Set of 4 18th Century Ornithological Engravings by Buffon Pair Antique Plates A good example of industry

A good example of industry in the early 19th Century when English lace makers worked in their own home

Width: 32" (81cm)

the warm raspberry shade looks very dramatic against the wooden frame

newly covered in a neutral cream moire fabric

interesting and attractive stool

Set of 4 18th Century Ornithological Engravings by Buffon Pair Antique Plates A good example of industryAn unusual set of four 18th Century copper plate engravings by Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. Buffon was born in Burgundy in 1707 and died in Paris in 1788. Buffon devoted much of his life to the study of ornithology and natural history. It has been written that 'Buffon was the father of all thought in natural history in the second half of the 18th Century'. This set of four engravings are wonderfully detailed studies of beaks, they are