Antique Print - Petrel or Aleutian Storm-Petrel, the Fulmar, the Storm Bird - F2

"Pétrel on ale Damier, Le Fulmar, l'oiseau de Tempéte"

This lovely copper engraving is from Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon’s ”Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliére” (General and specific natural history). The work was published in Paris, 1825.

"Histoire Naturelle" is an extensive multi-volume work authored by the French naturalist and scientist Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon ( 1707 - 1788). The book stands as one of the most important and influential scientific compositions of its era, representing the culmination of many years of research and observations by the author.

Dimensions

18 см 23 см 

Artist or Maker

Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon

Medium

Copper Engraving

Date

1825