Artist: Attributed to 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: Le Chevreuil des Indes (Indian Roe Deer).
Signed, Numbered, and Titled in plate: u.l. S[supplement]. Tome. V. U.r. Pl: XVII. L.l. B[uvée?] ad vivum (from life) del. L.m. Le Chevreuil des Indes. L.r. C. F. Frtzsch 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: 1785.
Materials and Techniques: Engraving and etching on laid paper, a trimmed D&B watermark. Compared with the same watermark on "L'Orginal."
Condition: Margins are partially trimmed, a tear along the left margin. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. Histoire Naturelle Générale et Particuliere….”, by de Buffon & Daubenton. Nouvelle Edition, Amsterdam J.H. Schneider. Supplement Tome V.