Artist: Jacques de Sève (fl. 1742 – 1788) was a French illustrator. J. de S. worked for Buffon.
Engraver: Pierre-Etienne Moitte (France, 1722 – 1780).
Title: Le Zibet (Large Civet).
Signed, Numbered, and Titled in plate: u.l. Tom. IX. U.r. Pl. XXXI. Pag. 332. L.l. De Seve del. L.m. Le Zibet. L.r. Moitte sculp.
Dimensions: Image 7 1/2" x 5 7/8." Plate 8 1/8" x 6 3/8". Sheet 9 7/8" x 7 5/8"
Publisher: De L'imprimerie Royale, Paris.
Edition: Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du Roi.
Date: 1761.
Materials and Techniques: Engraving and etching on laid paper. An ineligible watermark.
Condition: Margins are trimmed. Torn from the book along the left margin. Traces of a binding cord to the left margin. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon. Histoire naturelle générale et particulière, avec la description du cabinet du roy... . Tom. IX, 1761.
Note: Civette d’Asie. Both perfume and coffee producers sought after the Civet as a source of fragrance (Chanel No 5) and doer of the most expensive coffee in the world, Kopi luwak