Set of 4 Antique Bird Prints Osprey, Eagle, Buzzard, Falcon by Buffon, 1839
$310 (£235, €275)
Period original, not a reproduction.
Shipped from the Netherlands, flat, insured and tracked, worldwide. Returns accepted within 14 days.
- Date
- 1839
- Size
- 10 × 6.7 in (25.5 × 17 cm)
- Condition
- Good. General age-related toning. Minor wear and creasing. Please study images carefully.
- Period
- Early 19th century
- Artist or book
- Buffon
- Section
- Birds
- Reference
- f_21284462
Set of four antique bird prints titled 'Le Balbusard - Le Jean-le-Blanc, La Buse - Le Milan, Le Hobereau - Le Faucon, La Cresserelle - l'Emerillon'. It shows the Osprey, Short-toed Snake Eagle, the Buzzard, the Kite, the Eurasian hobby, a Falcon, the Kestrel and the Merlin. These prints originate from 'Oeuvres completes de Buffon, avec des extraits de Daubenton et la classification de Cuvier'. Published in Paris by Au Bureau des Publications Illustrees, 59 Rue de la Harpe, 1839. Author: Georges-Louis Le Clerc, Comte de Buffon (September 7, 1707, April 16, 1788).
