German ornithologist in his study, 18th century

German ornithologist in his study, 18th century. Writing in a book with a quill pen while looking at a stuffed specimen. Taxidermy mounts of birds in a cabinet of curiosities, and library of leather-bound books. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by J.C. Virliger from Bernhard Christian Otto's Herrn von Buffons Naturgeschichte der Vogel, Buffon's Natural History of Birds, Ben Joachim Pauli, Berlin, 1781

1781 18th Century Buffon Cabinet Of Curiosities Quill Pen

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