18th c. Natural History Engraving Of A Civet Cat (Viverra sp.) From Buffon’s Histoire Naturelle
by George Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon
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Van Nuys, California, United States
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About This Item
Germany, 1780; Circa 1780 copper engraving after a Jacques de Seve drawing of the Civet Cat (Viverra sp.) from an 18th c. German edition of Buffon’s Histoire Naturelle. The Civet, a skunk-like mammal indigenous to the South Asian and African tropics, was at one time essential to the manufacture of perfumes for the musk oil extracted from its perineal gland. Plate and page numbers engraved at top (Taf. XXXIV, 181 Seite). Sheet size 7 1/2" x 9 1/2", plate mark 6 3/8" x 9". Printed on laid paper. Hinge-mounted entirely acid free and matted with 100% rag museum board in 11" x 14" size, ready for framing. Original state, with no later attempts at colorization. Fine and handsome.
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- Bookseller
- AARDWOLF Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6328
- Title
- 18th c. Natural History Engraving Of A Civet Cat (Viverra sp.) From Buffon’s Histoire Naturelle
- Author
- George Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- Germany,
- Date Published
- 1780
- Keywords
- Buffon, Mammals, Mammalogy, Zoology, Natural History Prints, Civet, Engravings, Asia, Perfume, Musk
- Bookseller catalogs
- Prints and Photographs;
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