Georges-Louis Leclerc

Type: Lithograph with original hand coloring and gum arabic highlights; Support: Heavy-weight paper with protective tissue; Condition: Excellent black-and-white inking, good preservation with slight traces of foxing and browning; Shipping: insured via Bartolini/DPD courier, declare any damages at pickup; Provenance: From a private collection; Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707–1788) was one of the most influential figures of the Enlightenment and the naturalist who, before Darwin, laid the foundations for modern biology and geology. His monumental work, Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière, composed of 36 volumes published between 1749 and 1789, was the first attempt to collect all knowledge of the natural world into a single systematic work. It was an immense editorial success, read not only by scientists but by the entire European aristocracy.

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