Original antique title vignette showing various animals: tiger, monkeys and apes, dogs, bats etc.
Etching / engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 21 x 26 cm. (8,3 x 10,2 inch). Image size: 12 x 6,5 cm. (4,7 x 2,6 inch).

From a Dutch edition of 'Histoire naturelle ... ', by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, ed. published in Amsterdam by Johannes Allart, 1801.

Made by 'Abraham Jacobsz Hulk' after 'plates from earlier French or Dutch ed.'. Abraham Jacobsz Hulk (1751-c.1817), Dutch engraver. Georges-Louis Le Clerc, Comte de Buffon (September 7, 1707 - April 16, 1788). French naturalist, mathematician, biologist, cosmologist and author. Buffon's views influenced the next two generations of naturalists, including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin.

Condition: Good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: TITLE VIGNETTE-MONKEY-APE-TIGER-DOG-BAT
PCO-A32-26