Issued in Comte de Lacepede's L'Histoire Naturelle des Quadrupedes Ovipares, des Serpents, des Poissons et des Cetaces
Printed 1836.
Fine original hand colour.
22 x 13.8 cm
Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède or La Cépède (26 December 1756 – 6 October 1825) was a French naturalist and an active freemason. He is known for his contribution to the Comte de Buffon's great work, the Histoire Naturelle.
