Antique Print - Petrel or Aleutian Storm-Petrel, the Fulmar, the Storm Bird - F2 Pigafetta's map of Africa based

Pigafetta's map of Africa based on the explorations of Duarte Lopes

"Plan et Elevation pour une façade de Batiment"

The composition of the scene creates a sense of depth and perspective

Développement pour un Båtment de vingt Torsee de face dans œuvre sur seine de profondeur"

«Smilax Longifolia

Antique Print - Petrel or Aleutian Storm-Petrel, the Fulmar, the Storm Bird - F2 Pigafetta's map of Africa based"Ptrel on ale Damier, Le Fulmar, l'oiseau de Tempte" 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