De Seve, Jaques (active 1742-1788), artist; Comte de Buffon (1707-1788), author: LITTLE GROUSE BIRD - from fine 8vo Edn
De Seve, Jaques (active 1742-1788), artist; Comte de Buffon (1707-1788), author: LITTLE GROUSE BIRD - from fine 8vo Edn
De Seve, Jaques (active 1742-1788), artist; Comte de Buffon (1707-1788), author: LITTLE GROUSE BIRD - from fine 8vo Edn
De Seve, Jaques (active 1742-1788), artist; Comte de Buffon (1707-1788), author: LITTLE GROUSE BIRD - from fine 8vo Edn
De Seve, Jaques (active 1742-1788), artist; Comte de Buffon (1707-1788), author: LITTLE GROUSE BIRD - from fine 8vo Edn
De Seve, Jaques (active 1742-1788), artist; Comte de Buffon (1707-1788), author: LITTLE GROUSE BIRD - from fine 8vo Edn

De Seve, Jaques (active 1742-1788), artist; Comte de Buffon (1707-1788), author: LITTLE GROUSE BIRD - from fine 8vo Edn

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Date of Printing: 1752 • Medium: Copperplate Engraving (hand colored) • Subject Category: Natural History - Birds • Signed: Plate signed, Lower Left • Period Created: Enlightenment (1700 - 1799) • Plate Size HxWxD cm: 14.7 x 10 • Leaf Paper Size HxW cm: 19.4 x 12.2 • Style: Octavio Edition • Print on Verso: Blank on verso • Condition: Excellent, with minor toning at edges • Edition Type: Limited Edition • Paper Type: Laid Paper • Framed: Print only

Beautifully detailed, hand colored print of a LE PETIT TETRAS (Little Grouse Bird). From 1752 after de Seve HANDCOLORED engraving from fine 8vo Edition. From "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon & Daubenton." Published in Paris, 1752. Plate XXXV, page 430.

Good condition, slight toning at edges, with a very small hole at bottom right (please see photos).
FINE ORIGINAL FROM THE RARE 8vo EDITION