Histoire Naturelle. L'Éléphant.
De Seve Del. [Paris, n.d., c.1780.] Engraving, 90 x 140mm (3½ x 5½"), set in letterpress, with large margins. An engraved caprice chapter heading from the Comte de Buffon's 36-volume 'Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière', with stylised depictions of an elephant, rhinoceros, camels and goats, being managed by a putti. The letterpress text (in French) describes elephants.
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