Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Art
French, 1707-1788
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (French: 7 September 1707 – 16 April 1788) was a French naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist, and encyclopédiste. His works influenced the next two generations of naturalists, including two prominent French scientists Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Georges Cuvier. Buffon published thirty-six quarto volumes of his "Histoire Naturelle" during his lifetime, with additional volumes based on his notes and further research being published in the two decades following his death. Ernst Mayr wrote that "Truly, Buffon was the father of all thought in natural history in the second half of the 18th century". Buffon held the position of intendant (director) at the Jardin du Roi, now called the Jardin des Plantes.to
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Artist: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
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
Category
1770s Naturalistic Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Art
Materials
Engraving
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...
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1740s Naturalistic Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Art
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving, Laid Paper, Intaglio
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...
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1740s Naturalistic Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Art
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving, Laid Paper, Intaglio
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...
Category
1740s Naturalistic Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Art
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving, Laid Paper, 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: Original Hand-Colored Engraving on laid paper
Limited edition: Unknown
Printer: Imprimerie Nationale, Paris, France
Publisher: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Paris, France
Framing: Not framed, but beautifully double matted with hand decorated archival French matting...
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2010s Naturalistic Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Art
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving, Laid Paper, Intaglio
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...
Category
1740s Naturalistic Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Art
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving, Laid Paper, 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...
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1740s Naturalistic Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Art
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving, Laid Paper, Intaglio
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...
Category
1740s Naturalistic Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Art
Materials
Intaglio, Laid Paper, Watercolor, Engraving
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...
Category
1740s Naturalistic Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Art
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving, Laid Paper, Intaglio
Kangaroo - Australia - Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon C. 1820
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in BRUCE, ACT
This originally hand-colored engraving is from Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon's Oeuvres complètes de Buffon. Nouvelle édition annotée et pr...
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Early 18th Century Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Art
Materials
Engraving
Kangaroo - Australia - Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon C. 1820
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in BRUCE, ACT
This originally hand-colored engraving is from Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon's Oeuvres complètes de Buffon. Nouvelle édition annotée et pr...
Category
Early 18th Century Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Art
Materials
Engraving
Platypus - Australia - Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon C. 1820
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in BRUCE, ACT
This originally hand-colored engraving is from Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon's Oeuvres complètes de Buffon. Nouvelle édition annotée et pr...
Category
Early 18th Century Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Art
Materials
Engraving
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