The male & female of a particular biped species, accurately described by Buffoon [sic] in his History of Naturals, 1777 [graphic]

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Title: The male & female of a particular biped species, accurately described by Buffoon [sic] in his History of Naturals, 1777 [graphic]
Alternative Title: Male and female of a particular biped species, accurately described by Buffon in his History of Naturals
Published / Created: [approximately 1777]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: A satire on both the work of Georges-Louis Leclerc, count de Buffon, and his famous Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière as well as the women's fashion of dressing their hair in a high pyramid shape topped with ornate feathers
Description: Title etched below image.
Signed in lower left corner with the monogram "IS".
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Provenance: Maggs Bros.; April 2024.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 9.3 x 13 cm, on sheet 12.7 x 18 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English