Owls. 1. Le Herfang. 2. La Cheviche. Pourrat c1837.

by Travies, Edouard

Antique print. 2 finely engraved, hand-coloured little Owls.

Fine original hand-coloured engraving by Fournier after the drawing by Edouard Travies, published Paris circa 1837 for a new edition of Oeuvres complètes de Buffon, suivies de la classification comparée de Cuvier, Lesson etc. (The Complete works of Buffon, following the classification of Cuvier, Lesson etc.) was published circa 1837 by Pourrat Frères (the Pourrat Brothers) for M. Richard, Professor of Faculty of Medicine in Paris.

Faint mottled age soiling of this page. Size approximately 24.5 x 16cm (9 5/8 x 6 1/4 inches).