[Amsterdam, n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving, 75 x 140mm (3 x 5½"), set in letterpress.
An engraved caprice chapter heading from a Dutch edition of the Comte de Buffon's 36-volume 'Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière', with stylised depictions of a giraffe, meerkat, sloth, sealion, walrus and other animals, being managed by two putti. The Dutch text lists historical mentions of the giraffe, including Pliny and Strabo.
[Ref: 41267]  £55.00