1230 - GEORGES LOUIS LECLERC (Montbard, France, 1707–Paris, 1788), 1749–88

GEORGES LOUIS LECLERC (Montbard, France, 1707–Paris, 1788), 1749–88 "Eight plates depicting various mammals from the American and African continents, such as: the Judas goat and sheep, tenrecs, seals, the vari lemur or collared lemur, the oslorino, the coati, the chinche, the bilistated skunk or white-backed skunk, the Madagascar civet, the vansire, the pecan, and the mink." Colored engraving Loose pages from *Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi* is a 36-volume work written by Georges Louis Leclerc, Count of Buffon. It was published in installments between 1749 and 1788, during the author’s lifetime, and was completed with the publication of the final volume in 1804. Volume IV: pp. 19, 99, 250, 162, 197, 197, 154, and 199. Dimensions: Each page: 19 x 11.5 cm. 81 x 64 cm framed.