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G.L. Le Clerc Count de Buffon. Author of Natural History.
Meyron del. [after François-Hubert Drouais] Romney sculp.t.
London, Published by Tho.s Kelly, Paternoster Row, 1821.
Stipple and engraving. 255 x 190mm (10 x 7½") Small margins.
Portrait bust of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707 - 1788), French naturalist, in an oval; underneath is a vignette landscape featuring animals including an elephant, lion and camel, with a volcano. Buffon published thirty-five quarto volumes of his Histoire Naturelle during his lifetime; one additional volume based on his notes was published in 1789 after his death. Engraved after François-Hubert Drouais, this was a frontispiece to one of the volumes of an English edition.
Wellcome: 475-13
[Ref: 48915] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Meyron del. [after François-Hubert Drouais] Romney sculp.t.
London, Published by Tho.s Kelly, Paternoster Row, 1821.
Stipple and engraving. 255 x 190mm (10 x 7½") Small margins.
Portrait bust of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707 - 1788), French naturalist, in an oval; underneath is a vignette landscape featuring animals including an elephant, lion and camel, with a volcano. Buffon published thirty-five quarto volumes of his Histoire Naturelle during his lifetime; one additional volume based on his notes was published in 1789 after his death. Engraved after François-Hubert Drouais, this was a frontispiece to one of the volumes of an English edition.
Wellcome: 475-13
[Ref: 48915] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
George Louis Le Clerc, Count de Buffon. Intendant du Jardin du Roy, et des Académies Franç.se et des Sçiences, et de celles de Londres, Edimbourg et de Berlin.
Drouais Pinxit 1761. C. Baron Sculp. et M.r Drouais, direxit.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving. 230 x 185mm (9 x 7¼") Small margins on 3 sides.
Portrait bust of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707 - 1788), French naturalist, in an oval. Buffon published thirty-five quarto volumes of his Histoire Naturelle during his lifetime; one additional volume based on his notes was published in 1789 after his death. Engraved after François-Hubert Drouais, this was a frontispiece to one of the volumes.
Wellcome: 475-1
[Ref: 48916] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Drouais Pinxit 1761. C. Baron Sculp. et M.r Drouais, direxit.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving. 230 x 185mm (9 x 7¼") Small margins on 3 sides.
Portrait bust of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707 - 1788), French naturalist, in an oval. Buffon published thirty-five quarto volumes of his Histoire Naturelle during his lifetime; one additional volume based on his notes was published in 1789 after his death. Engraved after François-Hubert Drouais, this was a frontispiece to one of the volumes.
Wellcome: 475-1
[Ref: 48916] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
George Louis le Clerc, Comte de Buffon. Intendant du Jardin royal des Plantes...
Drouais pinx. 1761. J. Houbraken sc. 1774.
J. H. Schneider executé avec Privilege.
Engraving. Sheet: 255 x 200mm (10 x 8''). Trimmed to platemark
A half-length portrait of French novelist, mathematician and cosmologist George Louis Le Clerc (1707-1788).
[Ref: 49122] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Drouais pinx. 1761. J. Houbraken sc. 1774.
J. H. Schneider executé avec Privilege.
Engraving. Sheet: 255 x 200mm (10 x 8''). Trimmed to platemark
A half-length portrait of French novelist, mathematician and cosmologist George Louis Le Clerc (1707-1788).
[Ref: 49122] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
M.lle. Pelissier. Par un Art delicat, par un jeu patetique, [/] Pelissier, vous donnez a la Scene Lyrique [/] Du Theatre François tous les charmes divers: [/] Sans vous les Opera ne sont que des Concerts. [/] M. Roy.
H. Droüias peinx. Gravé par J. Daullé. avec Privilege du Roy.
Se vend a Paris chez Basan Graveur rue de Foin. [n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving with very large margins. Plate: 290 x 420mm, (11½ x 16½").
A portrait of French opera singer Marie Pelissier (1707-1749) holding a garland, after a painting by Francois-Herbert Droüais (1727-1775).
[Ref: 35419] £360.00
H. Droüias peinx. Gravé par J. Daullé. avec Privilege du Roy.
Se vend a Paris chez Basan Graveur rue de Foin. [n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving with very large margins. Plate: 290 x 420mm, (11½ x 16½").
A portrait of French opera singer Marie Pelissier (1707-1749) holding a garland, after a painting by Francois-Herbert Droüais (1727-1775).
[Ref: 35419] £360.00