Antique Bird Print - Buffon - Golden Oriole - Oriolus Oriolus - France - F2 during the second half of

during the second half of the 18th century

"Decoration d'une Galerie eclaire du haut"

dont le Plan doit former un quarré parfare"

The cartographer used different colors to distinguish key features such as water bodies

Antique Bird Print - Buffon - Golden Oriole - Oriolus Oriolus - France - F2 during the second half of"Golden Oriole" This lovely copper engraving is from Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffons Histoire naturelle, gnrale et particulire (General and specific natural history). The work was published in Paris, 1825. "Histoire Naturelle" is an extensive multi volume work authored by the French naturalist and scientist Georges Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon ( 1707 1788). The book stands as one of the most important and influential scientific compositions of its