Antique Bird Print - Buffon - Yellow Cardinal and Venezuelan Troupial - F2 "Conception d'un Portique Corinthien :

"Conception d'un Portique Corinthien : Proportions Harmonieuses et Détails Élégants"

this was the most detailed and certainly

"Façade Representant un Temple Tonique levé d'apres le Plan D"

and encyclopedic nature

Each tower and gate is labeled with its name

Antique Bird Print - Buffon - Yellow Cardinal and Venezuelan Troupial - F2 "Conception d'un Portique Corinthien :"Yellow Cardinal And Venezuelan Troupial" 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 influential