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Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. Stipple engraving, 1828.

Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. Line engraving.

Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. Etching, 1805, after A. Pujos.

Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. Line engraving by W. H. Lizars, 1843.

Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. Line engraving by P. Audinet, 1812, after F. H. Drouais, 1761.

Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. Stipple engraving.

A "man-midwife" (male obstetrician) represented by a figure divided in half, one half representing a man and the other a woman. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1793.

Georges Louis Leclerc, Conte de Buffon (1707-1788). Oil painting.

Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. Stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1801.

Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1801.

Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. Line engraving by J. Romney, 1821, after Meyron.

Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. Line engraving by L.J. Cathelin, 1800, after F. H. Drouais, 1761.

The natural history of monkeys. Illustrated by thirty-one plates, numerous wood-cuts, and a portrait and memoir of Buffon / By Sir William Jardine, Bart. F.R.S.E. F.L.S. &c. &c.

Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. Lithograph.

La réception en Italie et en Europe du ʻSaggio di osservazioni microscopicheʼ de Spallanzani (1765) / Carlo Castellani.

Buffon's Natural history, abridged. Including the history of the elements, the earth, mountains, rivers, seas, winds, whirlwinds, waterspouts, volcanoes, earthquakes, man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, shell-fish, lizards, serpents, insects, and vegetables / [George Louis Leclerc Buffon].

The entrails of a horse (?), showing the bladder. Engraving by F. Basan, 1753, after J. de Seve.

Wax models of the head and neck (figs 1-3), and of the right hemisphere of the brain (figs 4-5), made by G. G. Zumbo. Engraving by J. Robert after M. Basseporte, 1749.

A sloth; sloth in a tree in background. Engraving by J.C. Baquoy after J. de Seve, 1765.

Seven insects, including an earwig, a glow worm and four different beetles. Engraving by G. F. Schroeder, ca. 1822.

A title page (right) embellished with illustration of people ascending steep cliffs and a book plate (left) of four birds. Engravings by S. Davenport, ca. 1821.

A rachitic skeleton, measuring two feet two inches in length, seen from the front and the back. Engraving, 1749.

Five figures of exostoses (tumours) on the left femur (thigh-bone) Engraving, 1749.

A wax model of the brain made by F. La Croix after dissections by G. J. Duverney. Engraving by P.E. Moitte after J. de Sève, 1749.

A false ankylosis of the right femur (thigh-bone), seen from the front and back (figs 1-2) and divided for an interior view (fig. 3) Engraving, 1749.

Top, a mole; bottom, an écorché mole. Engraving by J.C. Baquoy after Buvée l'Amériquain, 1760.

Top, a barbastelle bat; bottom, a pipistrelle bat. Engraving by J.C. Baquoy after Buvée l'Ameriquain, 1760.

Histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes ovipares, serpents, poissons et cétacées ... pour faire suite aux œuvres de Buffon / [La Cepède (Bernard Germain Etienne de La Ville sur Illon)].

[Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière]. Tome VI, Les animaux domesrigues / [Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon].

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Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

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Images by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

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Works from the collections

Top, a barbastelle bat; bottom, a pipistrelle bat. Engraving by J.C. Baquoy after Buvée l'Ameriquain, 1760.

A title page (right) embellished with illustration of people ascending steep cliffs and a book plate (left) of four birds. Engravings by S. Davenport, ca. 1821.

Histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes ovipares, serpents, poissons et cétacées ... pour faire suite aux œuvres de Buffon / [La Cepède (Bernard Germain Etienne de La Ville sur Illon)].

[Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière]. Tome VI, Les animaux domesrigues / [Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon].

A sloth; sloth in a tree in background. Engraving by J.C. Baquoy after J. de Seve, 1765.

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Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

Images from the collections

Images by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

Images featuring Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

Works from the collections

Top, a barbastelle bat; bottom, a pipistrelle bat. Engraving by J.C. Baquoy after Buvée l'Ameriquain, 1760.

A title page (right) embellished with illustration of people ascending steep cliffs and a book plate (left) of four birds. Engravings by S. Davenport, ca. 1821.

Histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes ovipares, serpents, poissons et cétacées ... pour faire suite aux œuvres de Buffon / [La Cepède (Bernard Germain Etienne de La Ville sur Illon)].

[Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière]. Tome VI, Les animaux domesrigues / [Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon].

A sloth; sloth in a tree in background. Engraving by J.C. Baquoy after J. de Seve, 1765.

Frequent collaborators

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