The print measures approximately 7 1/2 inches wide by 10 inches long (19 x 25.3 cm)
Published in Paris, 1766.
Fine later hand colour.
From the exquisite and now very scarce LARGE EDITION of Buffon.
On watermarked laid paper.
Jacques de Sève (fl. 1742 – 1788) was a French illustrator who was commissioned by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon to provide the quadruped illustrations for Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière (1749-1778).
