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1779 Haussard after Jacques de Seve - Le Houtou ou Momot Bird- 4to engraving
1779 Haussard after Jacques de Seve - Le Houtou ou Momot Bird- 4to engraving
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A finely coloured plate from the Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon's major work, Histoire Naturelle Generale et Particuliere Avec la Description du Cabinet du Roi.
Jacques de Sève (Active 1742 –1788) was a French artist and illustrator.
De Sève was commissioned by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon to provide the illustrations for Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière (1749-1778, in 36 volumes) and then Buffon's Recueil de Vingtquatre Plantes et Fleurs (1772). He also illustrated work by Duhamel du Monceau, Claude Perrault and parts of Encyclopédie Méthodique.
25.2 x 18 cm
Condition: Beautiful hand colouring.
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