William Smellie and Count Buffon hand colored engravings of birds 1837

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George Louis Le Clerc
the Count of Buffon

A Natural History, General and Particular; containing the History and Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, The Brute Creation, Vegetables, Minerals, etc., etc.

by George Louis Le Clerc, Count of Buffon
(translated from the French by William Smellie)
published by Thos. Kelley, 1834, London

Original 175-plus-year-old, hand-coloured engravings
Sheet size: approx. 8 x 10.875 inches.

some foxing and grubbiness - click thumbnails for view

William Smellie

The Night Heron of Tartary

$85

The Secretary

$85

The Numidian Crane
The Crowned or Boliare Crane

$100

The Demoiselle, or Numidian Crane

$75

The Crowned Cranes

$100

The Curassows

$75

The Ostrich

$85

The Emeus (Emus)

$85

The Oussard Eagle and The Boatman

$85

The Eagle of the Andes

$115

PLATE 26 (1)

Spotted Guinea Fowl, Marginated Long-tailed Dove

(print 1, notice the same plate to the right
with very different colouring)

$85

PLATE 26 (2)

Spotted Guinea Fowl, Marginated Long-tailed Dove

(print 2, notice the same plate to the left
with very different colouring)

$85

Dodo, etc.
PLATE 5 (1)

1. The Black & Yellow Creeper
2. The Brown & White Creeper
3. The Cayenne Creeper
4. Dodo
5. Purre or Stint

(print 1, notice the same plate to the right
with very different colouring)

$105

PLATE 5 (2)

1. The Black & Yellow Creeper
2. The Brown & White Creeper
3. The Cayenne Creeper
4. Dodo
5. Purre or Stint

(print 2, notice the same plate to the left
with very different colouring)

$100

Kingfisher, etc.
PLATE 70

1. Sacred Kingfisher
2. The African Creeper
3. The Red-spotted Indian Creeper
4. Eider Duck male & female
5. Gargancy male

PLATE 48

Crown Bird / Chinese Drake
Peronoptere / Ostrich
Eagle of Monte Video / Eagle of Astracan
Gypaete of the Alps / Gypaete of Africa

$85

PLATE 52

The Ruff / Lapwing
Male & Female Partridges / Male & Female Quails
Black Cock / Cock of the Wood
Turkey / Cock

(first plate, see second plate to the right
with very different colouring and no plate number)

$75

[PLATE 52]

The Ruff / Lapwing
Male & Female Partridges / Male & Female Quails
Black Cock / Cock of the Wood
Turkey / Cock

(second plate, see first plate to the left
with very different colouring and printed plate number)

$85

PLATE 37

1. Eagle
2. Vulture
3. Honey Buzzard (Hawk)
4. Falcon
5. Kite
6. Barn Owl
7. Horned Owl
8. Lori of South Sea Island
9. Lori
10. Green Parrot

$85

PLATE 39

1. Peacock
2. Bustard
3. Silver Do.
4. Golden Pheasant
5. Wood Pecker
6. Tropic Birds & nest
7. Bullfinch
8. Goldfinch
9. Linnet
10. Red Pole
11. Crested Wren
12. Wren
13. Cuckoo

$100

Frontispiece with Buffon and vignette
Frontispiece

Portrait of George Louis Le Clerc,
Count of Buffon

with charming vignette with volcano, elephant,
camel, leopard, sea serpents.

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