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Antique bird print titled 'Le Papegai Maillé'. Old bird engraving of a gridded parrot. This print originates from 'Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi' by Georges-Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. Published between 1749 and 1804.
Buffon’s Histoire Naturelle was his major achievement and an ambitious project characteristic of the 18th-century Enlightenment: a 44-volume encyclopedia attempting to include everything known about the natural world and widely disseminate scientific knowledge. It was the first complete natural history survey presented in a popular form, and also broke ground in attempting to separate science from theological dogma. Decades before Darwin introduced his theory of evolution, Buffon dared to challenge religious thought with empirical observations, suggesting that the earth was older than 6,000 years and that the physical resemblance between humans and apes might be explained by their having a common ancestry. While the theories he proposed to explain these phenomena were by and large incorrect, he correctly grasped that a new paradigm was needed.
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- Dimensions:Height: 10.24 in (26 cm)Width: 7.76 in (19.7 cm)Depth: 0.02 in (0.5 mm)
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- Date of Manufacture:circa 1770
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. General age-related toning. Minor wear and soiling, blank verso. Please study image carefully.
- Seller Location:Langweer, NL
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Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
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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