1774 Comte De Buffon Large Antique Print of Spiders, Scorpion, Centipedes Ornithology Charles-Marie La Condamine (1701 -

Charles-Marie La Condamine (1701 - 1774) was a French mathematician and surveyor who took part in an expedition to South America to measure a degree of latitude

This large beautiful executed original antique soft ground etched print with hand tint colour

who both later became popes as Leo X and Clement VII

located 450 km (280 mi) northwest of the uninhabited Heard Island and McDonald Islands and more than 3

1774 Comte De Buffon Large Antique Print of Spiders, Scorpion, Centipedes Ornithology Charles-Marie La Condamine (1701 -Title : Histoire Naturelle, Insectes Size: 15in x 10in (380mm x 255mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1774 Ref #: 90535 Description: This original copper plate engraved antique print of Spiders, Scorpion, Centipedes was published in the 1774 quatro edition of Comte de Buffons Histoire Naturelle, gnrale et particulire, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi (Natural History, General and Particular, with a Description of the King's Cabinet)