Artist: Buvée, or Buvée l'Américain, XVIII century. French illustrator, worked for Buffon.
Engraver: Christian Friedrich Fritzsch (German, 1719–1774). C.F.F. migrated to the Netherlands. Worked for J.H. Schneider. (Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière….”, by de Buffon & Daubenton. Nouvelle Edition, Amsterdam), etc.
Title: L'Elan (Moose, elk).
Signed, Numbered, and Titled in plate: u.l. Tom. XII. U.r. Pl. VIII. L.l. Buvée del. L.m. L'Elan. L.r. C. F. Fritzsch fc.
Dimensions: Image 7 1/4" x 5 7/8". Sheet 10" x 7 1/2".
Publisher: J.H. Schneider, Amsterdam.
Edition: "Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière….”, by de Buffon & Daubenton. Nouvelle Edition. Vol. 1-38. Amsterdam, J.H. Schneider, 1766-1799.
Date: 1769.
Materials and Techniques: Engraving and etching on laid paper, F. Dangoumois watermark.
Condition: Margins are trimmed. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. Histoire Naturelle Générale et Particulière….”, by de Buffon & Daubenton. Nouvelle Edition, Amsterdam J.H. Schneider. Vol. XII, 1769.