Date of Printing: 1760 • Medium: Copperplate Engraving (hand colored) • Subject Category: Natural History - Birds • Signed: Plate signed, Lower Left • Period Created: Enlightenment (1700 - 1799) • Plate Size HxWxD cm: 22 x 17 • Leaf Paper Size HxW cm: 25.5 x 18.4 • Style: FOLIO Original Vintage • Print on Verso: Blank on verso • Condition: Excellent, with minor foxing • Edition Type: Limited Edition • Paper Type: Laid Paper • Framed: Print only
A beautiful print of the Western Capercaille bird, by Jaques De Seve. Copperplate etched by Elis Haussard after de Seve. From "Illustrations de Histoire naturelle générale et particulière avec la Description du Cabinet du Roy" by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788); Paris 1760. Plate VI, Page 226.
Superb copper engraving in exquisite hand colouring.
Condition: Excellent, with very minor foxing (spotting), please see photos.