SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY SALE! To celebrate our twenty year anniversary on Ruby Lane, we are extending our Special Sale through the end of this year. We are offering these items at less than market, at or under what we paid. NO OFFERS PLEASE.

This excellent originally hand-colored engraving is by French naturalist, Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon. His work is considered one of the most accurate sources as far as the visual appearance of animals. . Buffon described his work and love for natural history by stating that, "Natural history embraces all the objects the universe presents to us. This prodigious multitude of quadrupeds, birds, fish, insects, plants, minerals, etc., offers to the curiosity of the human mind a vast spectacle, of which the whole is so great that the details are inexhaustible."

Country of Origin: France.

Artist: Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

Title: The Rhinoceros

Medium: Originally Hand-colored Engraving

Size: 6 3/4 by 10 1/2 inches.

Circa: Published 1820-1830s.

Condition: Very Good Antique Condition. There may be a few faint marks or fox marks scattered in the work, as expected in a work that is 200 years old. Please review the photos and contact us with any questions.

Literature: Oeuvres completes de Buffon.

***Please note that the physical colors of this item may vary from the pictures in the listing, given the quality of the camera, the lighting and the background used.