; Portesia" (Octandreie, Monogynie, Plate 302) Portfolio: Histoire Naturelle Year: 1749-1789 Medium...
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio
Abolboda; Elodea (Waterweeds); Lepidosperma (Hoary Rapier-Sedge) /// Botanical
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (French, 1707-1788) Title: "Abolboda; Elodea (Waterweeds); Lepidosperma (Hoary Rapier-Sedge)" (Triandrie Monogynie, Plate 905) Portfoli...
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio
Ballota (Horehound); Marrubium (White Horehound) /// Botanical Botany Plants Art
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (French, 1707-1788) Title: "Ballota (Horehound); Marrubium (White Horehound)" (Didynamie, Gymospermie, Plate 508) Portfolio: Histoire N...
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio
$248Sale Price|20% Off
Original Antique Bird Engraving of a Gridded Parrot
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique bird print titled 'Le Papegai Maillé'. Old bird engraving of a gridded parrot. This print originates from 'Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description d...
Paper
$229Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Bird Engraving of a White-Crowned Amazon
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique bird print titled 'L'Amazone à Tête Blanch'. Old bird engraving of a white crowned amazon, a species of parrot. This print originates from 'Histoire Naturelle, générale et pa...
Paper
$71Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Bird Print of the Turnstone, Stilt, Water Rail and Land Rail by Buffon
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Le Tourne-Pierre, L'Échasse, le Râle d'Eau, le Râle de Genêt'. Lithograph of the turnstone wading bird, stilt, water rail and land rail. This print originates f...
Paper
Picris (Sunflower); Helmintia (Bristly Oxtongue) /// Botanical Botany Plants Art
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (French, 1707-1788) Title: "Picris (Sunflower); Helmintia (Bristly Oxtongue)" (Syngenesie; Polygamie, Plate 648) Portfolio: Histoire Na...
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio
$280 / set
H 13.25 in W 9 in D 0.07 in
Set of 6 Large Original Antique Prints of Birds of Prey, C.1835
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great set of birds of prey Lithographs after the drawings by Turvey, A. Wilson and Cpt. Brown. Original color. Unframed The measurement given below is for one print.
Paper
Original Antique Print of Woodpeckers, 1847 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of woodpeckers. Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames. Lithograph after Cpt. Brown with original hand color. Pub...
Paper
$1,900 / set
H 8.75 in W 6 in D 1.75 in
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Harvard Classics Books, Leather Bound, 1937
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage Mid-Century Modern American collection of twenty five volumes Deluxe Edition Harvard Classics books, covered in red, green leather in good c...
Leather, Paper
Library of Antique Leatherbound Books
Located in Brønshøj, DK
This collection consists of 400 antique decorative books, mainly dating from 1850–1950, with most published before 1920. The books are bound in leather, many with fine gold leaf embo...
Gold Leaf
$1,350Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 13.5 in W 15 in D 1 in
Pair of Antique Framed Chinese Silk and Bird Paintings
Located in Miami, FL
Elegant and very decorative Chinese export paintings. Very good condition in natural bamboo frames. The subject of these paintings are referred to as "Flower-Bird", one of the ...
Paper, Bamboo
$880 / set
H 7.49 in W 55.12 in D 5.52 in
Scandinavian Antique Leather-Bound Books, 2000 Books in Brown And Red Available
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A large collection of Scandinavian decorative antique library leather-bound books Please note that the pictures listed are a sample of the books available and not the exact 50 books available. We will send pictures of the actual books before shipping them out. An attractive collection of 2000 mid-size antique leather-bound books. This lot of books on literature from Sweden are wrapped in leather-bound covers, comprised of varying rich, warm tones and gold leaf print embossing. The books seated side-by-side measures 2,5 meters, approximate 8´2 foot run. This collection of antique Swedish books are ready to ship and take their place, handsomely adorning your bookcase or library shelves...
Leather, Paper
Set of 16 Large Original Antique Exotic Bird Prints, 1830s
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great set of bird prints Lithographs after the drawings by Cpt. brown. Original hand color. Unframed The measurement given below is for one print.
Paper
Inverary Set of Fifteen Leather Bound Books
Located in New York, NY
Inverary set of fifteen leather bound books. The Annual Register or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the year comprising the years 1765-1792: volume 8, 9, 10, 11,...
Leather, Paper
Original Antique Prints of Fish, 1847
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great images of fish Unframed. Lithographs after Cpt. Brown with original hand color. Published, 1847. The measurement is for 1 print Free shipping
Paper
$5,300
H 12.88 in W 9.63 in
Tree with moth, caterpillar..., Plate 39, Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, Plate No. 39; Unidentified tree with moth, caterpillar and pupa. The Netherlands: 1705....
Watercolor, Engraving
$34,233 / set
H 10.63 in W 8.27 in D 0.79 in
12 ANTIQUE 1740 GEORGE EDWARDS HAND COLOURED ORNITHOLOGICAL ENGRAVINGS OF BIRDs
By George Edwards
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this super rare suite of Twelve original 1740-1760 dated hand water coloured prints after George Edwards 169...
Paper
Collection of 9 Rolls-Royce Automobile Books
Located in Stamford, CT
Collection of 9 Rolls-Royce automobile hardcover books. Featuring books printed in the United Kingdom and United States. The collection includes 9 books. 1. Rolls-Royce by L.J.K. Setright hardcover 1979, Great Britain 2. The Rolls-Royce "Wraith" by Tom C. Clark 1986, Great Britain 3. The Rolls-Royce Motor Car and the Bentley since 1931 by Anthony Bird and Ian Hallows 4. Rolls-Royce The History of the Car by Martin Bennett 1988, Hanes Publication North America 5. Rolls-Royce Fact and Legend by C.S. Shoup with T.E. Reich 1988 6. Rolls-Royce The Best Car in the World by George Oliver...
Paper
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H 0.79 in Dm 9.45 in
Assiettes plates Sarreguemines modèle "Buffon" marron Art Nouveau Francais 1900
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Sarreguemines, Faienceries Sarreguemines
Located in London, England
Suite de 8 assiettes plates en faïence fine de Sarreguemines , utzschneider & cie. Chaque assiette à un décor d'oiseaux différent. Superbe état au vue de leur très grand âge. Très ra...
Faience
Custom Framed Antique Hummingbird Engravings - Set of Two
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Pearland, TX
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Count of Buffon (1707-1788) was a French naturalist, mathematician, and cosmologist. Buffon published thirty-six quarto volumes of his most well-known work, Hi...
Wood, Paper
Custom Framed Antique Rooster Engraving
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Pearland, TX
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Count of Buffon (1707-1788) was a French naturalist, mathematician, and cosmologist. Buffon published thirty-six quarto volumes of his most well-known work, Hi...
Other
Angora Cat
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Columbia, MO
GEORGE LOUIS LECLERC Angora Cat 1756 Engraving 14 x 10 inches Framed: 24 x 21 inches
Engraving
Greyhound
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Columbia, MO
Greyhound 1773-1802 Engraving 14 x 10 inches Framed: 24 x 21 inches
Engraving
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H 10.44 in W 7.68 in D 0 in
Antique Engraving of the Cassican Bird, a Corn Bird or Australian Magpie, 1795
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled ‘Le Cassican’. This print depicts the cassican bird and originates from Buffon’s ‘Histoire Naturelle’, published in Paris 1795. Artists and Engravers: Comte d...
Paper
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H 17 in W 15 in D 1 in
Set of 6 Hand-Colored Engravings by Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in New York, NY
Set of 6 hand-colored engravings by the naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788). They come from Leclerc's encyclopedic series Histoire Naturelle. As the accompanying text on the back of the frames states, these engravings are French in origin but were published in Amsterdam between 1766-1799. This particular set depicts a hippopotamus, a zebra, a monkey, an elephant mother and calf, a polar bear, and a panther. The engravings are framed beautifully in burlwood with UV protection glass and French matting...
Glass, Burl, Paper
Antique Bird Print of The Sea Eagle and The Little Eagle, c.1840
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique bird print titled 'Le grand aigle - Le petit aigle'. Old bird print of the White tailed Eagle or Sea Eagle and the Little Eagle. Source unknown, to be determined. Artists a...
Paper
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H 1.5 in W 12 in D 14 in
Framed 18th Century Comte de Buffon Indian Monkey French Engraving, L’Aigrette
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of four framed Monkey Plates we are offering from the Buffon Comte de Quadrúpedes series by Georges-Louis Leclerc, France, circa 1770. A copper pla...
Wood, Paper
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H 1.5 in W 12 in D 14 in
Framed 18th Century Comte de Buffon African Monkey French Engraving, La Guenon
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A beautifully framed Monkey Plate from the Buffon Comte de Quadrúpedes series by Georges-Louis Leclerc, France – circa 1770. A copper plate, hand-colored engraving titled, La Guenon...
Wood, Paper
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H 1.5 in W 12 in D 14 in
Framed 18th Century Comte de Buffon Old World Monkey French Engraving, Macaque
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A beautifully framed Monkey Plate from the Buffon Comte de Quadrúpedes series by Georges-Louis Leclerc, France – circa 1770. A copper plate, hand-colored engraving titled, Macaque, ...
Wood, Paper
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H 1.5 in W 12 in D 14 in
Framed 18th Century Comte de Buffon Squirrel Monkey French Engraving, Le Saï
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of four framed Monkey Plates we are offering from the Buffon Comte de Quadrúpedes series by Georges-Louis Leclerc, France – circa 1770. A copper pl...
Wood, Paper