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Euphorbia (Spurge) /// Antique Botanical Botany Plants Engraving Buffon Science

1749-1789

$450
£343.10
€411.35
CA$647.40
A$665.81
CHF 376.64
MX$8,526.27
NOK 4,334.57
SEK 4,532.13
DKK 3,074.96

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Artist: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (French, 1707-1788) Title: "Euphorbia (Spurge)" (Dodecandrie, Trigynie, Plate 411) Portfolio: Histoire Naturelle Year: 1749-1789 Medium: Original Hand-Colored Engraving on laid paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: Imprimerie Nationale, Paris, France Publisher: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Paris, France Framing: Recently beautifully framed in a dark gold moulding with hand decorated archival French double matting Framed size: 19.13" x 16.13" Image size: 10" x 7" Condition: In excellent condition Rare Notes: Engraved by French artist Robert Benard (1734-1777) after a painting by French artist Jacques de Sève (fl. 1742-1788). Comes from Buffon's famous publication "Histoire Naturelle", 1749-1789, an encyclopedic collection of 36 large (quarto) volumes of Natural History. Euphorbia is a very large and diverse genus of flowering plants, commonly called spurge, in the spurge family. "Euphorbia" is sometimes used in ordinary English to collectively refer to all members of Euphorbiaceae, not just to members of the genus. Biography: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (French: 7 September 1707 – 16 April 1788) was a French naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist, and encyclopédiste. His works influenced the next two generations of naturalists, including two prominent French scientists Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Georges Cuvier. Buffon published thirty-six quarto volumes of his "Histoire Naturelle" during his lifetime, with additional volumes based on his notes and further research being published in the two decades following his death. Ernst Mayr wrote that "Truly, Buffon was the father of all thought in natural history in the second half of the 18th century". Buffon held the position of intendant (director) at the Jardin du Roi, now called the Jardin des Plantes.

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