Antique Bird Print - Mayfly, Maian, Pimson, Ardennes Finch - France - F2 The Stoning of Saint Stephen

The Stoning of Saint Stephen

"The Cassowary"

nearly all of which he both designed and engraved

Date: 1990

The reader is struck by the accuracy of the coastal outline

Antique Bird Print - Mayfly, Maian, Pimson, Ardennes Finch - France - F2 The Stoning of Saint Stephen" Le Maia, Le Maian, Le Pimson, Le Pinson, D'Ardenne" This lovely copper engraving is from Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffons Histoire naturelle, gnrale et particulire (General and specific natural history). The work was published in Paris, 1825. "Histoire Naturelle" is an extensive multi volume work authored by the French naturalist and scientist Georges Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon ( 1707 1788). The book stands as one of the most important and