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Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Prints

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.
(Biography provided by Graves International Art)
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Creator: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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Antique Bird Engraving of a White-Crowned Amazon
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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...
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Large Picture containing Six Different Engravings of Grouping of Birds
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Downingtown, PA
Large Picture containing Six Different Engravings of Grouping of Birds, Histoire Naturelle, Ornithologie by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon,...
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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...
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Set of 4 Framed 18th Century Hand-Colored Engravings of Monkeys by G. Buffon
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Miami, FL
A set of (4) four very fine hand-colored copper plate engravings on handmade rag of monkeys by Naturalist George Leclerc Compte de Buffon (1749-1761): M...
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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...
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Framed Group of 18th Century Bird Engravings by b Georges-Louis Leclerc
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Downingtown, PA
Charming Framed group of bird engravings, Histoire Naturelle, Ornithologie by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Circa 1780 The beautiful ornithological engravings are from Histoire Naturel...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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German Prints Birds Series Ornithological Engravings Martinet-Buffon C-1790 '2'
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Katonah, NY
These are small, gem-like, individual bird scenes. They are beautifully drawn, detailed prints of hand-colored copperplate engravings from one of the most important ornithological works of the 18th century. These hand-colored engravings were printed in Germany on original 18th-century rag paper taken from the Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux by Georges Louis Leclerc, le Comte de Buffon (1708-1788), with engravings by Francois Nicholas Martinet (1731-1804), published in Paris 1770-1786. Dimensions: 6 inches x 3.5 inches (8 inches x 10 inches including the matte) Condition: Excellent. Price: $185 for a pair BACKGROUND: of Georges Louis Leclerc, le Comte de Buffon and Francois Nicholas Martinet: The Comte de Buffon was a mathematician and scientist often thought of as the founding father of ornithology. His lifetime goal was to create images of most of the world's birds in their natural environment. His work prefigured the works of John James Audubon. Under Louis XV, he was the head of the Royal...
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