M0016938: Illustration of two men studying mammalian generation, 1749

Previous title, replaced March 2022: The study of mammalian generation

Illustration of two men identified as the Comte de Buffon and Joseph Needham published in Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc: Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere, avec la description du cabinet du roi, A Paris : De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1749

1958

2 photographs sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm photographic print; 6 x 10.3 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative: EPB/C/16057

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.