Buffon Collection (page 6)

Jardin Des Plantes
LE JARDIN DES PLANTES, Paris, was founded in 1626 as a botanical garden, but in the 18th century, under Buffon, expanded to become also a zoo

Fallow-Deer (Bewick)
Cervus dama Le Dain, according to Buffon

Buffon Residence
GEORGES LOUIS LECLERC Le Chateau de Montbard, Buffons childhood residence Date: 1707 - 1788

Buffon / Romney / Meyron
GEORGES-LOUIS LECLERC alias BUFFON French naturalist Date: 1707 - 1788

Puffin, extinct great auk, and emperor penguin.. Handcolored engraving after a drawing by Edouard Travies from Richards Oeuvres Completes de Buffon, Paris, Pourrat Freres, 1839

Green parrot, Psittacus viridis, and extinct Mascarene parrot, Mascarinus mascarinus.. Handcolored engraving by Madame Thorel after a drawing by Edouard Travies from Richards Oeuvres Completes de

BUFFON, Georges-Louis Leclerc, count de (1707-1788). French naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist, and encyclopedic author. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788) - French naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist and encyclopedic author. Date: circa 1755

Fregata minor, great frigatebird
Plate 961, hand coloured copper engraving by Francois Nicolas Martinet from Georges Louis Leclerc, le comte de Buffons Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, Vol. 9, (1784)

Count Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon (1707-1788)
Portrait of Count Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon, the author of Historie Naturelle, a 44 volume encyclopedia describing everything known about the natural world, published c. 1770

Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de (1707-1788)
Portrait of Comte de Buffon, a French naturalist, mathematician, biologist, cosmologist and author. Miniature painting, watercolour on paper, artist unknown

Cat of Angora in English translation of Comte de Buffons " Histoire Naturelle, gnrale et particulire."

Buffon / French Card
GEORGES-LOUIS LECLERC alias BUFFON French naturalist

Buffon / Monkeys
HISTOIRE NATURELLE A typical spread from the English edition of his Natural History, plates CCLXVIII and CCLXIX, depicting species of monkey

Buffon (Card)
GEORGES-LOUIS LECLERC French naturalist, depicted at work in the royal gardens

Large Rough Water Dog
(canis aviarius aquaticus) (Buffon : le grand barbet) This clever, hardy dog is carried on board ships, thanks to its ability to retrieve things fallen overboard

Bewick Shepherds Dog
Bewick labels this canis domesticus and Buffon classifies it as Le berger but it is just one of countless dogs which earn their keep by herding sheep

Bewick Mastiff
(canis molossus) Buffon terms it, simply, Le Dogue

Bewick / Weasel
(mustela nivalis - Buffon called it La belette) A widespread but narrow-headed (for ease when burrowing) mustelid very like the stoat

Bewick / Marmot
Bewick classified this rodent as a mouse and named it MONAX, but he accepted that it was probably the same as the Marmot described by Buffon and not really a mouse

Otter (Bewick)
mustela lutra : le loutre, according to Buffon. Loved by some, hunted by others, the otter lives a marginal existence in and out of water

Green Monkey (Bewick)
simis sabaea : Buffon calls it the CALLITRICHE. The hair on the upper body is green, the underside silver. It lives on the Cape Verde islands and parts of North Africa

Striated Monkey (Bewick)
simia iacchus : Buffon calls it the OUISTITI. It lives in Brazil where it feeds on fruits, vegetables, insects and snails, and is fond of fish

Bison (Bewick)
Bos bison, the American bison as Buffon termed it

Buffalo (Bewick)
Bos bubalus : Buffon termed it Le Buffle

Wolverine / Glutton
Also known to Americans as a CARCAJOU. Mustela gudo. Buffon calls it a glutton

Ibex (Bewick)
A species of mountain goat - capra ibex : Buffon labels it le bouquetin

Buffon Experiment
BUFFON experiments with lenses, harnessing the heat of the sun to set fire to a distant tree

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