antique print snake species reticulaire couleuvre hulk buffon lacepede 1799 de abraham jacobsz hulk (1 résultats)

Buffon-Lacepede (illustrateur). 'PL.XV . 1. LA RETICULAIRE. 2. LA COULEUVRE A TROIS RANGS (.).'Original antique print showing two snake species, le reticulaire and la couleuvre a trois rangs.Made by Abraham Jacobsz Hulk after Buffon-Lacepede.Engraving / etching on hand-laid (verge) paper.Sheet size: 22.5 x 28.5 cm (8.86 x 11.22 inch). Image size: 15 x 20 cm. (5.91 x 7.87 inch).SNAKE SPECIES-RETICULAIRE-COULEUVREPCO-A35-30BACKGROUND INFORMATIONFrom: Histoire Naturelle Des Quadrupedes Ovipares Et Des Serpens [= Histoire Naturelle, Vols. XXXVII-XXXVIII]. Nouvelle Edition. Dordrecht, A. Blussé And Son, 1799. By : Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc and Bernard Germain Etienne De La Ville-Sur-Illon, Comte De Lacepede. From the reptile and amphibian section of Buffon's monumental work on the general and particular natural history. Many species (frogs, snakes, lizards, salamanders, turtles, etc.) are depicted in their natural habitat. The work is here in the new edition published at Amsterdam and Dordrecht, the only quarto edition to rival the original French Imprimerie Royale edition. Condition: very good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.