[Paris, n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving, 90 x 140mm (3½ x 5½"), set in letterpress.
An engraved caprice chapter heading from the Comte de Buffon's 36-volume 'Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière', with stylised depictions of a giraffe, a hippo, warthog and other animals, being managed by a putti. The text describes mules.
[Ref: 41269]  £55.00