Antique Map-NORTH POLE-SOUTH-POLAR REGIONS-Buffon-1853

Publication date: 1853

Seller: Pictura Prints, Art & Books, Overasselt, NetherlandsPictura Prints, Art & Books

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Condition: Used

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'CARTE DES DEUX REGIONS POLAIRES (.).'Original antique print map of the North and South Polar regions.Made by an anonymous engraver after Buffon.Medium: Steel engraving withvoriginal old hand colouring, heightened with a shiny substance on wove (vellin) paper.Sheet size: 17 x 26.5 cm (6.69 x 10.43 inch).NORTH POLE-SOUTH-POLAR REGIONS | PCO-C15-37BACKGROUND INFORMATIONThis delicate handcoloured engraving originates from: 'Oeuvres completes de Buffon, avec la nomenclature Linneene et la classification de Cuvier.' Published in Paris by Garnier Freres, Libraires, 6 Rue des Saint-Peres, 1853.Biography artist: Author: Georges-Louis Le Clerc, Comte de Buffon (September 7, 1707 April 16, 1788). French naturalist, mathematician, biologist, cosmologist and author. Buffon's views influenced the next two generations of naturalists, including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin. Condition: very good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.…

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Title
Antique Map-NORTH POLE-SOUTH-POLAR REGIONS-Buffon-1853
Publication year
1853
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Maps-Plans-Views > World-Celestial

Pictura Prints, Art & Books

Overasselt, Netherlands

4-star seller

AbeBooks seller since November 1, 2019

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Pictura Prints offers mostly antique prints, art, maps and books. Since 2004 the owner Peter Cornelissen started Theprintscollector and has been in business as a print and book seller. In 2018 he decided to further develop his personal collection through 'Pictura Prints'. Peter has a background in design and landscape architecture and holds a degree in paper restauration. He holds shop in Overasselt, a small town on the Maas river near Nijmegen, The Netherlands, which can be visited by appointment. He is a member of the Dutch Association of Antiquarians (NVVA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).…

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private press and related reference works., maps, Antique prints, illustrated antiquarian books

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Seller's business information

Pictura Prints, Art & Books

Netherlands

Pictura Prints
(part of Almati BV, registered with the Eindhoven Chamber of Commerce #820751224)
Owner: Peter Cornelissen
Hoogstraat 20
6611BX Overasselt
Netherlands

Email: info@pictura-prints.com
Website: www.pictura-prints.com

Tel: +31 6 54212378

Our store can be visited by appointment.