Antique Bird Print - Mayfly, Maian, Pimson, Ardennes Finch - France - F2 " a major work describing

" a major work describing the birds in the collection of the British Museum

Date: 1990

"The Cassowary"

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The map includes an elaborate cartouche

Antique Bird Print - Mayfly, Maian, Pimson, Ardennes Finch - France - F2 " a major work describing" Le Maia, Le Maian, Le Pimson, Le Pinson, D'Ardenne" This lovely copper engraving is from Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffons Histoire naturelle, gnrale et particulire (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